Ghost Manor is basically "Turbo Wizards & Warriors". Just like the NES game, you have to learn how it works and not play it like it's some other stereotypical game. Like too many games, it gets a bad rap for things that popular "classic" games do. But because it's not published by the right company for the right console, it gets dismissed as garbage while games with similar issues continue to be worshipped as "legendary".
Protip: the best tutorial for Ghost Manor is clearing the first stage of Wizards & Warriors.