If you ever had frequent reoccurring dreams of flying from danger, this is the game for you.  Icarus(Kid Icarus) can never truely set sail into the air but he sure tries to.  Your power of flight is in the timing of the jumps and the "floating" time in the air before plummeting to your doom.  This improved verson over NES(I never played NES version) is fun and the only thing that gets tired is your thumbs.  I actually bought it new on release date in 1992 or something from Software Ect.  After much frunstration and frequent deaths, I got the groove of the timing and shooting.  It has a catchy (nintendo style) Muzak tune and great cartoon-like drawings of greek structures and characters. (monstrocities much like "Rygar") Get it for fun and put your brain in neutrol and your reflexes to tango mode!