King's Knight (1986)

King's Knight (キングスナイト, Kingusu Naito) is a 1986 scrolling shooter video game by Square for the Nintendo Entertainment System and MSX. The game was released in Japan on September 18, 1986, and in North America in 1989. The game became Square's first North American release under their Redmond subsidiary Squaresoft, and their first release as an independent company. The 1986 release's title screen credits Workss for programming. King's Knight saw a second release in 1987 on the NEC PC-8801mkII SR and the Sharp X1. These versions of the game were retitled King's Knight Special and released exclusively in Japan. Nobuo Uematsu provided the musical score for King's Knight. It was Uematsu's third work of video game music composition.