Great Game from the 1990's

User Rating: 7.5 | Magician Lord NEO
Magicain Lord / マジシャンロード,

A side-scrolling platform game.developed by ADK that was released on April 26, 1990 for Neo-geoMVS and AES later released in 2008 for the PS2 & Wii virtual console.

Storyline

You play as a Magicain named Elta,one of the last Magicain lord's.Your quest is to collect tome of mystical power to save your homeland from the evil wizard Gal Agiese.

Looking good there Agiese.

Gameplay

Now this game is well-known for its challenging difficulty.Elta has to jump, shoot up,right,left,down and climb his way through eight levels to find each of the tomes.This is a simple game to play yet frustrating,you can't shoot while running so you have to stop to shoot which makes things difficult & if your gonna play this game be prepared to climb alot of ladders.

Forms

Elta can change to 6 different Froms by picking up colored orbs(which look like little black balls :lol found throughout the stages:

* Dragon Warrior:Elta attacks by breathing fire.
* Waterman: The Waterman-form attacks with water grenades.
* Poseidon: Its like Waterman but better.Shoots wide waves of water and causes enemies to freeze.
* Shinobi: The Shinobi-form.Attacks are powerful of magical archs of fire which are wide but slow-moving.
* Samurai: Samurai-form is the only form that can attack through barriers, even multiple enemies, limited in range.
* Raijin: The Raijin-form gives Elta's unique attack that creates a continuous electrical field around his body.