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Esper Bouken Tai

エスパ冒険隊 魔王の砦
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Platform Famicom Year 1987
Publisher Jaleco Developer Jaleco
Region JP Language Japanese
Tags Action, Platformer, Single Player, Japan Only, Adventure, Open World
Platform Famicom
Year 1987
Publisher Jaleco
Developer Jaleco
Region JP
Language Japanese
Tags Action, Platformer, Single Player, Japan Only, Adventure, Open World

Use your ability to jump really high to explore a large map in this action platformer adventure game with some RPG stats. You fight with a giant hammer and can trigger a magic power that protects your character for a short period of time. Talk to other characters to buy items and learn how to progress.
 
Good Bad
  • Large map to explore
  • Can jump multiple screens high
  • Requires understanding Japanese
  • Select pauses and Start talks to characters
  • Terrible hit detection
  • Useless special ability
  • Expensive health restore
  • Difficult to differentiate good characters from bad
  • No idea what to do or where to go
  • Missing animation frames
Good
  • Large map to explore
  • Can jump multiple screens high
 
Bad
  • Requires understanding Japanese
  • Select pauses and Start talks to characters
  • Terrible hit detection
  • Useless special ability
  • Expensive health restore
  • Difficult to differentiate good characters from bad
  • No idea what to do or where to go
  • Missing animation frames
 
3 It's an ambitious game but the difficulty in progressing due to the need to understand Japanese, the terrible hit detection, and the useless magic ability make it too frustrating to recommend.

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