A reader shares his love for Yacht Club Games’ faux retro classic and explains why he thinks Shovel Knight is the best NES game never made.
I’m writing in today to proclaim my love for Shovel Knight; what an absolutely marvellous sapphire of a game this is. Yacht Club Games truly outdid themselves, Shovel Knight exhibits everything I loved about growing up playing on my NES as a child. The innocence, the purity, the enthusiasm, the untrammelled imagination of games from the formative era of gaming is replicated with panache in Shovel Knight.
Its faithfulness to the 8-bit era is remarkable in its fervour and finesse. The use of colours is vivacious, the level… Read the full story