/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.4550470]

What is the best pre-90's arcade platformer?

[Anonymous No.4550471]

>>4550470
Bubble Bobble

[Anonymous No.4550481]

>>4550470
Daimakaimura series if you consider these platformers

[Anonymous No.4550486]

>>4550481
Meant to say Makaimura and its sequel, sorry.

[Anonymous No.4550492]

>>4550481
This. The only competetion is Stryder

Runners up: Splatterhouse, Contra,

[Anonymous No.4550493]

>>4550492
Splatterhouse and Contra are different genres to me: beat'em up and run an gun, respectively. Not much platforming on those.
Strider is pretty melee combat heavy but I can see it.
Too bad platformers were strangely unpopular in the arcades, we could have had very cool games.

[babbage's gramps !RATGzMALLY No.4550498]

Vs Super Mario Bros, easily. Makaimura and Splatterhouse are both great, but not platformers.

[Anonymous No.4550509]

>>4550498
What genre would Makaimura be in, then? Sure, it has elements of shooting but it's mostly a platformer, right? Wouldn't you call Mega Man a platformer, too?

[Anonymous No.4550751]

>>4550470
Rastan

[babbage's gramps !RATGzMALLY No.4550829]

>>4550509
The line is pretty blurry considering most games have elements of both but the challenge in Makaimura comes primarily from defeating enemies while in SMB it's primarily navigating levels. Games like Mega Man or Castlevania are even harder to objectively categorize although it's probably safer to call them platformers since that category is broader

[Anonymous No.4552736]

Bump :^)

[Anonymous No.4554009]

>>4550470

Strider or Ghouls n Ghosts