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Video Game: Nazo No Murasamejo

Nazo no Murasamejō (loosely translated: The Mysterious Murasame Castle) is a medieval Japanese fantasy video game created by Nintendo and released in 1986 as the second original title for the Famicom Disk System, after The Legend Of Zelda, to which it has some resemblance. The game has been occasionally rereleased, but never outside Japan.

The game takes place during the Edo period, where Murasame and four neighboring castles have been possessed by a demonic force. It falls to a young swordsman named Takamaru to defeat Murasame.

Tropes:

Colourful Theme Naming: The four castles besides Murasame, Aosame, Akasame, Ryokusame and Momosame, are named after Japanese colors.
Continuing Is Painful: Most powerups are lost upon death.
Flip Screen Scrolling: Throughout the game.
Impossibly Cool Weapon: Getting enough shurikan upgrades results in shurikan with explosive lightning. Yahtzee would have loved.
Marth Debuted in Smash Bros.: A minigame based on this appears in Nintendo Land, even though it's never been released outside of Japan. The castle similarily appeared in Samurai Warriors 3.
Nintendo Hard: As with all games of the era.
The Very Definitely Final Dungeon: The titular Murasame Castle, where the floor is black and the walls are Nothing But Skulls.