KING'S KNIGHT NINTENDO NES

King's Knight is a fantasy-themed top-down shooter where four heroes must band together to defeat a dragon and save a desperate princess. It was one of the first games published by Square Soft (now half of Square Enix). King's Knight is a variant of Konami's Knightmare that sold extremely well.

The first four stages involve you powering up your characters as far as they can, picking up shields (to increase defense), boots (to increase speed), swords (to increase attack power), and spell icons (which will be required to be held by everyone for the final storm over the castle), defeat monsters along the way. Power-ups are hidden under mountains, rocks and houses. Almost anything can be knocked down and destroyed. The heroes are, in order:

Ray Jack, the knight, who has strong attack power; Kaliva, the wizard, skilled in magic and jumping; Barusa, the Monster, who has a strong defense; and Toby, the thief, who can move quickly.

It is necessary to keep all four heroes alive for the fifth and final stage, as there are certain points that the party cannot pass if one of the party members has died.