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Hard platformers with banging chiptune soundtracks? (feddit.uk)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by OmegaMouse@feddit.uk to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
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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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[โ€“] EnderofGames@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] OmegaMouse@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago

LOVE seems nice! Very low fi soundtrack.

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