Best Platform Game

[Azazel]

I never cared much for Tyrush Deppy. Getting Super Tempo is more worth your time. Zenki's not worth it unless you can get it dirt cheap.

No good you say? Oh well. I forgot to mention skyblazer for snes. That was a decent game, and by sony imagesoft to boot. Sure makes up for that shitty smartball

It's kind of one of those if you can get it cheap you might as well pick it up. Otherwise pass on it.

[Crush Crawfish]

Hah, this one's easy for me! Mega Man 3 is the single greatest platformer ever, and it's my 3rd favorite game of all time. Dynamite Headdy would be a close 2nd.

[pookninja]

hey,dont leave out adventure island.i love those nes and snes games.and i have the import gamecube version of the remake of the first nes adventure island with redone graphics and music.master higgins(master takihashi)rules!!! i never got to play the tubro grafix 16 version(new adventure island),is it any good?

[Syxx573]

Megaman (series)

[16-bit]

Legendary Axe.

It was also the first game I purchased for the Turbo Grafx. It was so great it made me forget that I was the only kid at school with one--everyone else still had the NES or upgraded to the Genesis.

[dbiersdorf]

Some of the big ones for me are -

Banjo-Kazooie/Banjo-Tooie (Nintendo 64)
Just damn amazing, blew Super Mario 64 out of the water and had that comedy appeal to it as well. It was one of the biggest games I had ever played (until I got Tooie ) and is one of my fondest memories on the N64, after Majora's Mask of course. As for Tooie, it wasn't as original but the size and large amount of new moves added so much to the game. Also with the ability to play Mumbo made it all the more exciting.

Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)
What can I say? Easily, easily, the best Mario game ever. It revamped Mario forever, even after hours upon hours playing the SNES games, Super Mario 64 took everything to a new level. The collecting, the moves, the exploration, the enemies, it was also so great. To this day I can pick it up and enjo getting all 120 stars, unlike Super Mario Sunshine which was rehash.

Conker's Bad Fur Day (Nintendo 64)
The only game to this day to actually make me laugh out loud. It was great. Most people passed it off as a mature themed crap, but it took the elements of Banjo-Kazooie erased all te collecting crap and made a killer story with a hilarious theme. The boss battles were unforgetable along with the multiplayer. Too think I would have never even have tried this game if I hadn't of seen it on discount at my GameCrazy.

Donkey Kong Country 1, 2, 3 (Super Nintendo)
It involved the most precise timing and skills and had the best graphics of its time. The characters were new and had character and put the Super Mario games to shame. DKC always had a great appeal to it that never got old, everything it did was amazing and the levels were just so long and difficult, to this day I still haven't beaten one 100%.

Other noteable games would be -
Aladdin (Super Nintendo)
Aladdin (Genesis)
Sonic the Hedgehog Series minus Sonic Heroes, blah. (Genesis through GameCube)
Mickey Mouses Magical Quest (Super Nintendo, GBA)
Rayman (Jaguar)
Rayman 3 (GameCube)
Hook (Super Nintendo)

[Keir]

OK, I tried to pick my favorite platfomer for each system for as many systems as I could.

Amiga: Rodland
Atari 2600: Mountain King
Atari 5200: Pitfall 2
CD32: Fury of the Furries
Colecovision: Jumpman Jr.
Commodore 64: Jumpman
Genesis: Lost Vikings
Intellivision: Diner
NES: Ice Climber
SNES: Super Mario All-Stars
TG-16: Bonk's Adventure
VIC-20: Lode Runner

[optic_85]

I gotta say that platformers tie as my favorite type of game with FPS's, and SHMUPS.....Here are some good platformers off the top of my head right now(not including mario and sonic)

Blinx: the time sweeper(XBOX)
Rayman 2 (DC)
MegaMan X(except the stupid ps2 ones)
Rocket Knight Adventures (Gen)
Burning Rangers (some wouldnt consider it a platformer, but i do. Saturn)
Toejam & Earl (Gen)

[dethink]

the original SMB, SMB3, super mario world, and mario 64. all of them master works of genius.

for non-mario stuff:
sonic 1 (never cared for the later ones, but 2 was OK)
sonic adventure (once again, the sequels left me cold)
rocket knight adventures (the original beats the pants off sonic)
ape escape
megaman 1-3 (4-6 threw the balance off BIG TIME, and the X games just aren't as memorable, IMO)

[Evil E]

Spyro the Dragon!!!


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[AMG]

Mario 64 - A platformer masterpiece.

[Evil E]

word

[zektor]

I'll have to go with Alex Kidd In Miracle World (SMS) first. Damn I love that game. Sega, WHEN am I going to see an "SMS Hits" collection for a nextgen system??

After that of course I will go with SMB. Alot of memories attached to these two games....

[little arms]

Banjo Kazooie and Tooie was sweeeeeeet

[dmhawkmoon]

What is a platformer, exactly? I always thought it referred to a game whose major skill element revolved around the difficulty of navigating the platforms and such. Like, I would call Contra and Metal Slug 2D shooters as opposed to platformers. They do have platforming elements, of course, but what game DOESN'T? Like 50% of the games ever made are platformers? Weird... SOTN is very poor as a platforming game. It's the exploring and items and upgrading and positioning with regard to the monsters that make the game. The platforms are almost never a problem to navigate. If you're going to call a game like SOTN a platformer, why isn't Halo a platformer? Or Quake? etc etc.... Well I know why, by my own labels. It's cause the main gameplay revolves around positioning and shooting things. Similar to SOTN.... Mario games tend to be platformers because of their memorably difficult jumps and such...

[Brian_Provinciano]

There are so many great platformers, especially on the NES. Other than Marios, Metroids, Castlevanias, here are the other favorites:

NES:
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Batman -- The music, the game, the memories, one of the best platformers ever.
TMNT 1 -- everyone loves the second one the best, many the third, but my favorite is the first, bar none -- the music, the game, ah, the memories

Ported to hell, but with good reason:
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Prince of Persia -- The second one never really caught me, but the original Prince of Persia, from playing it on the old 286 to the NES, to the GB, it was an incredible game. The incredible graphics only enhanced it, it was all about gameplay.

And finally, the BEST of the BEST -- Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure. The graphics are the BEST of the BEST of the BEST era of 2D platformers. So beautiful, colourful, vibrant, smooth and overall incredible! But this game, also not just about looks.. the gameplay was fantastic! So much variety, puzzles mixed with action, mixed with strategy... it was awesome! Sure, Donkey Kong Country looks good, but when everyone started doing video captured sprites and 3D rendered 2D SNES games, most sucked. The video capture stuff such as Time Cop (SNES) is just awful, sloppy, and down right ugly. Most 3D rendered 2D stuff is sloppy and jagged too. The WORST of the WORST were the 3D rendered, 2D, 2bit colour, greyscale, Game Boy games-- Batman Forever, Killer Instinct, etc... Couldn't make anything out on screen.
-- nothing beats clean, hand drawn, colourful sprites such as those in Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (even though games _are_ about more than graphics)!

[classicb]

Shinobi (I just love the old arcade version as well as the Genesis versions.)

Dark Waters for Genesis is a sleeper. lots of fun give it a try

[Avenger]

Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow....this is like, a hidden gem for the GBA....everyone get it...

[MegaDrive20XX]

Ghosts N' Goblins...I rest my case...

[Dr. Morbis]

TMNT 1 -- everyone loves the second one the best, many the third, but my favorite is the first, bar none -- the music, the game, ah, the memories

I agree wholeheartedly