Micro Mages

Great arcade platformer with very intuitive bosses and levels. It is just hard enough to keep you engaged and have you know where you messed up. Very easy to recommend.

I remember seeing the "How we made this game" videos on Youtube. Thought it was neat and decided to buy it back in the day. I played through it once but never actually tried examining it until now. Makes you appreciate what NES devs had to go through to make such a simple game. As a game it is really not that interesting, it is really well designed and fun. And it is visibly made with love. Four player Co-Op is fun. But more importantly is what it influenced. It did bring widespread acknowledgement that people did want "authentic new games for old consoles". In a sense consider this a trailblazer in an artistic movement. It really is trying to be an authentic NES game with its design philosophy and limitations. Don't expect something on the scale of Shovel Knight because of this. This includes the NES ROM and the Unity version of the game. As a game alone it is really not worth 10 USD. Get it on a deep sale.