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Euro Platformer Thread
They didn't play the best very often (and that's being generous) yet I think they're really charming on their own

>> No.8555702

oi luv me egger

>> No.8557085

>>8555638
I'll take a Dizzy or Knight Tyme game any day of the week over the recycled Mario garbage, except SMB 3, that was cool and good to play.. the rest, fuck em

>> No.8557884

I believe the correct term is europoorformer old chap

>> No.8558082

>>8555638
Ewwwwyuckyro platformer

>> No.8558260
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>>8555638
ah yeh the classic scotformer ya know

>> No.8558331

>>8558260
it's pronounced the "sage gene-sis"

>> No.8558360

>>8558331
Sega goes in all fields

>> No.8558363

Is Manic Miner or Jet Set Willy worth playing? I find them very interesting for their interconnected design at such an early point in gaming history

>> No.8558653

>>8558363
The latter is worth playing to see how the "metroidvania" genre started.

>> No.8558665
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8558665

luv me cee jeh, simple as

>> No.8558671
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8558671

oi me seymour

>> No.8559645
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8559645

The king of euro jank

>> No.8559707
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8559707

>>8555638
so many rage quits

>> No.8559770

>>8555638
Dizzy games had kickass music though, especially Magicland.

>> No.8561187

>>8558665
Does that really count?
IIRC it was just a clone of The New Zealand Story

>> No.8562295

>>8558260
>16x9 aspect ratio on the Trinitron
big yikes

>> No.8562305
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8562305

The best euro platformers on old machines have come out in the last 10-20 years.

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>>8555638
>Make Dizzy
>Single large open play area with certain sections locked off
>sections can only be opened up by aquiring certain items in the map
>additional extra collectables that can be gotten for true ending
>The Japanese were so impressed by this they followed it up with Super Metroid

And that's how the Brits invented the Metroidvania, simple as

>> No.8563461

>>8558363
>>8558653
Same-fag, stop it

>> No.8563462

>>8561187
Codemasters thought they had the rights to do a port of New Zealand Story, however Ocean somehow managed to snag it - so they made CJ with the code they'd already created. Good budget game and soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZD5fKEDxdY

>> No.8563468

>>8563461
>samefag 3 hours later
unironically meds

>> No.8563561

>>8563440
Is the proper term dizzyvania or willyvania? A point of contention among historians I’m sure .

>> No.8563697

>>8558363
>>8558653
>>8563468
Same fag

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8564108

For me it's Jack the Nipper II in Coconut Capers

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8564163

>>8564108
Wish I had the map when I was a kid btw, I could never figure out where I was supposed to be going

>> No.8564190

>>8564163
i can say Spectrum games managed to fit some quite huge maps into 40k of memory (about what you have to use once the video buffer is subtracted)