version to test his idea and tried it out, Tezuka was told that it is "a bit flat", and so they went back to the original feature of the character being squished against the walls. The duo flew to Nintendo of America to show Devil World to its president Minoru Arakawa, but he did not wish to release the game in North America due to the company (at the time) having policies over the use of religious icons in Devil World. Reception Chris Kohler called Devil World "a typically ingenious Miyamoto-directed take on the maze genre, with inventive graphics and fun game play" which "absolutely could not be released in America" because its satanic and religious imagery "would be seen as unsettling or even blasphemous". On IGN's "Top 10 Pac-Man Clones", Devil World was ranked fourth. Eurogamer rated the Virtual Console release 7 out of 10 points. The reviewer stated that Devil World is "worth experiencing just for the bizarre nature of the concept", but also commented that its "abundance of ideas ultimately get in the way of the simple gameplay". Notes References External links Official Virtual Console version website Devil World at NinDB 1984 video games Nintendo Entertainment System games Nintendo games Nintendo Research & Development 1 games Maze games Video games designed by Shigeru Miyamoto Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Akito Nakatsuka Video games scored by Koji Kondo Virtual Console games Virtual Console games for Wii U