This is one of those games where I played it for like an hour as a kid, didn't vibe with the controls, and never touched it again. I recently bought an 8bitDo M30 (highly recommended btw if you need a good readily available controller with a Sega styled D-pad) and was messing around with it on a bunch of different games. For some reason this game popped into my (Chuck D.) head, was expecting to put it down like I did as a kid, but instead I actually beat it.

I can totally see why people wouldn't like this game, slippery controls with wonky momentum based platforming on top of being somewhat of an action/exploration game? The latter combination can work, the former is where the game kinda fumbles a bit. It's also got that early Genesis stank, where the colors are colorful yet grimey, the sprites are a bit crude, and the music is farting out some butt metal.

But I dunno, I enjoyed it, I thought it was charming despite the platforming being jank, it felt good to run through the levels and kiss all of the enemies with my chest flesh face. The enemies are funny looking and the game isn't unfair, giving you infinite continues and plenty of items to pick up. I have a soft spot for these weirdo games that aren't mechanically great, but have enough character to pull me through them, Monster Party comes to mind. That game is also a pretty clunky action platformer with a horror theme.

All in all, it's no Dynamite Heady, but it's also not as bad as some of the truly awful Euro-jank platformers this game sits next to.