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GAMEPLAY The player controls a gladiator/knight named Guaranos as he walks through a castle. The joystick's horizontal axis is used to move Guaranos left and right, and the vertical axis is used to position Guaranos's shield. The game's three buttons correspond to a high, medium, and low attack with Guaranos's sword. Gameplay is split between two modes; in the "obstacle" mode, Guaranos walks forward, and the player must use the sword and shield to defend him from bats, fireballs, arrows, shuriken, and other flying hazards. The "obstacle" mode is broken up by a "fight" mode, in which Guaranos must fight against another, similarly-armored knight. In both modes, an un-defended hit to Guaranos knocks off part of his armor (his helmet for a high hit, his breastplate for a medium hit, and his leggings for a low hit), and a subsequent hit to the same area kills him. TRIVIA In the original Japanese version of the game, and in the first U.S. release (entitled "Golden Castle"), the female enemy Irene's bare breasts were exposed when her Breastplate was removed. In the final U.S. release, a bikini top was added to obscure them. The game is also notable because the main character's sprite is half the height of the screen, which is much larger than the sprites in most arcade games released at the time. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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