This remains a masterpiece even after all these years. A very compact, briskly paced, challenge-heavy game that submerges you in a rhythm of walking, jumping and whipping that feels effortless once you gather enough patience to master. Despite its very abrupt spike in difficulty after the third stage, the game feels like it nails how long it needs to last before it becomes stale, and as such, no level feels redundant or wasted. Adding to that the lavish pixel art and the very carefully selected colors and we have a classic that deserves to be played again and again.