shadowgate
A fantasy point-and-click adventure game developed by ICOM Simulations. It is notorious for many opportunities of death. Kemco Corporation ported this game to the NES. A remake was released for Steam in 2014.
The Japanese version is characterized by the subject of the game messages. For example;
English ver: "IT’S A SAD THING THAT YOUR ADVENTURES HAVE ENDED HERE!!"
Japanese ver: 「ざんねん！！ わたしのぼうけんは ここで おわってしまった！」 (lit. "SHAME! MY ADVENTURE HAS TO END HERE!" alt. "IT’S A SAD THING THAT MY ADVENTURES HAVE ENDED HERE!!")