[FC] 月風魔伝 (1987)

How:
Found it mentioned a couple of times on hg101 forums, then read the review on the same site and immediately went out to play (and beat it in two days).
Pros:
- Fast-paced and addicting gameplay
- Cool setting
- Some levels can be rather challenging
- Nice variety of weapons and items
- Colorful and evocative levels and monsters
- The varied gameplay (side-scrolling action, dungeon crawling, boss fights, map exploration) strikes a good balance
Cons:
- Requires a good amount of backtracking
- Easy to exploit in order to max out the character stats
- Boss fights are too easy
- A bit short

[FC] ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 妖怪大魔境 (1986)

How:
Explicitly looked for Kitaro-based games for the FC, out of an interest for the manga series.
Pros:
- Some nice gameplay elements (e.g. the lit-the-candle levels)
- It's always nice to see the usual monsters from Japanese folklore in a game, including those coming from Kitaro's world (e.g. ねずみ男)
Cons:
- There is no proper ending as the game levels repeat after 8 world maps
- Very repetitive gameplay
- Some levels can get frustratingly difficult
- No introduction, no story, no plot, no ending
- Couldn't understand how to use the "special weapons" (the three monster icons appearing in the bottom part of the interface) during boss fights

[PC] Duty and Beyond (2006)

Pro:
- Storia simpatica e interessante, anche con qualche tocco macabro
- La grafica e le animazioni in bassa risoluzione sono comunque gradevoli
- Musiche carine e adatte agli scenari
- Piuttosto longevo, inoltre il sistema a punti e la quest delle gemme contribuiscono alla rigiocabilità
- Enigmi simpatici e di difficoltà equilibrata
- Personaggi simpatici e caratterizzati
- Diverse citazioni/omaggi ad altre avventure (sia classiche che indie)
Contro:
- La bassissima risoluzione potrebbe essere un deterrente
- L'ultima parte forse è troppo facile e lineare