Much like The Legend of Zelda, the game is played from a top-down perspective pitting the player against a multitude of various enemies. Different, however, is that the game is played out in a very linear fashion, as the player will progress through a total of 124 stages. Each stage starts with the player in control of the heroine Christine, and you must progress by killing a certain number of enemies to gain access to a hidden key. Once the key for the stage is obtained the player must travel through the stage in search of the exit.
There are 32 different stages (one of which counts as cinematic), after which, the game loops over, each time progressing in difficulty and enemy speed. It is not an endless loop, as the game is completed after the player successfully finishes the 124th stage, or, the 4th loop. Although the game does not have a save feature, the player is granted 10 continues.