The pair will battle eachother numerous times throughout the course of the game, culminating in a climactic final struggle aboard a space station. Playing Rocket Knight Adventures is like a dream. The graphics are lush, colourful and cartoonish, the controls are very responsive, and the music is toe-tappingly good. Everything is laced with the typical Konami style, and will be familiar to players of previous Konami titles such as Gradius and Parodius . Though the majority of the game involves jumping around on platforms, there's a high amount of shooting action as well.
Levels are generally very well done, and all have a unique theme or graphical style.
There's seven stages all up, each one split into about four or five smaller levels. Occasionally, there'll be some truly unique moments, such as a scene where you have to wander in front of and behind a waterfall to navigate platforms. There's also a wonderful level early on where you can't judge where you're jumping unless you study your reflection on some lava that repeatedly rises and falls. Difficulty is set just right. The game is by no means very hard, but will still pose a good challenge for the average player.