The game follows the classic scenario of the heroic knight Arthur battling with demons, but includes a large number of changes.

The levels are varied, ranging from being inside a more traditional haunted forest to volcanic pits and ruined castles.

Enemies are varied and tend to be thrown at Arthur in groups, and range from zombies, ghosts, giant oxen, Venus flytraps and string dragons.

Players are given the option to return to earlier levels and search previously unreachable areas to find these by the use of power-ups found later on in the game.

On August 2, 2007, the game was re-released in Japan under the name Gokumakaimura Kai (極魔界村 改), which translates roughly as "Extreme Demon World Village Revised."

The redesigned version was made to fix balance issues in the original game and to adjust the gameplay to more closely resemble the arcade style of the previous entries of the series.

Notable changes are re-mixed enemy locations and types, a re-worked magic system, and limited continues.