The first thing you will notice is that Valkyrie is a very good-looking game. The graphics, all done in Japanese anime style, are crisp and smoothly animated. The game boasts huge levels that scroll in multiple directions – upward and downward as well as the usual left and right. The levels are very well designed, full of background details and having an excellent illusion of depth. The registered version contains over ten varied levels, each with its own theme, monsters, weapons, and graphics. The gameplay in some levels is also different: in the underwater level, for example, you will swim from scene to scene instead of running on the ground.

The biggest complaint I have is that the game loads too slowly even on an Athlon computer, and the translation (from the original French, I presume) could have used more work because I spotted quite a few typos and awkward sentences. None of these nitpicks should prevent you from enjoying the game, however. If you love platformers, you will love this unfortunately obscure and out-of-print shareware underdog. Highly recommended!

Note: Although the WWW pages of the game is still up, the company has gone out of business and therefore can no longer fill your order. So if you stumble across their old website, do not fill out the order form! You will be ordering an out-of-print game that cannot be delivered.