A 4 way scrolling platform game, released by capcom in
1985, It involved the controlling of a knight, sir arthur,
who's job it was to save the beautiful princess of hus from the evil demon.
You start with a lance as your primary weapon, and can also collect a
dagger (which is, imho, the best weapon, as it has a superior firing rate), the
torch (which is almost useless), the axe (which has a short range, but can
take out multiple enemies at once), then shield (which
was a cross on some bootleg versions, including my board)
It has quite nice graphics, and great music, which was sadly
missed in many home versions (although the music which replaced it on the
8 bit computers, by Mark Cooksey, was a classic), but
most importantly, it was, and still is, very fun to play
The most memorable thing about it,. however, is when you first get hit, you
loose your armour, and hence run around in your underwear. There is a trick on some versions, where if you
turn into a frog (by shooting the gravestones), you will get your armour back when the spell wears off, but not in the original version
It spawned an arcade sequal, Ghouls 'n' Ghosts, which is also deinantly worth a few credits. The Japanese version is called Makaimura which
translates to Demon World Village