@Judeau @nazokiyoubinbou this is the part that always got me about Castlevania 2. You either played it in the early 90s when cryptic games were pretty common and a feature rather than a defect, or you played it after the advent of GameFAQs and similar and could easily get answers to problems. There are games I don't like (or haven't figured out how to like yet!) but I have never encountered a truly bad game.