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Milon's Secret Castle came out for the Game Boy in 1986, published by Hudson Soft. It was part of that early wave of portable games where you got a full adventure in your hands, a side-scrolling quest that felt bigger than the screen. You control Milon, a young boy with a bubble blower, on a mission to rescue Princess Eliza from the evil Warlord who has taken over the castle.

You move from room to room, each screen its own contained puzzle. Your main tool is your bubble shooter; you pop enemies with it to clear them, and you also use bubbles to reveal hidden blocks and doors. The core of the game is exploration, finding the correct route upward through the castle's many floors by uncovering secrets. It is a methodical game; you have to search every nook, and the difficulty comes from not knowing where to go next. Progress feels earned when you finally discover a new path or a vital item, making the castle itself a large, solvable machine.