Pachio Kun: Castle is one of those weird little Game Boy platformers that somehow sticks with you. At first glance, it's just another dude jumping on enemies and dodging spikes, but there's something oddly satisfying about the way it controls—Pachio has this floaty mid-air control that makes tricky jumps feel fair, even when you barely make it.

The castle theme gives it a nice gothic vibe, with crumbling brick walls and those classic flickering torch animations. Some rooms have these sneaky hidden paths behind fake walls (I spent way too long bumping into every surface my first playthrough). And the music? Exactly the kind of simple, looping chiptune that gets stuck in your head for days.

It's not the hardest platformer out there, but some of the later levels get surprisingly mean with enemy placements. That one room with the falling chandeliers still gives me nightmares. If you dig old-school platformers with a bit of janky charm, this one's worth a few playthroughs.