![]() So powerful was the pull of nostalgia that I dropped money on the idea of what I thought retro gaming was supposed to be. Some of the design was bound to come out wonky.īut my funding of this pixel-knight-bouncing-about-on-a-shovel nonsense is a uniquely absurd situation. These were games made during a period when whole genres were still being invented, games that were defining what the artform actually could be. While there was a lot of good in those old titles, there was a whole lot of nonsense and garbage paired with it-unavoidably so, really. There’s definite foolishness to funding reheated versions of gaming artifacts. And what about that time literally all the money in the world was donated to the creator of Mega Man to make not only a spiritual video game successor, but an animated series on top of that? Independent developer Zeboyd Games has basically made a career out of Dragon Warrior clones. Revolution Software managed to get enough old-timers to empty out their pockets in support of a new Broken Sword point-and-click adventure. Challenge Mode - Up the ante in every imaginable way with dozens of full-featured challenges.Many indie games these days, Kickstarted and otherwise, depend and thrive on this sort of thing, producing facsimiles of titles from bygone gaming generations.Co-op! – Grab a friend and play through Shovel of Hope as a fully cooperative adventure!.Relive the adventure and uncover all of the world's secrets with New Game+!.Overworld Map allows your quest unfold in a unique order!.A light touch to narrative with humor, levity, and heart.Balanced gameplay is a warm welcome to newcomers, and an old embrace for experts.Lovable characters and treacherous bosses!.Detailed, living background and animation! Big, beautiful pixels!.Amass riches to upgrade your armor and weapons. ![]()
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