I need YOUR opinion about Faxanadu (NES)

[suppafly]

Hi there.

Has it ever hapenned to you , that back in the 80´s and 90´s you saw magazine ads and pictures of a game, drooled, and then bought the game and didnt like it? Thats what hapenned to me with Faxanadu.

I saw the reviews for that game on NIntendo Power. I thought it looked great....nice graphics, good story, I was anxious to get a copy! When I finally did...I played it for like 1 hour maybe, then traded it to a friend for double dragon 1.

However.....I´ve been thinking that maybe I should give that game another try...it must be fun, if it was so popular back then right?

So basically I´d LOVE to read the opinion about that game, straight from faxanadu fans and people who played the game extensively! Info like:

what did you like about the game?
What didnt you like?
Was it fun?
etc etc

Please help Me :D

Thanks!

[Ed Oscuro]

I've got a nice boxed copy that I got at a DPer's recent fire sale, but...eh...I'm not really that hyped about it. Clunkier than Castlevania, not as fun as River City Ransom, and doesn't offer anything those don't except some awkward looking medieval style castles. From the little I've played. I don't remember whether I liked the soundtrack, though, as I usually listen to NSFs and the like by themselves.

[suppafly]

I've got a nice boxed copy that I got at a DPer's recent fire sale, but...eh...I'm not really that hyped about it. Clunkier than Castlevania, not as fun as River City Ransom, and doesn't offer anything those don't except some awkward looking medieval style castles. From the little I've played. I don't remember whether I liked the soundtrack, though, as I usually listen to NSFs and the like by themselves.

You said something interesting. I felt the same way too when I played it many years ago.

I remember asking myself : Is this an rpg? an action game? WTF is this? AND I couldnt find what was so good about it. Thats why I want to hear it from the game´s fans!! :D

[Kilik Kurosawa]

for me it is just the nostalgia factor, as with most NES games, my cousin had it. I played it for about and hour at a time when I was 10, so now i when i play it i lose interest after the first 30 min or so into the game.

[Rogmeister]

Faxanadu? DIdn't that game star Olivia Newton-John? :D

[sportbettor]

I have a cart only Faxanadu i can sell you for $6 shiipped in the US.

[NESaholic]

Has it ever hapenned to you , that back in the 80´s and 90´s you saw magazine ads and pictures of a game, drooled, and then bought the game and didnt like it? Thats what hapenned to me with Faxanadu.

I saw the reviews for that game on NIntendo Power. I thought it looked great....nice graphics, good story, I was anxious to get a copy!

Yeah i had that all the time with reviews in game mags, also with Faxanadu,i really like this one.
Great graphics and music,good story and not all to easy either so it takes some time to beat.
I can remember it took me a while back then,i finished it again a few months ago and it's funny how good you can remember stuff from games played years before,it wasn't all to hard this time knowing what to do at certain places in the game.

[imanerd0011]

Faxanadu is one of my favorite NES games, mainly because I had it as a kid, and loved it back then. I don't know why you are comparing it to RCR and Castlevania, it is a very different game than that. I think it is similar to Zelda 2 and Battle of Olympus. I really liked all the weapons that you can buy, as well as the special items throughout the game.

The worst thing about the game is its save feature. Alot of the letters look very similar to each other (U and V especially). The reason is because they had the letters in an old style of text.
I think Faxanadu is a very fun game with great music and great gameplay. You just have to give it a chance.

[Trevor Belmont]

Kilik is exactly right when it comes to nostalgia and Faxanadu, IMO. Back in the day, when having an NES was a treasured thing, my uncle had Faxanadu, Super Pitfall, and Slalom (from what I can remember). I absolutely played the hell out of Faxanadu; to me, it left the other games in the dust, which isn't exactly a glowing endorsement considering the other two games. Of course being very young I could never get very far, but at the time it was a great game, and the music ... let's just put it this way, I can still remember it to this day. At the time I thought the controls were tough to get used to, but the atmosphere and the look of the game were so cool. There really was nothing like that game at the time.

I played it a few months ago and was pretty underwhelmed. I think I used to love it at the time because a one-of-a-kind sort of game. I think modern games like Dracula X and the like have spoiled me, which isn't fair to Faxanadu, but it's unfortunately true.

What I'm thinking is that if you didn't like it before, you probably won't like it now. But don't let that stop you from trying it out, as I'm sure you can probably pick it up for fairly cheap (I could be wrong there)?

[pookninja]

its a ok game.i still have a copy in my nes collection,and while its not the worst game in my nes collection,its not the best either.the game is really a mix up of different kinds of games,its like they threw a liitle zelda 2 in,with a touch of rastan,and a bit of castlevania.its not a bad game,i would call it as slightly below average,and a game you wont miss unless your trying to complete your nes colection.

[suppafly]

I have a question

Most people here said that they played it...but did anyone FINISH it, or play it throughly?

Thanks for your comments everyone!

[NESaholic]

I have a question

Most people here said that they played it...but did anyone FINISH it, or play it throughly?

Thanks for your comments everyone!

Yeah a couple of times. :)

[GLASSJOE]

Faxandu

I have it haven't played it in about a year.
Yes I did beat it but I can't lie I use the game genie to help but if it wasn't the help of the game genie I probably wouldn't have finish.
I like the game I wish there was a sequel to it I love these kind of games.
What I didn't like about was 2 weapons at the start of the game was too high in price the scene is in the battlefield in the tree you have to climb or jump

[The Great Dane]

I have a question

Most people here said that they played it...but did anyone FINISH it, or play it throughly?

Thanks for your comments everyone!
I was able to beat the game years ago using the Game Genie :P Its a pretty hard game. I don't think I could beat it without it.

I personally like the game quite a lot. I think its a lot of fun and has a very interesting set of areas that you go to. I suggest that you give it a try again. You never know, you may like it now.

[slurpeepoop]

I played it as a child, and loved every minute of it. It had great graphics at the time, and the added rpg elements really made it enjoyable.

I especially liked how when you equipped new armor, shield, or sword, your character's sprite actually changed to display your newfound equipment. That was relatively unheard of at the time.

There were a few areas, especially when ou were outside of the tree, where you could constantly kill easy enemies, go back a screen, go forward again, and kill the enemies again. It made the game really easy later on since I was quite a few levels higher than where I should have been, and I always had enough money to buy the newest equipment.

I give it a hearty thumb's up.

[slurpeepoop]

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[rayearthknight]

I enjoyed Faxanadu, even though it had a lot of bugs, cheap hit detection and getting through the mists to the town of Victim? It drove me mad. The storyline--while heavily axed in the translation was better than what they gave for Simon's Quest (a game that is similar in gameplay). After playing it and then dying multiple times...I felt really good about finally aquring the final rank and getting the coveted weapons and and armour one needs to kill "the Evil One". I bought the game after reading the Nintendo Power article about it too and I wondered why it wasn't backed up like Zelda was; using a battery...
However, at least the passwords were not crazy ala River City Ransom of The Guardian Legend.

[Lord_Magus]

One of my favourite NES games.

Give it a shot, its definitely worth it ;)

[Ruudos]

I absolutely love Faxanadu, it's one of my favorite games. The style of the graphics, the music, and a good and fair challenge.

The weapons and magic you can buy (and the fact your character actually changes when he's wearing different armor), the monsters and the exploration.

[Ed Oscuro]

The storyline--while heavily axed in the translation was better than what they gave for Simon's Quest (a game that is similar in gameplay).
What we got for Simon's quest is pretty much unintelligible, and there's too many bad hints thrown in as well :p

[Damon Plus]

I played it a couple months ago, and it was a really good game IMO. Great, great music, and some interesting things added to the gameplay. Probably, the thing I liked more was the graphics. They aren´t like nothing I´ve seen, either on the Nes or other systems. It really seems like the land is dying for water.

[AlexKidd]

I like it alright and I never had it as a kid. Just picked it up sometime this year. The music and graphics are both pretty good in my opinion and the game play is similar to battle of olympus(also a good game) as someone else stated.

[whoisKeel]

I LOVED this game as a kid. I remember playing the hell out of it with a friend of mine, I even remember that I bought (or bought for me) it at K-mart and I just thought the box looked cool, had never heard of it. Back in the day we got up to the final boss but never beat him. Then I went back with savestates and a faq a year ago and beat it.

It's a good game, but it has its share of flaws. The password system sucks, the jumping is awkard and you do ALOT of jumping in the game, especially later on...this is probably the game's biggest flaw, and the controls are generally a bit clumsy.

Still though, you get some cool weapons/items (like wingboots). It's an adventure game with some puzzles thrown in and some RPG elements...and quite possibly the most bizarre collection of enemies I have seen in a video game. Overall I'd say it is slightly above average, but it has it's own unique feel which is why some people like it so much.

[Uzi 9mm]

I bought it after hearing great things about it from a buddy. I played it for a bit, it is a fun game, although I don't like the genre that much. The graphics are great, and the gameplay is pretty good.

[kainemaxwell]

Hi there.

Has it ever hapenned to you , that back in the 80´s and 90´s you saw magazine ads and pictures of a game, drooled, and then bought the game and didnt like it?
Happened to me when I first got my NES when I got Legacy of the Wizard.

[studvicious]

I remember renting this as a kid shortly after it came out, I played it like crazy for about 4 days and then I finally finished it. I loved every minute of it. :D

I really can't explain what was so appealing to me, I think it was the whole weapons/armor thing I guess. Great game.

[suppafly]

Thanks to everyone who answered.

Now I have a broader idea of what this game is supossed to be like. I feel very interested to play it soon, and try to finish it.

Thank you very much!

[rbudrick]

Happened to me when I first got my NES when I got Legacy of the Wizard.

It's somewhat funny you mention LotW. It is from the same series as Faxanadu, believe it or not. Faxanadu is from the Dragon Slayer series, which basically pioneered action-RPGs, rather than completely turn based or text based games. Or maybe I shouldnt call them action-rpgs...maybe RPGish action-adventure games, heh heh.

First we had Dragon Slayer, which came out on various Japanese computer systems, and also the Japanese Gameboy. It too is an action-adventure game with RPG elements (you'll notice this theme across the Dragon Slayer series). It saw releases on MSX, MSX2, PC98, x1 and many others. I've beaten the Japanese Gameboy version, but HOLY GOD is it hard. Imo, it is impossible when it was released. Why? The batteries in your GB will run out before you can come close. Of course, an AC adapter solves this. There is no save or password feature in this game, and there are 2 quests you must finish to beat it. The second quest is GB-smashingly difficult.

The GB game had it's own exclusive sequel to this game....sort of a Gaiden (side-story). In fact, I think it has Gaiden in the title.

Next was Xanadu, which has many Legacy of the wizard and Faxanadu elements (not that Faxanadu was out yet). I've been dying for an English translation of this because it really seems to be a killer game. Released for MSX and a few other computers...don't think any real consoles saw a release of this.

Next was Romancia, aka Dragon Slayer Jr. It seems to be a lot like Xanadu, but much more action oriented. It saw various PC releases and a Famicom release. Yet another game I am dying for a translation of.

Fourth was Dragon Slayer IV, the Drasle family (Dragon Slayer family abbreviated). Their last name was NOT Drasle, but Worzen. The US knew this game as Legacy of the Wizard. Originally, this game was on the MSX and later ported to the (more superior) NES.

Fifth, we had Sorcerian. It saw PC releases too, but also Dreamcast and Genesis releases. Another game I wish was in English....

Faxanadu is a spinoff of the series. How it relates to Xanadu will not be known to me until someone translates those games, but basically the title is a shortened version of "Famicom Xanadu." I've even seen some asian eBayers refer to it in their auctions as Fa Xanadu.

My opinion of the game? I have many fond memories of it. The music always pulls me back and is always incredibly fitting for the scene you are in. Much of it is so creepy and beautiful at the same time. I think I beat it in 2 days..not the hardest game in the world, but a hell of a lot of fun. Definitely a top 10 NES favorite of mine. Faxanadu rules.

-Rob

[The-Bavis]

^^

All very interesting. I've considered buying LotW just to own it. I played it a lot at a friends house and all I remember is that it was extremely difficult and not all that fun. Anybody finish this game?

[rbudrick]

All very interesting. I've considered buying LotW just to own it. I played it a lot at a friends house and all I remember is that it was extremely difficult and not all that fun. Anybody finish this game?

I did beat this game about 5 years ago, back when there were NO guides or maps for this game online. At least, no guides longer than a paragraph or so. :roll:

I finally figured out that one of each of the characters goes in one of the 4 directions from the dragon into their own little world. After 10 years or so of playing the game, it all fell together in a couple of days. The game is doable, and only kinda hard once you know what to do and get the hang of it. I thought the damn thing was impossible before!!! The password feature is the worst, though. If you play it on an emulator and insist on not using save states, at least take a screen grab of the password and save yourself a lot of headaches in writing them down.

It's a pretty fulfilling feeling making your way through that game...and a lot of fun...more than I'd ever thought it would be prior to beating it. With the maps out there now anyone should be able to beat it. Man, when I was a kid, I wished SOOOOOOO badly I had a map of that game.

-Rob [/quote]

[WanganRunner]

Isn't there a user on these boards called 'Mr. Faxanadu' who has put like 900 hrs into it or something?

[DDCecil]

I love Faxanadu. I managed to beat the game without any help from magazines. The music rules.

About LotW, I bought it at Kaybee for my 9th birthday for $20. It took me about a year or two to beat the game. I learned the following:

Use the Girl for the Top Right (1st) and Top Left (2nd) crowns. Use the mother for the bottom left crown (3rd), and the father for the bottom right crown (4th). Every source says to use the father for the top left crown, but I don't see how he can get through the room with many, many vertical rows of breakable blocks.

Also, make sure Lyll (the girl) has a Magic Potion, so when you use your Mattock Power all up, it will automatically refill (and you won't get stuck).

For the father's crown (Always get it last, so you have a chance againts Earthgaea - or whatever he is called), make sure you have an elixir. A mimic chest near the crown will kill him in 1 hit, and you'll need the elixir to pass it.

Looks like I went off topic there. LOL

[rbudrick]

I always used the pet for the bottom right. The pet can't die...well, not easily.....it's a pretty easy trek with him.

Using the father for top left is all a matter of using the glove. The adventure becomes a bit of a puzzle game at that point. Ingenious! I didn't know you could do it with anybody else.

-Rob

[Darth Sensei]

I played this game when it first came out and have been ill latley so I went back and finished it.

I must say that I was a little underwhelmed with the ending. I felt like there should have been more to it.

[Neo Rasa]

Next was Xanadu, which has many Legacy of the wizard and Faxanadu elements (not that Faxanadu was out yet). I've been dying for an English translation of this because it really seems to be a killer game. Released for MSX and a few other computers...don't think any real consoles saw a release of this.

It's on that Falcom Classics anthology for the Saturn (came out in 1996) if you consider that a note. :D The graphics are "improved" but pretty bland, and the soundtrack isn't so hot. There was also an official Windows 95 release of it.

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/8877/xanadusaturn2hy8.jpg



I'm glad Legacy of the Wizard/Drasle Family is starting to "click" with people who try to get into it. Great game from an awesome series (especially Legend of Xanadu II on the Turbo CD).


Something else that tends to not click with fans, Faxanadu is the Famicom spinoff of the franchise: FAmicom + XANADU like rbudrick said.

Sorcerian got a pretty good Turbo CD release too. Xanadu Next for the N-Gage also got a US release but is not so great to be hoenst.


Faxanadu is great stuff, I still play it now and then today. Finally got a box/manual for it again after all these years.



Also, anyone that likes Legacy of the Wizard MUST play this game:

http://www.gameflaws.com/cavestory/

Totally free game that is now fully translated to English by some fans. Made by like two guys over the course of five years. It's a very low requirement sci-fi game that is EXTREMELY similar to the Dragon Slayer franchise in its gameplay. The kicker though is that it has multiple towns/people to talk to, better implemented puzzles and controls and extremely catchy music. I'd pay $40 easily for it if it were to be charged for. Slow beginning but worth it.



Finally, Falcom, one of the raddest companies ever (makers of the Xanadu line, Ys, and countless other things) has another installment to the Xanadu games, LORD MONARCH. It is also totally free: http://www.falcom.co.jp/monarch/index_e.html


Ironic that Legacy of the Wizard and Faxanadu both underwhelm a lot of people today. It's from a series from before even the first Final Fantasy/Dragon Quest. Where computer RPG = Minimal in-game story development, lots of grinding/strategy to get around, lots of imagination required. Not an insult to people who don't like them today, but I think to REALLY enjoy them you have to have been around when they really were among the most fleshed out and in depth console games out there.

There was just no alternative until Legend of Zelda and Ys came out. Lack of options is one of the reasons I think the original Hydlide was such a huge success in Japan (a game ai LOATHE, I've been known to get physically vioelnt when people mention it/Virtual Hydlide/etc.).

[dojosky]

I liked that game ! :D i bought it when it was first released at Toys R us i called often to see when it came in then quickly got there on a city bus LOL over 20+ miles there each way ... and played it a lot then I was close to the end of the game i gave up then went to bed but couldnt sleep thought of *mantras and the damn whole game so I woke up at 5 30 am or before that and my mom was sittin on the couch in living room said whats up why am i up so early i said i had to finish that damn game heh LOL .. she said be sure to get good sleep before i head to work ... i finally beated the game ! then went to bed and got some more sleep ... anyways to this day i still have my own complete one and a sealed brand new one !!!!! :D

[blue lander]

I thought Faxanadu was pretty enjoyable, enjoyable enough to play to the end at least.



Fifth, we had Sorcerian. It saw PC releases too, but also Dreamcast and Genesis releases. Another game I wish was in English....

It was released in English on the PC. Sierra localized it way back when along with a couple other Japanese games (Thexter, some other Game Arts RPG I can't remember the name of).

The funny thing about the Dragon Slayer series is that none of the games have anything to do with the others. Basically, Falcom called any game by Yoshio Kiya "Dragon Slayer" even though they were unrelated games. It'd sort of be like if Nintendo decided to call every game by Shigeru Miyamoto the same name. I assume the Xanadu games are related to the other Xanadu games (such as Faxanadu, although it was actually developed by Hudson), but Xanadu and, say, Sorcerian have nothing to do with eachother.

[Synergy]

Faxanadu rocks! I finished it for the first time years and years ago without any help from guides and the like. I think it plays quite a bit like Zelda II, which wasn't due out for another year at that time. The music is excellent, the game world is huge your first trip through, and the graphics are well done by NES standards.

The story, and the feeling of adventure in this new huge world sucked me right into it. Definately give it another try, but play it for a little while to give it a chance to grow on you. I can see how it may seem boring at first, but it gets better the farther you get into it. I can't imagine my NES collection without it.


It's somewhat funny you mention LotW. It is from the same series as Faxanadu, believe it or not. Faxanadu is from the Dragon Slayer series, which basically pioneered action-RPGs, rather than completely turn based or text based games. Or maybe I shouldnt call them action-rpgs...maybe RPGish action-adventure games, heh heh.

I played Legacy of the Wizard back in the day, but ultimately got frustrated with it because I didn't know where the hell to go. I played it again a few years ago, became better at playing it, and could definately see why it's a fun little game. I haven't beaten it as of yet, but I plan to.

[Neo Rasa]

The funny thing about the Dragon Slayer series is that none of the games have anything to do with the others. Basically, Falcom called any game by Yoshio Kiya "Dragon Slayer" even though they were unrelated games. It'd sort of be like if Nintendo decided to call every game by Shigeru Miyamoto the same name. I assume the Xanadu games are related to the other Xanadu games (such as Faxanadu, although it was actually developed by Hudson), but Xanadu and, say, Sorcerian have nothing to do with eachother.

Yeah what's interesting is that the spinoffs have sequels that continue their own storylines directly (specifically Dragon Slayer: Legend of Heroes and its sequel on the Turbo CD, Legend of Xanadu and its sequel also on the Turbo CD, and the Legend of Heroes series on the PC and PSP).

There's five of those out on the PSP already! The US only got three and four (with the fourth one being released here FIRST as Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion). ARG!

[rbudrick]

The funny thing about the Dragon Slayer series is that none of the games have anything to do with the others. Basically, Falcom called any game by Yoshio Kiya "Dragon Slayer" even though they were unrelated games. It'd sort of be like if Nintendo decided to call every game by Shigeru Miyamoto the same name. I assume the Xanadu games are related to the other Xanadu games (such as Faxanadu, although it was actually developed by Hudson), but Xanadu and, say, Sorcerian have nothing to do with eachother.

Final Fantasy does that too, of course.

I've always wshed that Dragon Slayer 3, Romancia was translated for the NES...it only had a Famicom relesae, and maybe one or two Japanese PCs.

By the way, the Japanes Dragon Slayer 1 remake for Gameboy seems the most playable to me, but it's terrible as a portable because an AC adapter is absolutely necessary to beat it....though later I did it on SNES with the Super GB....or maybe it was my N64 Wideboy, but whatever. It takes a LONG time, and there's 2 quests! Very difficult to beat, but I left my system on for a day or two to beat it. I couldn't get anywhere in the MSX version....just impossible, imo. The MSX version was released by Square, believeit or not.

Xanadu for MSX is a really awesome game in the very similar vein to Legacy of the Wizard, but alas, it too is not translated so I can't get very far.

And for those who didn't like Faxanadu's ending...yeah, me neither. It's always been basically the only thing I really didn't like about it. That and the last boss is very underwhelming. I absolutely adore the game,though. Using the Nintendo Power maps back in the day I really got into it...beat it in 2 days. The music is incredible. For those that only got an hour into it, you are missing out big time, seriously.

-Rob

[Neo Rasa]

It would be interesting if someone were to re-translate the game. Much like catching a heavily recut movie in theaters, it felt like something was genuinely missing there. The story development and ending just didn't match the effort put into the music, atmosphere, creature/character design, etc.

Man I can't believe they'd make a GB game that long and give it NO save function!


Also rbudrick if you haven't yet you really should download Cave Story and its English patch from the link I posted.

[rbudrick]

Yes, that Cave Story game looks very cool!

Are you saying you wished they'd retranslate Faxanadu? Hmmm...might be interesting...I never thought of it. I wonder if it is really any different in Japanese.

As for the GB Dragon Slayer, the no save is a real pain, but the game is entirely in English. There's really not much text at all other than the ending, iirc, and that's only a couple of lines. It's a very blah game, to be honest, but it is also just a GB-ized version of a very simple oooold school adventure game...there ain't much to the game, really. If a person didn't like Hydlide, they DEFNITELY aren't going to like Dragon Slayer 1. BTW, I liked Hydlide, even though it was very basic and shitty looking. I kind of took that as part of its charm.

EDIT: I downloaded the Cave Story soundtrack. HOLY CRAP! Best 8-bit sounding soundtrack EVER. No, seriously, it's that good! When I get home I've gotta play this game!

-Rob

[Neo Rasa]

Oh HELL YES for anyone that hasn't heard it, Cave Story soundtrack = Sunsoft NES levels of greatness.


And yes I do wish someone would take a look at the Japanese version of Faxanadu again. Even in a game where the translation isn't bad, for the mid nineties and earlier stuff there's almost always a few twists missing, some dialogue shortened due to the formatting of the font, etc. A good example is the spell names in the first six Final Fantasy games. They were always "Thundaga," etc. but the economy of the Japanese characters used left them with no space to format in the same text in English, hence why the earlier ones have "Lit-3" and such.

The same definitely went for the dialogue in FFIV too. In the retranslation on the GBA that's supposed to be the most accurate, there's a scene where a character dies and one of the characters loved ones speaks several lines about, well, how they're pretty pissed and are going to get revenge. In the first SNES release this whole thing is reduced to "Darn it! She's gone!"

So I doubt Faxanadu's storyline is totally different in the Japanese version, but I'm willing to bet certain aspects of it are a little more fleshed out given the obvious effort that went into every other aspect of the game.



Heh, great thing about Cave Story is how obvious it is that the designers were massive fans of Legacy of the Wizard, Metroid, and Blaster Master. You even get missile upgrades complete with a little synthesized jingle. :D

[rbudrick]

Oh HELL YES for anyone that hasn't heard it, Cave Story soundtrack = Sunsoft NES levels of greatness.

Yeah, it sounds like the very best Sunsoft ever did with lots of hints of Nintendo, Konami and Capcom thrown in. But Sunsoft was the first that came to mind...like Ufouria, Blaster Master, Batman, Addams Family, and Mr. Gimmick.

I wish I could loop these in my NSF player, but I can't!

-Rob

[AMG]

I've had the game for over 10 years now and I've tried to get into it many, many time. I just can't. I don't know what it is about the game. But after about 20 minutes in I just can't play anymore. It's been a while since my last attempt to get into it though. Maybe I'll give it another spin sometime soon.

[bangtango]

Faxanadu was, and remains, a fun game. You spend a long time in the land of mists then inside of the tree, which can get boring, but aside from that it is a fun adventure game (not an rpg).

[kainemaxwell]

Having recently played and beaten this, I really enjoyed it. Only downsides were the bad hit detection and lack of a save feature.

[Cinder6]

The first time I played the game, I absolutely hated it. Then, I played it some more, and I've grown to like it. It's flawed, yes, but it blends some gameplay elements in a nice way, and is just fun to play. I can't really describe what it is, exactly, that I like about it, though.

[JustRob]

This was the first game I remember owning that made me *want* to keep going, to see just how far I could get. I was what, 7? when I was given this game. My cousin thought I might like the genre (whatever faxanadu happens to fall in) and sat me down and showed me a little about it. Duuuuude, 18 years later and I STILL can't beat the fucking game. I've never used a game genie or anything else either. The jumps are the only thing that kill the fun. But it really did make you feel like you were in some sort of grand adventure to save the world.

Oh, and the music was awesome. I still hear it in my head sometimes.

[shoes23]

I was given this game as a present when it first came out. I remember being very exited when I first popped the game in and started playing, but quickly became frustrated. Hell, even the beginning of the game where you need to walk all the way to left to meet the king is frustrating when it's next to impossible to avoid damage from two enemies that should be a breeze to jump over.

I really haven't it picked it up to try it in quite a few years, maybe I'll be abe to enjoy it a little more now. Funny enough though, when I got back into collection Nintendo games this was one of the first titles I went after...go figure.