Controls
- Joystick: Use the 8-way joystick to make Kagekiyo walk left and right, crouch, and hold his sword high in the air.
- Attack Button: Use this button to make Kagekiyo swing his sword at the enemies.
- Jump Button: Use this button to make Kagekiyo jump.
- 1 or 2 Player Buttons: Push these buttons to begin a 1 or 2 player game.
Characters
Taira no Kagekiyo (平景清)
The protagonist of the game. Having fallen at the battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185, he has now been resurrected over 800 years later and has to make his way over the Imperial Regalia of Japan, fighting other characters who actually existed such as Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Saito Musashibo Benkei and Minamoto no Yoritomo along the way.
To the left is Kagekiyo as he appears in the Small and Overhead Mode stages. To the right is how he appears in the Big Mode stages.
Small and Overhead Mode Enemies
Skull Spider (骸骨) - 100 points and a Zeni
Gaki (餓鬼) - 100 points and two Inochi
Dokuraku (独楽) - 100 points and two Inochi
Namazu (鯰) - 100 points and a Zeni
Jigokusha (地獄車) - 100 points and a Zeni
Wolf (狼) - 100 points and a Zeni
Yahei (矢) - 100 points
Onihime (鬼姫) - 100 points and a Zeni
Heiankyo (平安京) - 1000 points and three Zeni
Fuujin (風神) - 500 points and five Zeni
Raijin (雷神) - 500 points and five Zeni
Daimajin (魔神) - 1000 points and seven Inochi
Ryu (竜) - 1000 points and three Ken
Mitsukubiryu (三首竜) - 1000 points and five Ken
Daidokuraku (大独楽) - 500 points and ten Zeni
Shakutorimushi (尺取虫) - Indestructible
Mukade (大百足) - 1000 points and a poisonous mushroom
Yari Gaikotsu (槍骸骨) - 100 points and a Zeni
Gaikotsu Bune (骸骨船) - 100 points and a Ken
Honeinu (骨犬) - 100 points
Hiushi (火牛) - 100 points and three Inochi
Chimoguri Kouke (地潜り公家) - 100 points and five Zeni
Kishokugan (魂喰眼) - 100 points and a Zeni
Stone Lion (狛犬) - 500 points and a 1000-point bonus item (either aGalaxian Flagship, a Rally-X Special Flag, a New Rally-X Red Car or a Libble Rabble Hoblin)
Big Mode Enemies
Monkey (猿) - 100 points and a Zeni
Kaeru (かえる) - 100 points and a poisonous mushroom
Moth (蛾) - 100 points
Dokuro (骸骨) - 100 points and a poisonous mushroom
Inazuma (イナズマ) - Indestructible
Hitodama (人魂) - 100 points
Hannya (般若) - 100 points and a Ken
Tiger (虎) - 200 points and a Zeni
Ya (矢) - 200 points and a Zeni
Gaikotsu (骸骨) - 200 points and a Zeni
Tekyuu (鉄球) - Indestructible
Saito Musashibo Benkei (弁慶) - 1500-2000 points and a Ken
Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経) 1500-2000 points and a Ken
Biwa Houshi (琵琶法師) - Indestructible
Usagi (うさぎ) - 100 points and a poisonous mushroom
Kame (かめ) - 100 points and a poisonous mushroom
Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝) - Kagekiyo must have all three sacred items in his possession in order to defeat his arch-enemy.
Powerups
- Makimono (巻物): Gives Kagekiyo the power to shoot beams across the screen with his sword.
- Tsuzura (つづら): When Kagekiyo opens these, their contents will either increase his energy, his treasure or his sword power.
- Inochi (青): Increases Kagekiyo's energy.
- Zeni (緑): Increases Kagekiyo's treasure (up to 99).
- Ken (紫): Increases Kagekiyo's sword power (up to 99).
- Sword (剣): Collect this in order to increase Kagekiyo's sword power by 5 (it costs you 10 Zeni).
- Tawara (俵): Collect this in order to increase Kagekiyo's energy by 10 (it also costs you 10 Zeni).
- Candle (蝋燭): Collect this in order to increase Kagekiyo's energy by 10 without affecting your Zeni.
Sacred Items
- Kagami Mirror (八咒鏡): Makes Kagekiyo invulnerable to lightning attacks.
- Tsurugi Sword (草薙剣): Prevents Kagekiyo's sword power from going down.
- Magatama Jewel (八坂瓊曲玉): Makes Kagekiyo invulnerable to the poisonous mushrooms that some enemies leave behind when killed.