Cuphead
A difficult but rewarding game with an excellent big-band sound track and 30s style cartoon-y animations.
Boss Battles
Cuphead fights are insane boss battles.
(The non-run-n-gun levels, anyway)
Phases, each as difficult as the last.
Run-N-Gun Levels
Bullet Hell Levels
Backlinks
Maybe a good list to pick a new clone from, or a place to visit when brainstorming.
Some crossover: classic game clones
See also: Games That I Love (favorites)
Inspired by NaNoWriMo's "magna carta"s, this is a list of things in games that I've liked.
They are here as inspiration, motivation, and as a tribute. I hope to borrow/steal/remix/create with this, to give my own games a bit of the joy these brought me.
These should help step towards the principles I care about in games. What themes are threaded through all these?
See also:
Games have always been a passion of mine - I love finding games in which the devs made something they wanted to play, something that didn't adhere to some generic idea of what a game should be. As a result I love indie games and tend to abhor games with large budgets but bankrupt creativity.
I hope to continue to pull the likes/themes over to the gaming magna cartas.