Having finally played this, I have to admit, this is superb.
Two decades ago, this could have commanded a full price at stores. Homogenous visuals, varied gameplay elements, it's just all around well executed. Though there's that bit of random chance that can irritate people.
After feeding the slime maybe 10 times, if I hadn't read that there's an actual slime drop from her I would have stopped trying.
Also, the horns of Abrac are way stronger than anything else.
Maybe feedback:
The level curve could do with a slight ramp up at the half-way point.
It was a bit of a slog at the start, then felt almost trivial near the end. I more or less got 25 levels in my first full mine run and my first dungeon run.
And I thought it was kind of odd that in the gallery, the scarlet licking scene comes complete with ramp-up, while the scene after the gift jumps straight to the action.
Anyways, commendable. Great game.