Neutopia

Neutopia is a shameless The Legend of Zelda clone for the TurboGrafx-16.

Status

I have beaten this game with full inventory and stats.

Overall, the game is pretty fun. If I didn't know about The Legend of Zelda, I would probably even be impressed by it.
The graphics are quite nice, especially the large boss sprites.
The music is well composed and fitting to the game.
The fire wand, and it's changing function relative to your health is a pretty creative weapon.
The game has a nice full ending.

It's basically a poor-man's Legend of Zelda. Most of what was ripped off isn't as good as Zelda from several years earlier.
Movement is a little clunky.
The perspective makes the hit detection seem weird especially when you take damage from or hit a tall or jumping monster in an area that you shouldn't, given the perspective.
Most of what the NPCs in the game say is useless or redundant.
Like Zelda, you waste of lot of bombs trying to find hidden rooms, especially in the later dungeons, but, unlike Zelda, they are extremely rare drops from enemies.
The wings and ring are rarely useful, and you get them as random drops even when you already have them.
Items and enemy bolts stop the fire wand, which is annoying.
Spike traps are differently colored in earlier dungeons, but are entirely hidden later on, leading to a lot of unavoidable hits.
The strongest sword, armor, and shield are creatively called the "Strongest."