Yeah i agree. Though i did tone down most of each backgrounds and main cave by -76 contrast/brightness in the gimp. But yeah i know what you mean cave levels= dark,dank and creepy. I may go back and add some cob webs, spiders perhaps. Things signifying caves. I'll try and tone it even more, though the video's seem to come out slightly brighter than the actual game. As for empty i may be missing one or 2 enemies, i haven't seen in a video gameplay yet. It seems most people skip area 1 and drop right down.
Yeah wondering too if theirs anyone out their that has a map of all the candles and what they are. If not i will eventually have to go through,play the game, and figure them out. I think the japanese,european, and american versions are differnt with candles though.