Let's talk about life/energy counters

[Morkin]

Nice vid.

I generally preferred good old health bars (boooooring - Ed) but appreciated the imagination into other methods of showing health (anything other than numbers).

I thought Thanatos had a good one, with the heart beating faster as you took damage, and you can rest to restore your energy.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

I thought Thanatos had a good one, with the heart beating faster as you took damage, and you can rest to restore your energy.

Now I remember something similar in Nodes of Yesod, the astronaut's heart.

[druellan]

Last night I was testing maze games and found How to Be a Hero and its pineapple counters

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Another beating heart in Rastan:

[Alessandro]

Do you remember the glass of milk called "Snooze Energy" in Pyjamarama?



It was renamed "Nuove forze" (literally "new forces", "new strengths") in the authorized Italian translation by Jackson Soft.

Also in the series, the filling drop in Herbert's Dummy Run:

[WIWC]

Nemesis the Warlock, a hand that squeezes your heart.

[zxbruno]

The Great Escape flag pole. It may not be considered an energy counter but we all knew what it meant.
Another vote for Thanatos, although it made me nervous.