My sweet giblets does this have some of the absolute ugliest filters I've ever seen. Just stick to the original pixel art, the rest is hot garbage.

But moving on, because nobody's got time for some dude's random ideas on what counts as art. If you've played this on arcade you'll feel relatively at home. It is a pretty decent port, with some infinite continue shenanigans and difficulty options to appease us casual folks. The nostalgia of the game gives me an entirely different memory, because the actual game is a whole heap of "meh" at this point in life.

I'm not sure I'd recommend it at full price, but it was fun to take a trip back through some good 'ol D&D beat'em up memories - even if they were a tiny bit lackluster.

I used to play this game in the arcades back in the 90s, I am so happy it came back. It's a faithful remake. Yes you get unlimited lives but these games are brutal to play on a single quarter. I remember dumping about $5-$10 in for a full playthrough when I was a kid. :D

This version of the game has both Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara, but I highly recommend the latter game because it's just a more refined system with more fun stuff + extra classes. So if you dislike Tower of Doom, just go to the other game, it's a lot more fun IMO.

Also... this game has TONS and TONS and TONS of secrets and other hidden things within it. It takes a while to get used to the controls and experimenting to find secret items, hidden attack combos and fighting game moves that each character has.

Example...
One sword's name is actually really cool for a game of this era. Seriously... It names itself after the highest score person on the cabinet! It sounds silly and simple, but that's just a neat feature for an arcade cabinet in the 90s if you got it. I kind of wish more games did that :D

Also, side note, I *read a long time ago* that this game heavily inspired the Dungeon Fighter Online / Dungeon & Fighter series.