[Classic] Great Platformers

Originally Posted by Qwarky

Super Mario World is a benchmark that other paltformers haven't quite reached yet.

I beg to differ mate. Flashback is far better than any Mario game and is one of my all time favourite platformers. It's like Prince of Persia meets Blade Runner and the Running Man with a hint of Total Recall. The story is decent, the platforming itself is incredibly intuitive and whilst tough towards the end, it never feels unfair and rewards practice.

Other platform games I prefer to any of the Mario games are Chuck Rock, Gods (The Amiga version, not the shitty SNES port), Magic Pockets, Sir Lancealot (On the Spectrum 16k), Chucky Egg, Twin World (On the Acorn) and of course, Zool, which is almost as good as Flashback.

The problem with console platformers back in the day was that they were all so samey and at the time of the NES, they looked like utter turd compared to most things on Atari or Amiga. Even the SNES lagged behind looks-wise until Donkey Kong Country came out (Although I did love that game).

More recently, Metal Arms is a great game, I really enjoyed the first Spyro game on Playstation and Tokobots on PSP is pretty good fun too.

How ya doing, buddy?

Alex Kidd also has the advantage of being free with most Master Systems. I never did manage to finish that game, although God only knows I tried hard enough. A good mate of mine had a Master System and all we ever played was Alex Kidd and Joe Montana football.

Another game I used to play to death was Commander Keen. EGA-tastic graphics, crappy chiptune music, the game had everything frankly.

Also there was an awesome shareware game on the Acorn called Hamsters where you played a little yellow guy with a fuck off great big mallet and had to smack the ground to propel yourself between platforms, all the while splattering hamsters all over the screen. Awesome, awesome game.

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