/vr/ - Retro Games

Adventure Island 3 also has you riding dinosaurs. But >>6975081 is right. Look at how NES games were before Super Mario Bros. Most were very simple games.

>>6924226
>mid-tier nothing-special platformer like Adventure Island
What the fuck are you talking about? Adventure Island series is one of the best platforming series of retro times.
Sure, zoomers don't care for it because the series died after 4th gen, but back in the day it was a beloved series, and real ass platforming niggas know that.

>>6756751
>Miyamoto stole the idea of Yoshi from this series
Not really since he wanted to make Yoshi (or Mario ride some dino) since SMB1 in 1985, but Adventure Island is a kino series. Among the best platformers of all time.

Joe & Mac and Adventure Island, 2 amazing series that somehow got unpopular/forgotten.

Adventure Island series

>>5808818
I guess you could say he's an islander.
The aesthetic is on point though, enemies on WB/AI1 are pretty ordinary and not really prehistoric or anything too fantastic outside of the bosses, but Adventure Island 2 has the dino buddies.