The players, up to four at once in the arcade version, select among four
playable fantasy-based characters; Thor the Warrior, Merlin the Wizard, Thyra the
Valkyrie, or Questor the Elf. Each character has his or her own unique strength and
weaknesses. For example, the Warrior is strongest in hand-to-hand combat, the Wizard has
the most powerful magic, the Valkyrie has the best armour and the Elf is the fastest in
movement. Upon selecting a playable character, the gameplay is set within a series of
top-down, third-person perspective mazes where the object is to find and touch the
designated exit in every level. An assortment of special items can be located in each
level that increase player's character's health, unlock doors, gain more
points and magical potions that can destroy all of the enemies on screen. The enemies
are an assortment of fantasy-based monsters, including ghosts, grunts, demons, lobbers,
sorcerers and thieves. Each enters the level through specific generators, which can be
destroyed. While there are no bosses in the game, the most dangerous enemy is
"Death", who can not only drain a character's health, but is
difficult to destroy. As the game progresses, higher levels of skill are needed to reach
the exit, with success often depending on the willingness of the players to cooperate by
sharing food and luring monsters into places where they can be engaged and slaughtered
more conveniently. While contact with enemies reduces the player's health, it
also slowly drains on its own, thus creating a time limit. When a character's
health reaches zero, that character dies. The character can be revived in place with
full health by spending a game credit (i.e. inserting a coin) within a certain short
time window after it died. This allows even the least proficient players to keep playing
indefinitely, if they are willing to keep inserting coins.
