8 Eyes (USA) ROM

8 Eyes is mostly a Castlevania clone. It was of course released later, but features comparatively awkward gameplay and much worse music. The best feature of this game is Cutrus, the falcon, who is fun to use. The game also ends when you die once. As the manual says, "This is reality!" This game is worth a shot if one has already played Castelvania to death and wants to see something new. Now, if only Cutrus was the main star of the game...

8 Eyes is a 2D action platformer for the NES featuring a single-life, puzzle challenges, and 2-player option.

The controls, music, graphics, and story were all lacking being unresponsive, bland, eye-blinding and unrefined, and non-existent without the manual.

Gameplay was very typical of an action platformer and the mechanics behind the enemies was frustrating at best. Enemies would not take damage at times, would re-spawn instantly, and I felt like my character did not actually want to play the game he was programmed into.

Overall, I did not enjoy playing this title.

This game was actually a bit fun. I didn't pass any levels, but is was fun. You only get one life, so that's pretty dumb, but there is a health bar. Something that ticked me off was as soon as I would kill an enemy, it would re-spawn in a split second. There's a decent amount of items: a gun, an orb, a throwing knife, and a boomerang. It's a puzzle too. So go and try it out.