Ra(n)t: Retro-Gaming... or as they used to call it, Gaming

[normanrafferty]

( Breaking the NES for Shovel Knight )

This article nails almost everything the Shovel Knight game gets wrongShovel Knight is far, far too colorful. Every color palette choice is super-saturated, without any provisions for complements. You have bright colorful things on top of other bright colorful things. The NES only permitted three special

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"A retro-game is supposed to" appeal to nerd chic hipsters who want the aesthetic of being addicted to video games without being challenged by today's complicated graphically intense, often mechanically dense monstrosities. A retro game should ideally sport attractive pixel art, and game-play that is mostly a nostalgic reference to older classic titles.