Getting the key to appear varies depending on the level, but for the early half of the game, it involves an unspecified amount of fruit. The manual does mention collecting enough fruit to make the exit appear, but nothing else.
The requirements to get the key to appear seems random at times, and there are few hints as to how to make them appear. The unfinished game is clear with the random appearing of steps, almost no clues as to how to get the key to appear, and the kick being useless since development stopped before enemies were programmed to take damage. There is a rumor that this game was stopped in programming soon after development began, but was later released anyway for quick money when Sachen was in desperate need of cash. The game is considered one of the worst NES games ever made (and also one of the rarest, as it goes for several hundred dollars on internet auctions.) Sachen included the game in multicart releases such as their Super Cartridge line of multis (namely Version 3's.) Home Entertainment Suppliers sold the game in Australia and is also one of the NES Lingma that was released using their "Piggyback" cartridge format. In Little Red Hood, Red Hood must clear levels by going down staircases to find keys, and eating fruit to allow the exit to appear.
Little Red Hood is loosely based on the Little Red Riding Hood tale. Little Red Hood ( 小紅帽) is an unlicensed Taiwanese Famicom game developed by Joy Van/ Sachen.