10. Shovel Knight
Shovel Knight is the NES game that never actually came out for the NES.
It is the culmination of all of the grammar of all NES games. The font, the art, the setting, everything is 100% correct to the NES-era, save the modern meta overtones.
It's a parody of fantasy adventure games but it never gets too cynical. It actually loves this genre, and is very exited to present its story to you.
The physics are unbelievably spot-on. It's a true NES-style platformer, complete with the Zelda II: The Adeventure Of Link downward sword/shovel thrust.
You fight a collective of brilliantly-designed knights, each with their own themed kingdom and boss battle just overflowing with personality.
There's honestly not much more to say about this game other than the fact that they got every single thing right. The physics are perfect, the level design is perfect, the enemy and boss design is perfect. The end.
