The Moon Crystal has been taken...and Cirrus Village has been abducted.
Save for one boy, Ricky Slater...
Believe it or not, the game was meant for an American release but got canned at the last second.
Let's do this already.
Stage 1: Evil Forest
The controls are your typical side-scrolling platformer controls, but you can grab onto ledges much like in Prince of Persia. Turning around isn't instantaneous, but at least the animation for it is pretty good.
The animation in this game is amazing, now that I mention it. Both Ricky and enemies alike have some fluidity to their movements, which is amazing for a Famicom game.
Attack treasure chests with your knife. Small hearts replenish one heart, while a big one replenishes your entire life bar.
The diamond makes you invincible for a few seconds.
A circle with a clear heart in it increases your max health by one. You can only have up to five hearts. Even if you have the maximum five hearts, they're still worth picking up if you're low on life as it still fills one heart on your life bar if you're at less than full health.
The men in the robes just move back and forth. The spiders will jump at you if you're close enough. The archers' attacks will miss if you duck.
The shoes with the wings will give you a double jump. Just jump while in mid-air to perform it.
The circle containing Ricky's face is an extra life.
The boss at the end is a barbarian with an axe. Use the tree branches to get behind him, and whack him from behind as he swings his axe and/or turns around.
When you beat the barbarian, a girl named Rosina shows up and tells you that Count Crimson abducted your father in order to use his research on the Moon Crystal for evil gain. The Count, Ricky's father and the abducted villagers will be at the Count's castle beyond Cirrus Village.
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