Top ten Amiga platform games?

Raggot · 17 September 2010, 21:55

Because it's fun to see what other people like, you know?

Anyway, here are mine:

1. Flashback

2. Yo! Joe!

3. Lionheart

4. Benefactor

5. Ruff 'n' Tumble

6. Turrican II

7. Alien Fish Finger

8. Arabian Nights

9. Bubba 'n' Stix

10. Nicky Boum

Discussion and off-topic ramblings are encouraged.

Raggot · 18 September 2010, 19:18

Never mind, then.

Retro-Nerd · 18 September 2010, 19:22

Well, we had some threads about Amiga platformer, even a poll. Just use the search function.

Fabie · 18 September 2010, 21:01

benefactor is not a platform game...it is a puzzle game
all the others are action games except Nicky boom

s2325 · 18 September 2010, 21:06

Sometimes genres are mixed.

desiv · 18 September 2010, 21:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fabie

benefactor is not a platform game...it is a puzzle game
all the others are action games except Nicky boom

I'd disagree there..
It's a guy running around on platforms and he's also solving puzzles.
Sounds like a platform game with puzzles.. Since your basic interface to the game is the guy on the platforms, I'd say that qualifies.

I have no idea what you mean by the last part..
How can you have a platform game without it being some kind of action game?

Is there some generally accepted definition somewhere where games like Leander and the others aren't considered platform games?

desiv

Fabie · 18 September 2010, 21:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by desiv

I'd disagree there..
It's a guy running around on platforms and he's also solving puzzles.
Sounds like a platform game with puzzles.. Since your basic interface to the game is the guy on the platforms, I'd say that qualifies.

I have no idea what you mean by the last part..
How can you have a platform game without it being some kind of action game?

Is there some generally accepted definition somewhere where games like Leander and the others aren't considered platform games?

desiv

I considers platform games something like Nicky boom,fire & ice,Pinkie,zool, doddle bug,oscar,trolls,mr nutz,puggsy,bc kid,james pond seres and many others

but the definition comes always with trivia

lilalurl · 18 September 2010, 21:55

Since this is going a bit off-topic, here is a link to a thread at Mobygames called Platform puzzle game recommendations?

Zetr0 · 18 September 2010, 22:09

Top 10 is quite simple - (in no particular order)

1. FlashBack
2. Turrican 2
3. Lost Vikings
4. Super Methan Bros.
5. Lion Heart
6. Aladdin
7. Alien 3
8. Assasin Special Edition
9. Benfactor
10. Shadow of the Beast 2

honary mentions to

Bubba 'n Stix
Brian the Lion
Chuck Rock
Fire 'n Ice
Ghost 'n Ghouls
Ghost 'n Goblins

of course the list will go on... theres some fine titles IMHO - and there is som exualted crap - like GOD's -- nice intro - shame about the suposed game attached to the end of it.

TCD · 18 September 2010, 22:12

Anybody listing Flashback as a platformer didn't get it. Full stop

rockersuke · 18 September 2010, 22:13

I was going to mention Blues Brothers as one of my all-time-favourite platform games... but someone could object it's not actually a platform game but a musical film adaptation, so I won't.

--

Paul_s · 18 September 2010, 22:19

Turrican 2
Arabian Nights
Soccer Kid
Premiere
Superfrog
Yo Joe
Wiz n Liz
Fire n Ice
Putty
Wonderboy in Monster Land

Dastardly · 18 September 2010, 22:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zetr0

of course the list will go on... theres some fine titles IMHO - and there is som exualted crap - like GOD's -- nice intro - shame about the suposed game attached to the end of it.

Haha!

TCD · 18 September 2010, 22:51

No worries Dast. At least he didn't list SUPERFROG

Paul_s · 18 September 2010, 22:52

What is wrong with you people, Superfrog is a damn fine game! Shame on you

TCD · 18 September 2010, 22:54

Hey, *I* like it

Proof : http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=42078
There, now Dast will hate me

Thanks for that Paul!

Paul_s · 18 September 2010, 23:00

Maybe I should be turned into a frog for my outburst (do mods have that power?). Sorry, Dastardly already put me in a bad mood about Superfrog many threads ago. My anger has been re-ignited like some age old Amiga vs. Atari ST battle!

I'm going to sneak into Dastardly's house and fill every fluid bottle I can find with Lucozade. Even his toilet/shower will flow Lucozade for EVER! muahahahaha

Fabie · 18 September 2010, 23:28

anyways here is top5 list

Alladin
Fire + ice cd32
superfrog
BCKID
brian the lion AGA

Dastardly · 18 September 2010, 23:58

Hah, I don't hate Superfrog. I just find it very dull and uninteresting

Same goes for Lucozade!

Raggot · 19 September 2010, 06:17

And it seems that my thread wasn't such a failure after all!

BTW, I put Alien Fish Finger on my list; I'd completely forgotten about it.

I apologize in advance for any excessive quoting. It's a bad habit of mine.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

Well, we had some threads about Amiga platformer, even a poll. Just use the search function.

No top tens, though. What can I say? I like lists.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fabie

benefactor is not a platform game...it is a puzzle game
all the others are action games except Nicky boom

What? If it has running, jumping, and platforms, it's a platform game! Adding features doesn't negate that!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zetr0

of course the list will go on... theres some fine titles IMHO - and there is som exualted crap - like GOD's -- nice intro - shame about the suposed game attached to the end of it.

THANK YOU. Honestly, people get so hung up on the cool concepts and puzzles and stuff that they forgive it for playing like crap. And it has ugly ST scrolling, too. At least it isn't as bad as Magic Pockets. God, what an awful game that was.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Anybody listing Flashback as a platformer didn't get it. Full stop

Excuse me while I move Flashback from my "Platform games" folder to my "Rotoscoped action-adventure-shooting-stealth games with RPG elements that just happen to feature running, jumping, and platforms" folder. All joking aside, how can a game with said elements not be a platform game? Don't give me any crap about the emphasis being on the puzzles or anything, because there's loads of other stuff, and because literally every platform game ever made has something besides the underlying platform structure. I suppose that Brian the Lion isn't a platform game either? I mean, you can punch enemies, like in a beat-em-up, right? Therefore, it isn't a platform game, and anyone who says that it is has missed the point completely.

...I apologize for the rant. I didn't intend for it to turn out like that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rockersuke

I was going to mention Blues Brothers as one of my all-time-favourite platform games... but someone could object it's not actually a platform game but a musical film adaptation, so I won't.

EXACTLY.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul_s

What is wrong with you people, Superfrog is a damn fine game! Shame on you

Eww. No. It isn't even on the level of Bubsy the Bobcat.

...I think that I just reposted the whole thread.

17 September 2010, 21:55	#1
Raggot Unfortunate Gerbil Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Posts: 31	Top ten Amiga platform games? Because it's fun to see what other people like, you know? Anyway, here are mine: 1. Flashback 2. Yo! Joe! 3. Lionheart 4. Benefactor 5. Ruff 'n' Tumble 6. Turrican II 7. Alien Fish Finger 8. Arabian Nights 9. Bubba 'n' Stix 10. Nicky Boum Discussion and off-topic ramblings are encouraged. Last edited by Raggot; 19 September 2010 at 16:24.

18 September 2010, 22:09	#9
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	Top 10 is quite simple - (in no particular order) 1. FlashBack 2. Turrican 2 3. Lost Vikings 4. Super Methan Bros. 5. Lion Heart 6. Aladdin 7. Alien 3 8. Assasin Special Edition 9. Benfactor 10. Shadow of the Beast 2 honary mentions to Bubba 'n Stix Brian the Lion Chuck Rock Fire 'n Ice Ghost 'n Ghouls Ghost 'n Goblins of course the list will go on... theres some fine titles IMHO - and there is som exualted crap - like GOD's -- nice intro - shame about the suposed game attached to the end of it.

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18 September 2010, 19:18	#2
Raggot Unfortunate Gerbil Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Posts: 31	Never mind, then.

18 September 2010, 19:22	#3
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,436	Well, we had some threads about Amiga platformer, even a poll. Just use the search function.

18 September 2010, 21:01	#4
Fabie Banned Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: France Posts: 478	benefactor is not a platform game...it is a puzzle game all the others are action games except Nicky boom

18 September 2010, 21:06	#5
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Sometimes genres are mixed.

18 September 2010, 21:55	#8
lilalurl Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 3,289	Since this is going a bit off-topic, here is a link to a thread at Mobygames called Platform puzzle game recommendations?

18 September 2010, 22:12	#10
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,522	Anybody listing Flashback as a platformer didn't get it. Full stop

18 September 2010, 22:13	#11
rockersuke Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Madrid / Spain Age: 56 Posts: 258	I was going to mention Blues Brothers as one of my all-time-favourite platform games... but someone could object it's not actually a platform game but a musical film adaptation, so I won't. --

18 September 2010, 22:19	#12
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,334	Turrican 2 Arabian Nights Soccer Kid Premiere Superfrog Yo Joe Wiz n Liz Fire n Ice Putty Wonderboy in Monster Land

18 September 2010, 22:51	#14
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,522	No worries Dast. At least he didn't list SUPERFROG

18 September 2010, 22:52	#15
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,334	What is wrong with you people, Superfrog is a damn fine game! Shame on you

18 September 2010, 22:54	#16
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,522	Hey, I like it Proof : http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=42078 There, now Dast will hate me Thanks for that Paul!

18 September 2010, 23:00	#17
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,334	Maybe I should be turned into a frog for my outburst (do mods have that power?). Sorry, Dastardly already put me in a bad mood about Superfrog many threads ago. My anger has been re-ignited like some age old Amiga vs. Atari ST battle! I'm going to sneak into Dastardly's house and fill every fluid bottle I can find with Lucozade. Even his toilet/shower will flow Lucozade for EVER! muahahahaha

18 September 2010, 23:28	#18
Fabie Banned Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: France Posts: 478	anyways here is top5 list Alladin Fire + ice cd32 superfrog BCKID brian the lion AGA

18 September 2010, 23:58	#19
Dastardly Into the Wonderful Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Age: 49 Posts: 2,335	Hah, I don't hate Superfrog. I just find it very dull and uninteresting Same goes for Lucozade!

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