First of all, why wasn't it obvious to both the developers of this and Castlevania that hearts should never represent anything other than health? Hearts are money, really? That's kind of twisted. As for the controls, I too found them pretty floaty and slippery, but I think it's intended. It allows p...

*shrug*, well I liked them. I agree that for people used to 8-way joysticks, it probably seems bizarre and unnecessarily complex. Also I wouldn't want to use the control scheme with anything other than a 2-way joystick. With the original arcade joystick and buttons, it just feels good. Defender with...

Oh whoops, good catch.

Ahem, well, then consider that the highest score is around 230 THOUSAND points!

(Hey, the 7th place Defender score is only 18,875. I've scored more than that!)

Hey all. I'm a long time reader of the site, but wanted to sign up for this retro discussion. First off thanks to Racketboy for the Together Retro idea (and the site in general of course). Finding a group that can discuss games intelligently, let alone games that are over two decades old, is pretty ...