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.
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Electronic Super Joy and Geometry Dash come to mind.
Thanks, those look fun! Doesn’t seem like chiptune music is the only thing
I recommend Cyber Shadow. It’s published by Yatch Club Games as well.
super meat boy
Grapple Dog
well… Street Fighter 2010 has IMO a great soundtrack, and it’s kinda hard. Qualitywise… it’s controversial.
Megamen X3, but X1 and X2 are nice as well. Old but gold.
Broforce is not that hard, but it’s so fun that it might be worth a play.
VVVVVV is pretty great.
that one vertical up/down fall -flashbacks still haunt me.
“Banging Chiptune soundtrack” instantly made me think of VVVVVV
You just can’t beat “Pushing Onwards”
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
The fact that this fits on a NES cart is really neat! Thanks for the suggestion - I hadn’t heard of this one before
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
The Adams family game for the NES.
I never could get past the freezer section, but I never got to try much. It was my cousins’ game and they lived in a different state.
I think it was Cave Story that prompted the modern indie revival of this genre
Went in here scrolling to see if Cave Story was mentioned, Loved the game OP should try it
Ohh yes I do have this on Steam! I think I played a few hours, can’t remember if I ever finished it. Either way I should totally go back and play it.
Oh man, cave story is awesome. Especially that special secret ending that expands on the background of it all a lot.
Ninja Gaiden.
DuckTales or DuckTales 2 for the NES playable in the Disney afternoon collection. TBH most of the games there should be your jam based on Shovel Knights influence.
Hollow Knight based though, Guacemelee is good, not sure about its sequel. Axiomverge too. But they are metroid like games so Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion would be another recommendation.
I’m a big fan of those games, and I really enjoyed HUNTDOWN. It’s a shooting platformer, more Contra than anything on your list, but is good times and has top choons to listen to while you’re playing.
