Excellent hack. Now you won’t have to worry about getting hit twice only or accidentally picking up another weapon, making the game easier to tolerate for those who are intimidated by the difficulty. Works excellent in tandem with the Restoration hack as well.

I do have to warn those who are playing it for the first time, however (like I am), even on beginner difficulty. You will get your ass kicked, especially if you don’t time your movement and jumps well. A full arsenal of weapons and armor against multiple hits will not solve sloppy platforming inflicted by the player, or enemies and projectiles coming at you unprepared and unexpectedly. Your worst enemy is not the enemies (and maybe bosses as well), but pitfalls. You want to know how bad I am? I can’t finish the first two levels without using up multiple lives, mostly because of falling off pits. Fall off pits, lose the armor and shield you just collected. Gotta find them again!

(This review has been written in part by this hack being played on original hardware via FXPAK Pro.)