What I found out is that rumors regarding mechanics, difficulty and general annoyance all were exaggerated in my opinion. Instead, I figured out how the gameplay works after a few deaths. The game is split up into two gameplay segments.
First is the Dr. Jekyll scenario, where you walk to the right, slowly, while trying to avoid any kind of enemy hazards the game throws at you. The enemies are bizar, including pink gentlemen carrying bombs, singing fat ladies and gravediggers.
The second scenario is played out with Mr.Hyde. This only happens when your second meter, which I call the rage meter, has been depleted(or rather filled up). This occurs when enemies have hit you enough times, but you have a HP meter that also gets affected.
If your HP meter is depleted, regardless of turning into Mr.Hyde, you will die and get a game over. But if you can defeat enough demonic enemies with your alter ego, which lets you able to shoot fireballs and punch, then you will regain a lot of HP and restore your anger.
So what really matters is that you keep note of both of your meters. Sometimes it is better to enter as Mr.Hyde in order to regain HP for some of the tougher spots near the end of this game, as the length is short.
It is also required that you walk as far as possible with Dr.Jekyll because if you otherwise walk towards his location with Mr.Hyde, you will also receive an instant game over. This is odd and frustrating, but only at the beginning.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde turns out to be a very average game, but it's playable if you can outsmart your enemies, it's beatable(As I got to the ending) and you might even slightly like it when you understand what is required from you.
By no means an above average NES game, but it was fun to prove the pessimists wrong about this title, as there are worse games out there.
Rating: 6.0
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