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[existancedecay]

So I grabbed a couple of japanese knock-off SNES usb pads and I am in love with them. I specifically bought them to play Spelunky, TBOIR and Lisa. I am looking for suggestions for other new(ish?) indies that can be played with a d-pad and no more than 8 buttons! So far with this setup, I am playing...
Guacamelee
Shovel Knight
Risk Of Rain (with joy2key!)
Valdis Story
Volgarr The Viking
La Mulana
Super Crate Box
Nidhogg
I am open to suggestions in any genres, but infuriatingly difficult platformers and old-skool rpgs are my favorites. Thoughts?

[existancedecay]

I should mention that I already have cave story+ and kero blaster before someone else obviously suggests them

[Raptor85]

As far as sidescrollers go..

Rogue Legacy
Dust: an elysian tail (warning, SUPER easy game, so if you're looking for a challenge this isnt it)

others i can think of that work well on a d-pad (even though i use a dualshock 3 i prefer using d-pad when possible on games, just feels more accurate)

binding of isaac
crypt of the necrodancer

[agersant]

1001 Spikes
Hammerwatch

[Türbo Bröther]

BROFORCE! *screeeech*

Broforce rules, if you aren't up to your elbows in it already you'd better get your gloves on now.

[shinygerbil]

It's old, but don't forget Super Meat Boy.

[Richard Kain]

It's old, but don't forget Super Meat Boy.

I'm not certain that Super Meat Boy would be a good idea to play with a SNES USB pad. It's a game that's designed from the ground up with analog control in mind. While it's theoretically possible to play it with a keyboard, I wouldn't want to. The SNES D-pad just isn't going to be as tightly responsive as a full analog-stick layout.

[Raptor85]

i A+'d every single level light and dark world in smb with the d-pad on my dualshock 3, i found it considerably easier than trying to play it with the analog stick, so it works just fine.

[Richard Kain]

i A+'d every single level light and dark world in smb with the d-pad on my dualshock 3, i found it considerably easier than trying to play it with the analog stick, so it works just fine.

Not the same thing. The buttons on the Dual-Shock line of controllers have been analog since the Dual-Shock 2, not digital. So they respond to differing levels of pressure. You would likely get finer control off of a Dual-Shock 3's D-Pad than you would off of a SNES D-Pad. (which was digital)

Try playing Super Meat Boy with a Keyboard, and you'll know what I'm talking about. It's possible, but it's not optimal.

[Raptor85]

super meat boy doesnt support dualshock (at least didnt, not sure if it does now, used to just have hardcoded xbox controls + keyboard), you have to map the buttons to the keyboard buttons so it's pure digital

[ThemsAllTook]

Additionally, DualShock drivers (all the ones I've worked with, at least) don't report the d-pad as an analog stick. It's treated as digital input with additional axes for pressure sensitivity. Games would need special case code for the controller to get analog movement with its d-pad.

[Alevice]

Keyboard precision relies on its key travel, so certain keyboards might be even more precise than your so called analogs buttons, which usually relie on a calobrated pressure to avoid being oversensitive

[Sik]

I actually find keyboards to be even faster than D-pads for the reason that I have three fingers on the directional keys instead of a single thumb over all of them.

[blekdar]

Towerfall
Limbo? I think that only uses like 2 buttons and a dpad, I would imagine it working.
Samurai Gunn
Towerfall
Divekick (literally only uses two buttons)
Anything from the Genesis collection, I highly recommend Gunstar Heroes
VVVVVV
Thomas was Alone? I think that would work.
Towerfall
Mercenary Kings...might work. I think it would.
Wizorb as well I think.
Shantae: Risky's Revenge
Did you get Towerfall yet!?

That's what I can think of.