King's Knight

King's Knight is a fantasy top-down shooter in which four heroes must team up to defeat a dragon and rescue a desperate princess. It was one of the first games published by Square Soft (now one half of Square Enix). King's Knight is a variant of Konami's Knightmare, which sold very well. In the first four stages you'll have to upgrade your characters as much as they can, collect shields (to increase defense), boots (to increase speed), swords (to increase attack power) and spell symbols (which everyone needs for the final assault on the castle) and defeat monsters along the way. The power-ups are hidden under mountains, rocks and houses. Almost everything can be shot at and destroyed. The heroes are, in this order: Ray Jack, the knight who has a strong attack power; Kaliva, the wizard who is good with magic and jumping; Barusa, the monster who has a strong defense; and Toby, the thief who can move quickly. For the fifth and final stage, it is important that all four heroes stay alive, because there are certain points that the group can't overcome if one of the party members has died.