I’m really in the mood for a game like Shovel Knight after listening to some chiptune tracks the other day. Something fair, but challenging would be ideal. Must have a good soundtrack!

Along these lines I’ve already played:

  • Shovel Knight
  • Celeste
  • The Messenger
  • Hollow Knight (well, in terms of the difficulty not the music)

Does anyone know of any I’ve missed? They don’t necessarily have to be modern indie games - old NES/SNES games for example. SMB3 and SMW are classics.

  • Malix@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Micro Mages? Essentially a modern nes-game, co-op for up to 4 players.

    edit: while not really a platformer (but does include platforming sections, iirc) and soundtrack does slap hard with the chiptunes: Retro City Rampage

    • OmegaMouse@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      The fact that this fits on a NES cart is really neat! Thanks for the suggestion - I hadn’t heard of this one before

      • Malix@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        1 year ago

        the game from steam also comes as a nes rom-image, you can use it any nes emulator. I used Mesen, got quite a bit more customization & scaling options etc… and save states because I suck at it :D