platformer Archives – Page 8 of 30

September 22, 2021 No Responses

The Flintstones

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Released: 1993 genre: Platformer I will admit to being pleasantly surprised by Taito’s various licensed Hanna Barbara titles. These fairly innocuous licenses would normally be farmed out to a bottom of the barrel developer to...

September 13, 2021 No Responses

Robocop 2

Developer: Paint by Numbers, Inc. Publisher: Data East Released: April 1991 Genre: Action Watching Robocop when I was entirely too young to do so is one of the most indelible experiences of my childhood. Surprisingly for such a violent...

September 10, 2021 No Responses

Ushio to Tora

Developer: Yutaka Publisher: Yutaka Released: 01/25/1993 Genre: Action In the US Nintendo gained a reputation for being kiddy at a time when Sega were pushing the envelope. It’s a reputation they gladly paraded around back in the...

September 3, 2021 No Responses

Congo’s Caper

Developer: Data East Publisher: Data East Released: 1993 Genre: Platformer For me Joe & Mac was one of the highlights of the early SNES period. Although it was vastly different from the arcade game I still enjoyed it nonetheless,...

August 18, 2021 No Responses

Saint Sword

Developer: Cyclone System Publisher: Taito Released: 1991 Genre: Action I am a sucker for a good fantasy novel or movie. The Dragonlance series of books were some of my favorites so any game that came close to...

August 9, 2021 No Responses

Fox’s Peter Pan and the Pirates

Developer: Equilibrium Inc. Publisher: THQ Released: January 1991 Genre: Action I remember Peter Pan and the Pirates as a cartoon that focused on the fun side of being a kid forever. It came on during the day so...

July 26, 2021 No Responses

Bonk III: Bonk’s Big Adventure

Developer: A.I. Co. Publisher: Turbo Technologies Inc. Released: 1993 Genre: Platformer There were many casualties during the mascot platformer wars of the 16-bit era. For every Sonic and Sparkster there were countless Awesome Possums and...

July 19, 2021 No Responses

Rockin’ Kats

Developer: Atlus Publisher: Atlus Released: September 1991 Genre: Platformer Atlus is not a name I have ever associated with 2d platforming. While they are synonymous with RPGs now there was a brief period early on when they experimente...

June 18, 2021 No Responses

Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu

Developer: KCET Publisher: Konami Released: December 22, 1993 Genre: Action Legend of the Mystical Ninja was one of the best early SNES game. In my opinion it is also one of the best in the system’s library. Although it...

June 11, 2021 No Responses

Ufouria: the Saga

Developer: Sunsoft Publisher: Sunsoft Released: September 20, 1991 Genre: Action In the days before the internet we had to rely on video game magazines for all of our news. While the information was usually out of date their previews of...

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