Stormlord

Stormlord is a colorful fantasy platform adventure in which the title character has the rather unpleasant job of rescuing magical creatures and confronting an assortment of hostile monsters. The game mixes jumping, exploration and combat across a succession of strange environments, with hazards positioned in exactly the places where a careless player is most likely to stumble into them. Its world has a storybook quality, but there is enough danger to ensure that this is not a particularly relaxing bedtime tale. The controls and level design reflect the arcade-oriented style of the late 1980s, rewarding persistence and a decent memory for where trouble is hiding. Stormlord has a wonderfully eccentric personality, helped by its imaginative creatures and unusual fantasy setting. It can be unforgiving, but that was practically part of the job description for platform games back then.