Legend (SNES)/Gameplay

Legend is a traditional beat 'em up, similar to Golden Axe. You control a hero that must travel from the left side of the screen to the far right side, which will scroll the view to take the hero on a journey down a path. Enemies approach the hero from the beginning of the game, and must be defeated before progressing further. Each stage has at least one boss in it. Bosses are stronger enemies, and their HP is shown in a large bar that appears across the top of the screen.

When an enemy is defeated, it may drop an item, such as gold, health, or a magic potion.

Attacking
When attacking an enemy, the enemy's movement and attacking behavior will usually get interrupted if struck by the hero. This allows you to approach them in different ways without being hurt.

The hero can attack in one of four ways: melee on the ground, melee in the air, ranged (special attack by pressing ), or by casting magic.

The special attack is a ranged attack that damages the hero slightly when used.

Spells are selected randomly when is pressed. The amount of damage they do is the same, though. When a magic attack is used, the game is paused while a chaotic animation appears on the screen. When it ends, all enemies on screen are damaged.