Galahad

"Miragorn, the Wicked Wiz of the East, has looted Camelot's treasure and made off with the fair Princess Leandra. To cover his escape, he's cast all the knights of the Round Table into a deep sleep-leaving you, Galahad, son of Lancelot, as Camelot's only hope.

8 megs of Seamless Parallax-Scrolling, Arcade Quality Graphics
21 Levels of Challenging Arcade Action
100's of Menacing Enemies and 21 Brutal Booses to Conquer
Conquer 21 Levels... War the Wiz.... Free the Babe.
Countless Treasure Pick-Ups Along the Way Buy Swords, Armor and Potions at the Infernal Weapons Shop
Passwords and Continues Let you Carry on the Epic Quest"

Galahad is a conversion of the Psygnosis original Amiga game Leander by Travelers Tales in 1991. The Genesis game is mostly the same but adding some background gfx and more colours overall to the surroundings and enemy characters. Playing very much like an Amiga game with it's multi directional level design and explore and find objectives with backtracking, it probably didn't appeal as much to the console player but it's shadow of the beast like graphics and large sprites do go a long way to making it stand out next to other games.

The game is split up into three worlds each with seven levels. You are given a password when getting to a new world but it doesnt carry over your score or equipment when using the password to continue those levels. You need to be playing at least normal difficulty else you are restricted to the first world. Each level has an objective to find before going to the exit portal. If you choose to explore a bit there are many health potions, coins and lives to be found. Coins can be spent at shops for improved weapons and armour points. Bombs can also be found or bought to be used with the lion sword which can deal some damage over over a wider area. There are plenty of enemies in each level and taking them out can drop items. There is not usually more than one enemy with any given screen area though.

Overall, I find the game a bit dull and a chore to play. There is not much variation between levels although some memorisations required when backtracking. The biggest challenge is with the games collision detection where you can lose a hit point if something just brushes past you and there can be a visual gap between you and what kills you. The gameplay is the same as the original amiga game but moves a little smoother and looks nicer in the genesis game but it did cost you twice the price for the privilege.

Note that due to emulation issues I did not show the Tempest sword as the graphics for it's spin attack are all garbled.

00:00:00 Title Music
00:04:00 Level 1-1
00:06:15 Level 1-2
00:10:50 Level 1-3
00:15:40 Level 1-4
00:19:30 Level 1-5
00:22:00 Level 1-6
00:25:56 Level 1-7
00:28:43 Level 2-1
00:32:22 Level 2-2
00:37:03 Level 2-3
00:40:13 Level 2-4
00:43:00 Level 2-5
00:46:32 Level 2-6
00:49:13 Level 2-7
00:50:56 Level 3-1
00:54:09 Level 3-2
00:57:09 Level 3-3
00:59:58 Level 3-4
01:02:32 Level 3-5
01:06:18 Level 3-6
01:08:13 Level 3-7
01:08:45 Ending / Credits