The trick is to use Alice’s secret magical powers: press RUN to pause, then hit the I button to open a selection of spell books. At first there is only one magic available, but that's the one to go for: it reveals invisible power-ups (but only for a few seconds).
Turns out that every level is riddled with extra life containers, power-ups, and magic refills - all hidden in this weird parallel dimension.
Cute backgrounds, catchy music, bizarre enemies, boss rooms decorated with Louis Vuitton wallpaper... There are loads of nice little touches in here, more than enough to make it stand out as a truly memorable original PC Engine production.
But it's hard to explain the real reason why.

‘I can’t explain myself, I'm afraid, sir,’ said Alice, ‘because I’m not myself, you see.’
‘I don’t see,’ said the caterpillar.

TACTICS Input any of the following codes during the game’s title screen. If entered correctly, you will hear a 'blip'. Only one code can be used at a time, so go for '20 continues' - ‘Max Life’ is a bit useless in the long run Max Life (Level 1-1 only) , SELECT, I, , , , , 10 Continues I, , , , SELECT, , , 20 Continues , , II, , II, , ,