I firmly wore my rose tinted specs forever!! The fact that my memory of the arcade game had grown a little hazy probably helped cause I didn't notice all the glaring differences and omissions, what I did notice was the gameplay was there. It is a frantic slash em up with a host of beasties coming from all sides getting obliterated by a unique spiked shield on chain weapon with loads of bonuses, fast scrolling, platforming action and loadsa levels. The graphics are a bit small, there's not a lot of variation n the sound is, well, rubbish BUT I loved it, and I still do. Despite now being able to emulate the arcade game on my PC I still fire up the Speccy version too. Its a different game, yet has enough of the same elements that I like.
The mythical theme, the score challenge, and more than anything, the speed of action. For some reason I am drawn to the fast reflex games more than any others, and this is one of the best examples.
