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.
Rainbow island and the New Zealand story used to be my favourites. But I hate platformers, so not sure how that goes. At least there’s some progression of difficulty in RI.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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I think you need to play Pizza Tower
I have heard really good things about that game! I think you’re right.
Rainbow island and the New Zealand story used to be my favourites. But I hate platformers, so not sure how that goes. At least there’s some progression of difficulty in RI.
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”
It’s more of an action platformer, but a little obscure NES game from my childhood that deserves a loy more of attention: Vice Project Doom
well… Street Fighter 2010 has IMO a great soundtrack, and it’s kinda hard. Qualitywise… it’s controversial.
Broforce is not that hard, but it’s so fun that it might be worth a play.
I recommend Cyber Shadow. It’s published by Yatch Club Games as well.
I think it was Cave Story that prompted the modern indie revival of this genre
Oh man, cave story is awesome. Especially that special secret ending that expands on the background of it all a lot.
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.
Went in here scrolling to see if Cave Story was mentioned, Loved the game OP should try it
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.
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!
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:
Hah, all excellent points. I think I may need to play SOTN and the original Resident Evil this month for the spookiness.
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.
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.
Super Meat Boy?
Oh damn I actually played this on X360! It was excellent. I’m tempted to get it again on Steam now that you mention it.
It goes on sale fairly often or is part of bundles a lot.
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.
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?
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.
Thanks! I like the sound of the Legacy collection - I’ll take a look :)
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.
Thanks, I’ll give X a try first and then move onto the others if I enjoy it :)
If you like the soundtrack for The Messenger, check out these “24 bit” remixes where they combine the 8 bit and 16 bit songs
https://youtu.be/vw_MX3Alq28?si=attcora0WAv6dB7H
Not really a platformer, and not really chiptune, but Katana Zero is pretty fucking great in the gameplay, music and story department.
It’s been a while since I played it, but I think They Bleed Pixels might fit the bill on both counts.
Also I recently started The End is Nigh which is another Edmund McMillen game very similar to Super Meatboy. Seems good so far.