Milky Princess

About

Milky Princess is a quirky 1985 arcade game from Epoch that blends astrology-inspired trivia with a simple action challenge. Players control a prince who must keep monsters at bay to protect a princess floating on a balloon. If the creatures touch her, the balloon loses air, let it pop and the game ends. Nudge the prince to her side to reinflate it and keep things going. Four modes mix fortune-telling readings, biorhythm tracking, and the main action game, all wrapped in a retro novelty package. The game’s real hook is its connection to René van Dahl Watanabe, a real-life astrology and pseudoscience personality who appears on the cover. While the trivia elements feel more playful than profound, the arcade mode’s frantic pacing and retro charm make it a curious relic of early 80s gaming experimentation. Its oddball mix of action and astrology still stands out as a bizarrely specific concept.