The AGROCAST for September 2019 focuses on the NES game, 8 Eyes.
There are many games that get painted with the label “clone” and from there the comparisons are inevitable. This is the case with 8 Eyes, whose close resemblance visually to Castlevania has earned it the reputation in places as a “poor clone.” The similarities are there thematically and in some aspects of gameplay, but 8 Eyes stands on its own.
But what does it stand as? 8 Eyes is a notoriously obtuse game without instructions, but one that tried to do a lot with what it had to work with. Kris and I take on 8 Eyes this month to see just how it holds up to scrutiny when taken on its own terms.