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You slash through enemies with a dagger, but one hit kills you—then you’re racing to grab your dropped coins before they disappear. Brutal jumps over instant-death pits make every step tense, and that weird little shop between levels never has enough cash for upgrades.
Risky Woods came out on the Sega Genesis in 1992, developed by Dinamic Software. It was one of those action platformers that felt right at home on the system, offering a straightforward but challenging experience without a lot of the frills you saw in bigger titles at the time.
You control a warrior who moves through screen by screen environments, using a short range dagger to slash enemies and a bow for distant threats. The main goal is to survive each stage, collecting coins and power ups while avoiding instant death pits and relentless enemy patterns. Two mechanics define the tension: if you get hit, you drop all your coins and must recollect them before they vanish, and the shop between levels always feels just out of reach financially, forcing careful play. The pacing is relentless, and the difficulty is unforgiving, making each small victory feel genuinely earned. It feels like a constant, careful scramble where every jump and every enemy encounter matters.
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