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Anonymous Wed Jul 29 19:44:46 2020 No.6657145 [Reply] [Original]

Why is it that consoles always got decent to GREAT platformer games, but computer users had to settle for just alright ones to completely unplayable garbage?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 29 19:50:19 2020 No.6657173 >>6657145 I liked Jill of the Jungle and Commander Keen

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 29 19:55:07 2020 No.6657198 >>6657145 I think the hardware wasn't good at it, as it it took more effort to make them

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 29 20:00:49 2020 No.6657219 File: 14 KB, 215x290, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6657145 Giana Sisters > nintenshit platformers

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 29 20:05:59 2020 No.6657241 >>6657145 Computers couldn't compete with dedicated consoles back then. That said, I liked both installments of the Jazz Jackrabbit series.

Anonymous Wed Jul 29 20:08:25 2020 No.6657250

>>6657145
Because platformers were easily the dominant console genre during the 8 and 16-bit eras, but I'm not sure if this also holds true for PC gamers, other genres like adventures were very popular. Also the vast majority of good 2D platformers were developed in Japan exclusively for consoles, you're not going to find many of them on the Amiga, ST, etc, but you might find some on the X68000.

>>6657173
>Commander Keen
I like it too.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 29 20:15:45 2020 No.6657284 >garbage PCs had Dizzy, and that was all that mattered

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 29 21:34:36 2020 No.6657594 >>6657219 >australia-kun praising a game that was inspired by Super Mario Bros oh no... OHNONONONONO

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 29 21:59:31 2020 No.6657682 >>6657145 I never seen this game box art in my life, even though I supposedly have the whole SNES rom collection. WTF.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 29 22:01:25 2020 No.6657689 >>6657682 Pretty charming game, give it a go.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 29 22:14:28 2020 No.6657741 >>6657145 this game was surprisingly good, the MC has a pretty interesting moveset.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 29 23:42:34 2020 No.6658125 >>6657145 the consumer market for scotformers (teenagers/kids) was mainly on consoles

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 29 23:43:32 2020 No.6658127 >>6658125 >scotformers Opinion discarded. Also PC still had plenty of platformers, many of them. It's just the majority of them were very bad.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 30 09:22:02 2020 No.6660075 >>6657145 I saw this game being sold about 222 euros in a CEX in Madrid last year.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 30 19:32:20 2020 No.6662831 >>6660075 Madrid is a very based place

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 31 01:08:22 2020 No.6664107 >>6657219 Fucking love seeing this autismo pop up every now and then. Nintendo inside of your mind until the day you die

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 31 04:26:41 2020 No.6664619 >>6660075 >Cex I saw a Neo Geo some years ago for 140€ (like 153 bucks for muricans)

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 31 11:28:39 2020 No.6665591 Thanks for posting this game OP, didn't know about it and it's pretty fun

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