MAZE OF GALIOUS
Subtitled Knightmare II in Japan, Maze Of Galious is a direct sequel to Konami’s 1986 shoot-’em-up, but trades the shooting for platforming and exploration. Swapping between two characters, Popolon and Aphrodite, you need to make use of their unique abilities to uncover obscure secrets and conquer 174 screens of a castle that feels like a proto-metroidvania. Maze Of Galious was a huge inspiration on indie hit La Mulana, and it’s easy to see why. It’s packed with so many secrets that Eighties kids would have had to trade knowledge with their friends to get the most out of it, and could play for hours on end and still not see everything.
If you’d like to buy Maze Of Galious then we’ve got some more good news for you. Each release of the game detects the region of your hardware and plays in your language, so you can buy the Japanese version at half the price and still play in English!