First clear of 2013 ..... #20 Shadow of the beast
One of those games that I feel is in the so, so category. Graphics are good with nice scrolling and the animation of the main character is smooth; the music track is fantastic and is defiantly worth listing to outside of the game. Once you work out the order of item pick-ups (which is not too difficult to do) just take your time and pick up a few enemy patterns and you will be on your way to completing this game.
However I did not get the 'yes, done it' feeling when I completed it, just a feeling of slight frustration! Probably just a matter of a few more hours play and memorization of enemy patterns.