Knight Force

About

Knight Force is a side-scrolling action game that mixes beat 'em up brawling with platform jumps and racing segments. You play as a warrior moving through five time zones, battling guards and monsters while collecting amulets. Each area ends with a race to the next zone, followed by a final showdown against the magician’s clones. The goal is to retrieve all amulets and defeat the real sorcerer to free the princess, blending combat, speed, and puzzle elements. The game’s odd genre mashup, combining fighting, racing, and dungeon crawling, makes it stand out. Despite its 1989 release on DOS and Amiga, the varied gameplay keeps it memorable. While the princess-rescue premise is straightforward, the constant shifts between mechanics offer a chaotic charm. Some retro players note the dated graphics but praise the frenetic pace, with one forum thread calling it “a wild ride from start to finish.”

Storyline

The player is a champion who must travel to five different time zones in order to battle an evil magician who has captured a princess. The player must fight a variety of enemies in order to retrieve the correct amulet for each time zone. The player must also kill a number of clones of the magician in order to slay the real conjurer and rescue the princess