is a

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developed by EIM and published by

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. It was released in Japan for the

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on August 10, 1990.

Summary

The player and his

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must find their way back home after being sucked into an alternate universe. A magnificent castle full of 25 different game worlds block their progress, however, and they are filled with enemies on every stage. The player has an overhead view to destroy the enemies for extra loot. Given a strict time limit of 100 seconds to solve each puzzle, the game rewards fast puzzle solvers. The first player controls the male while the second player controls the female. Players only start with three lives and lose them when time runs out or when a monster comes into contact with him/her. Enemies in the game include springs, rollers,

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es, and

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References

1990 video games EIM (video game developer) games Japan-exclusive video games Nintendo Entertainment System games Nintendo Entertainment System-only games Puzzle video games Single-player video games Top-down video games Varie games Video games about parallel universes Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Hirohiko Takayama Video games set in castles {{Nintendo-stub