Ah...a good ole challange.
This game brings back memories. Its great! plenty of mindless killing, im always needing money, and im getting it way too slow. I also think that incorperating band aids so that if you die you can be instantly refilled, removing the element of having to start over from the last save, was a nice touch. I also noticed that there was some elements from the nes game willow in addition to Zelda. Id say you really outdone yourself.
I spent over 4 hours now, and i finally got to the second world. I hope I can beat it before your predicted 10 hours. The only thing that I really dont like about the game is the option to get additional equipment if you go to that website. I feel that that weakens the games elements somewhat. Kind of like those people on WoW whom buy money for their characters.