Play Gegege no Kitarou - Youkai Dai Makyou (Japan) Online
You play as Kitarou, this spiky-haired kid who fights yokai with his sandal—dodging floating lanterns and umbrella ghosts while jumping across haunted rooftops. It’s got that tough-but-fair NES feel where you learn enemy patterns, just with more Japanese folklore than usual.
Gegege no Kitarou - Youkai Dai Makyou came out in 1986 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, developed and published by Bandai. It was part of that wave of early NES titles that drew from anime and manga, offering something a little different from the platformers and action games that dominated the system at the time.
You control Kitarou, a yokai hunter who navigates side scrolling stages, using his detached, projectile hair needle and his sandal to defeat a variety of folkloric monsters. The main goal is to clear each stage of enemies and overcome the boss waiting at the end. The game employs screen by screen progression, where new threats appear as you advance, and it features a lives and continues system typical of the era. The pacing is deliberate, and the difficulty is substantial, demanding precise jumps and quick attacks. It feels like a challenging trip through a moving tapestry of Japanese ghost stories.
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