After playing the demo, the dev should feel ashamed of themself for asking $18 for what would've ended up being marked down to a dollar or two at Funcoland during the NES' prime.
Sam's Journey plays and feels like a terrible mutant love child of M.C. Kids and Balan Wonderworld, both of which, ironically, are infinitely better than this amalgamation. I don't say this lightly.
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