Knightmare (video game)

Infobox VG| title = Knightmare


developer = Konami
publisher = Konami
designer =
engine =
released = 1986
genre = Shoot 'em up
modes = Single player
ratings =
platforms = MSX home computer
media = Cartridge
requirements =
input = Keyboard, Joystick

"Knightmare" is a 1986 MSX vertical scrolling shooter computer game. The player is a knight, who has to fight his way through several levels.

"Knightmare" was an innovative upward-scrolling Shoot 'em up game on the MSX system. The top-view graphics were considered very sophisticated for its time, similar to other MSX games such as Nemesis and Penguin Adventure.

The graphics are also notable for being developed with a keen awareness of the Texas Instruments TMS9918 Video Display Controller that the MSX incorporated. The enemies (notably the bats) had additional shadow sprites that, being placed at a vertical offset, did not add further pressure on the max-4-sprites-per-scanline limit of the TMS9918.

Conversions

"Knightmare" has been converted for i-mode enabled cellphones in 2003 by Konami.

The game is also found in the compilation "Konami Antiques MSX Collection" for Saturn and PlayStation.