Silhouette Mirage, Shamain, by queen-stardust.

This is the first world, Shamain, from the PSX/Sega Saturn action game Silhouette Mirage. It was the first game released in 2000, and I was ten years old when I played it. It’s still an incredible game, and I’ve played it so many times that I wanted to take a stab and see if I remembered the layout of the beginning.

The main character has the ability to dash using her winged hat, so she’s able to scale curved surfaces like the ones in the map. Doing this allows the player to get to a secret shop in the second part of the level, and in part 3 (which I forgot to label; it’s the upper-rightmost part, after you come out of the underground), you can access another secret shop by dashing and triple-jumping over the boss arena.

I know I’m definitely forgetting some details here. I’ve probably condensed some areas that were enemy-only screens, because the loops and up-and-down travel are the part I remember most about this level.