A Zelda-like for the Gameboy, I thought the game holds up very well. Highlights include a catchy and surprisingly rich soundtrack; there's something I've always enjoyed about the echo-laden music on the Gameboy and it's put to good use here (the title music is great). Creative and often challenging boss fights and a pretty sprawling quest given the platform round out a fun old-school action-RPG.

On the downside, some of the puzzles are rather opaque, the kind of thing Nintendo would add to games from the era to send people seeking out Nintendo Power issues (that figure eight clue in the desert made NO sense). And there are a few times when I felt the controls and overall maneuverability were not up to the task of dealing with the enemies being thrown at me.

All in all, there's not many surprises if you go in expecting an adventure heavily inspired by Zelda, but it has its own charms and is still worth playing. (It also, apparently, has nothing to do with Final Fantasy, outside of marketing.)

Played on the Collection of Mana on Switch.