Guess the Game Challenge!

[Maxwello]

@richard links awakening

[Kat]

Haha! Great choice, Richard, and well executed.

[Maxwello]

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[Maxwello]

It's a hot mess. Can't figure out how to post image directly oooof

CLUES
(ADDED AROUND 12 HOURS LATER)
90s platformer.
Not an attempt to copy box art or game scene.
Rather an expression of words or word play.
The scene is a mess but what stands out?

[Gothon]

Here's a title screen I made

[Richard]

@gothon Secret of Mana?

[Gothon]

@richard Correct!

[Richard]

@maxwello I thought I'd already replied to this. Guess not, but of course you're correct.

[Maxwello]

@richard it was so well done it was a given but thank you.

[SteveZX81]

Another quick one. Might be tricky for some but I expect Pianofire to get it very quickly!

[vinicity]

@stevezx81 Defender of the Crown!

[vinicity]

@maxwello Is it Salamander?

[SteveZX81]

@vinicity Well done!

[Maxwello]

@vinicity nope. Perhaps I should state its a picture puzzle as opposed to box art sorry.

[vinicity]

@maxwello Golden Sun?

[Maxwello]

@vinicity nopers.

[Richard]

@maxwello Blazing Skies?

[vinicity]

@maxwello Desert Strike? Or Desert Storm?

[Maxwello]

@richard sorry no. Its a platformer from the 90s

Blazing skies was one of my favourite and most time spent playing snes games though.
I even remember the moments/hours following trading for it at the market stall. Largely because it was the first time I met a particular person who has long since passed.

[Maxwello]

@vinicity sorry no. Think snes/genesis (mega drive) era. The clue is in the inconsistency within the image.