Rygar 1986

Is it still worth playing?

Tecmo's 1986 arcade platformer, in which a Legendary Warrior sets out to defeat Ligar, an evil dominator, using the Diskarmor, a razor sharp shield on a long chain that works like a yo-yo. You move left to right, jump, duck, attack and climb ropes, with a front attack, a curved overhead swing and an airborne attack, and you can briefly stun enemies by jumping on them. There is no health: touching an enemy or its projectile, or falling off a platform, kills you at once. Five kinds of item appear in stones that rise from the earth: bonus points, power ups, extra lives, extra time and screen bombs that clear every enemy on screen. Power ups include Sun Power, a straight overhead attack, Cross Power, temporary invincibility, and Star Power, a longer Diskarmor. Even now, a one hit death and a single chained weapon make every jump and throw a commitment.