Wizards & Warriors X: Fortress of Fear

This was one of the first Gameboy games I owned back in the day, and I have a certain fondness for it even though it was never one of my favorites. While it’s rather unforgiving, the gameplay is so oriented around memorization it’s actually considerably easier to handle for newer gamers than games with more reactionary gameplay. Enemies are usually easy to handle as long as you know where they are and how they move, bosses are entirely about observing their patterns and finding the two safe spots to switch between to avoid their swooping attacks, and knowing where the secret rooms are and what chests contain what is essential to keeping a healthy supply of extra lives. It’s a game you “figure out” as opposed to “get good at”. It’s hardly the best game out there, but I played it a decent amount as a kid and managed to make it to I believe level 4, never considering it particularly “bad”.