This is one of those games I owned as a child that I never beat, until now (with maybe a little help from some select save states). It's basically a Castlevania clone with ninjas and wall-climbing; what's not to love? Well...perhaps its brutal difficulty level. Especially in the latter half of the game, the screen is filled with projectiles and rabid animals that are out to fling you into the nearest death-pit, of which there are many. And don't get me started about Jaquio. But otherwise, the game has a lot of charm, some great music, and is one of the earliest users of video game cutscenes. Can't hate hearing the death sound for the Nth time too much, I suppose.