Dark Castle a ɛwɔ Sega Genesis so no yɛ saa platformers a ɛyɛ nwonwa na ɛyɛ moody a ɛbata wo ho no mu biako. Ade a edi kan a wuhu ne sɛnea ɛte sɛ nea ɛyɛ hu —dim torchlight a ɛrehuruhuruw wɔ abo afasu so, nnua a wɔde ayɛ fam a ɛreyɛ ayɛ kusuu, ne saa bat atamfo nketewa a wɔde wɔn ho hyɛ wo mu fi baabiara no. Woanya saa clunky jump arc yi mfiase no, nanso sɛ wo yɛ no su wie a, tow abotan gu awɛmfo so na wokwati spike traps no bɛyɛ nea ɛma abotɔyam a ɛyɛ nwonwa.

Nanso, ɛnyɛ mmirikatu ne ahuruhuruw kɛkɛ. Pia bi wɔ hɔ a ɛyɛ ahodwiriw wɔ baabi a worekɔfa blocks anaa timing switch ahorow, na castle nhyehyɛe no sesa ankasa wɔ mmɔdenbɔ ntam. Mess up, na woasan aba mfiase no —no saves, just pure '90s punishment. Nnwom no nyinaa harpsichord nneɛma a ɔkwan bi so no ɛma slipping kɔ amoa mu mpo yɛ nwonwa kɛse.

Nokwarem no, ɛyɛ janky wɔ saa dedaw-sukuu kwan no so a asɛnnennen no fã yɛ akuturukubɔ ne controls no, nanso biribi wɔ hɔ fa wim tebea no ho a ɛma wokɔ so san ba. Sɛ wowɔ abotare ma retro quirks a, ɛyɛ bere ketewa bi a ɛyɛ fɛ a ɛyɛ fɛ.