The Maze of Galious

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Knightmare II: The Maze Of Galious

Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Release date(s)	1987
Genre(s)	Platform game
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	MSX, NES
Media	Cartridge

Knightmare II: The Maze of Galious is the follow-up to Konami's MSX game Knightmare. While the first game was an overhead, vertical scrolling shooter, The Maze of Galious is a side-view, flick-screen platform game. Starring in The Maze of Galious are Popolon and Aphrodite, entering the evil priest Galious' castle to free their yet-to-be-born son Pampas from the priest's evil clutches. Being able to control Popolon and Aphrodite means the player actually has two lives, and while the characters act slightly different the game stays more or less the same, no matter who the active hero is.

[edit] Conversions

The Maze of Galious has been ported to the Nintendo NES console in the same year it was released for the MSX (1987), but the game itself is far different from the MSX version.
There is an SDL version of the game for your computer at http://www.braingames.getput.com/mog/

[edit] Trivia

The gameplay is highly reminiscent of the original The Legend of Zelda released two years before, for the NES, where you have a main world (castle) and ten caves (worlds). The difference between them is one that while Zelda is played from a top-down view, Galious is a side view platformer.
The Maze of Galious offers extra bits and bonuses if The Game Master, Knightmare or Q*bert are inserted in the second cartridge slot available on some MSX machines.