Shovel Knight is inspired by gameplay and graphics of platformer games developed for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was ported to OS X and Linux in September 2014, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox One in April 2015, Amazon Fire TV in September 2015, and Nintendo Switch in March 2017. Development was crowdfunded and the game was released for Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, and Windows in June 2014. Shovel Knight is a platform video game developed and published by Yacht Club Games.
