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.

    • RBG
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      Oh man, cave story is awesome. Especially that special secret ending that expands on the background of it all a lot.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      Went in here scrolling to see if Cave Story was mentioned, Loved the game OP should try it

    • @[email protected]OP
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      11 year ago

      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.

  • @light5speed
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    61 year ago

    Broforce is not that hard, but it’s so fun that it might be worth a play.

  • @deranger
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    Plok for SNES

    10/10 soundtrack on this quirky platformer

  • @OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe
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    51 year ago

    You’d like 20xx and 30xx if you liked the Megaman X style of games, fjeyre all chip tune and in a similar style to what you’ve played. Also, Megaman X (and Megaman Zero, the continuation of the X franchise) are fantastic.

    Music wise, give Spark Mandrill’s theme a listen from MegamanX and tell me it doesn’t hit just right.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      21 year ago

      I’ve actually never got into the Megaman games. I’ve always found them unfairly difficult… but maybe I haven’t given them enough of a chance. Is there any particular one you’d recommend to start with?

      • @OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe
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        The Megaman series feels difficult to me too, the Megaman X series feels difficult but it’s got a soft spot due to when I was growing up. I highly recommend the Legacy Collection for megamanX, it gives some features the originals were lacking that were infuriating (like remembering passwords in order to ‘save’).

        20xx and 30xx are ‘spiritual successors’ to the Megaman X series, but it’s a rogue-like, meaning portions of it are randomly generated and when you die you do start over and the power ups you get are not set in stone in terms of order or whether you’ll see them at all. So if you liked Megaman X but wanted something that’s got an ‘active’ community and even co-op, it’s definitely worth a look.

          • I Cast Fist
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            21 year ago

            Megaman X, the SNES original, is a great starting point. X2 and X3 afterwards will offer significant challenge even after you master the first game. X1 has the best music of the 3.

            If you go for the NES classics, I personally find 6 the easiest. It also has some absolutely amazing tracks, like Tomahawk Man’s stage. 4 and 5 are weak points, in my opinion.

  • @[email protected]
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    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

    • @[email protected]OP
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      21 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

      • @[email protected]
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        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

  • Ender of Games
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    41 year ago

    If you allow technical nonplatformers in there (Hollow Knight? If you are into Metroidvanias, play Super Metroid, it has great music. Also, Axiom Verge.) I could go up and down my various game collections for a while.

    But in spirit of the actual question, here’s one that I don’t think anyone else here will recommend: LOVE. Simple, short, lots of room for mastery. And I like the music.

    If you are a fan of the classics, the SMW modding community is huge. We have a wide variety of difficulties, and most modern hacks have all custom music- in engine, playable on console, ofc, so it’s all 16-bit.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      11 year ago

      LOVE seems nice! Very low fi soundtrack.

      I hadn’t considered SMW mods - thanks, I’ll look into that

  • @[email protected]
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    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.

  • @Ravaja
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    31 year ago

    I think you need to play Pizza Tower

  • @ExtraMedicated
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    31 year ago

    Have you played La-Mulana or the sequel?

    It’s full of insane puzzles and traps, but it’s a great metroidvania with some great music. It’s one of my all time favorites.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      21 year ago

      I’ve heard of that series but never tried it. Actually the trailer reminded me a bit of Castlevania SOTN - which is another one I really should play!

      • @[email protected]
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        If you haven’t played SOTN, I highly recommend you take a pitstop from platformers and try it now. I just played and beat it for the first time last week and it’s great.

        Reasons for my suggestion:

        1. It’s spooky season and the SotN theme fits well.
        2. The game is beatable in one day.
        3. The music is fantastic.
        • @[email protected]OP
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          41 year ago

          Hah, all excellent points. I think I may need to play SOTN and the original Resident Evil this month for the spookiness.

          • I Cast Fist
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            31 year ago

            The game is beatable in one day.

            And if you never played it, boy, you’re in for a real treat. There’s so, so, SO MUCH to explore in there! Also, getting something akin to a 100% will definitely take longer if you don’t look into guides.

  • @rtxn
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    31 year ago

    Electronic Super Joy and Geometry Dash come to mind.