Devil World is definitely up there with Clu Clu Land, for me personally. Yet another bizarre pitch for an arcade game that attempts to put a twist on the maze formula, with this one being the most unique I've seen by far.

The randomly-scrolling maze is actually quite brilliant, and I can't even imagine how tricky it might've been to implement a system like that, especially taking into account the respawn zones landing in perfect, fair spots for the Tamagon player. The rest of the mechanics are decent, although they can use a bit of improvement like enemy AI and the speed of the Tamagon when trying to escape behind a moving wall.

This game clearly tries to diverge itself from a traditional Pac-Man formula by requiring you to pick up Crosses in order to eat the dots, but it can get a tad bit annoying when taking into account the slow speed and random directions of the maze shifts. But with 3 segmented level types, each one adding a challenge to differentiate themselves from each other, it's a solid pass; a creative arcade title from Nintendo's early days, and one that I would love for someone to revisit.
Devil World deserves to stand with the others. It's great.

Reviewed on Nov 13, 2023


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