Edit: Wow, this was copyright flagged out of the gate for the overworld music. Did not expect that! It's a very flawed, but very appealing game that works somewhere in between Ys, Hydlide, and The Legend of Zelda. It has bits of all of them in it and it works very well. To sum up the mechanics, you have very short attack range and you're out soaking up XP and gold so that you can level up after a stay in the inn. You have to spend gold to do so at a rate, I believe, of one golf per point recovered plus extra if you happen to be poisoned. If you die on the field, you don't keep your gold and XP but you do continue with your level and most of your key items. Consumables and a few other items do not carry over. Your "class" is determined by your zodiac and blood type. What's not fun is that grinding is not only necessary, but a long, boring, and frustrating process. Enemies quickly get to the point where they can whoop you in seconds and there aren't many early ways to beef yourself up. You do get magic as you level up, but since there's no English manual, you have to piece together and experiment with what's available online. You also don't get to do much in the way of mitigating damage with skill since you have no attack range to speak of and there is only one real way to avoid melee attacks. There is about a half second between when an enemy touches you and you get hit. You can use this to your advantage to get yourself out of danger while putting yourself in a position to deal with the baddies. If you have a bit of patience, then you can probably master this game within a day. My recommendation is to get a list of items and spells, then waste a bit of time leveling to lvl 3 or 4. Once you get that far, you should have a lot of leeway to experiment and get a feel for the land. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7slBl4mDiU

It's OK, I guess? It's like the least offensive game you could play, but not necessarily the most entertaining...at least at first. It's clear it's going to lean more into the puzzle/maze aspects later, but my attention can't be bothered to go much further to find out. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGpsgP7wFcc

I dunno what the second button actually does. I've tried it in several situations, held it, tried running tricks with it off a jump....nuthin'. I'm also guessing that you have to make a perfect run if you want to get to the end before time runs out. Pretty game, but not much to keep you around and I can't imagine wanting to pump quarters into this. It was 1983, though, so sometimes the search for perfection on the simplest of things can take over. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZCA_OZ3x3k

I'm sort of surprised that I don't have more Space Invaders clones on the playlist. I mean, I'm over 400 arcades games in, right? Statistically speaking, 179 of them should have been. That's also the review, unless you were expecting something else. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmY9vTpwX3w