Rocket Knight Adventures

Rocket Knight Adventures is a 1993 side-scrolling platformer video game developed and published by Konami for the Sega Genesis.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Fun gameplay.
 * 2) It was the first Konami pet.
 * 3) Responsive and very fluid controls.
 * 4) Impressive and colorful (though not as colorful as the sequel's) steampunk graphics.
 * 5) Amazing special effects.
 * 6) The animations in the game is fun.
 * 7) Awesome and fun story.
 * 8) The soundtrack was a masterpiece.
 * 9) There is a level where you can play Gradius style.
 * 10) This video game is from the creator of Contra III: The Alien Wars, Contra: Hard Corps and Contra: Shattered Soldier.
 * 11) If you complete on the hard difficulty, you will see a message below that will say: CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU ARE VERY VERY STRONG!!
 * 12) Impressive bosses, up to level 5 where you can play as a fighter, like the power rangers.
 * 13) Sparkster is so adorable.
 * 14) Satisfying ending.
 * 15) There are different versions:
 * 16) *In the Japanese version, there is a different scene, in the scene we can see that there are some calm people, but the enemies invade the village, at level 1, after starting the game, Sparkster is making an orchestra.
 * 17) *In the American version, we can see that Sparkster is watching Zephyrus, after starting the game, at level 1, Sparkster has his sword.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The story is very short, you can complete it in 54 minutes.
 * 2) The final boss is very difficult, and if you fail you have to start again.
 * 3) On the hard difficulty, mentioned before, it can be extremely difficult.
 * 4) *Or worse, YOU HAVE 1 HIT AND DIE AND WITHOUT CONTINUING.
 * 5) Speaking of frustration, in the Japanese version, you have 2 lives and 3 continue in hard mode
 * 6) At level 5, there is a part where you have to go up and down, sometimes spikes can cause eyestrain.

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