Side-scrolling Platformers: Your Favorites?

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I recently picked up Rastan and was pleased with how well I felt its gameplay holds up. Such a classic. This led me to fire up Cadash, Robocop, and Magician Lord again (one of my all-time Neo favorites).

All this got me looking around for other jamma side-scrolling platformers I might have missed.
What are your favorites? I'm wondering if there are any cool titles I've overlooked.
 
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Cannon Dancer and Magician Lord are probably my favorites. Can't think of any others at them moment but will update if I do.

EDIT: Altered Beast is a side scroller but the other mentioned are beat'em ups. All good games though.
 
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black_7 said:
Konami's X-men, Golden Axe, TMNT
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Yes, as The Chief already noted, those are beat-em-ups. All great games (you have good taste sir;)) but a different thing. Side-scrolling platformers generally don't have the isometric, angled view of beat-em-ups. So, essentially, just left and right movement; single plane, no moving into the foreground or background. (although I'm sure there's some hybrid/exception to the rule out there).

As for Cannon Dancer, that's one I wish I could say I had. Played a friends board before though. Incredible game.
 
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*Ninja Spirit (if only I could afford the PCB).
*Dyna Gear (don't think it ever came out on PCB, but if it did came out on PCB I so want to own it).
*ThunderFox (Own the PCB, great shit).
*Cannon Dancer/Osman (like what everyone else said, good shit, if only I had the money).
Edward Randy Cliffhanger (looks great but I found the controls to be wanky).
Strider (duh, but the controls of the game hurts it for me nowadays).

* means personal favorites.
 
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astrodan88 said:
Yes, as The Chief already noted, those are beat-em-ups. All great games (you have good taste sir;)) but a different thing. Side-scrolling platformers generally don't have the isometric, angled view of beat-em-ups.

As for Cannon Dancer, that's one I wish I could say I had. Played a friends board before though. Incredible game.
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Ah, I see.
 
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Rolling Thunder
Robocop
Sly Spy
the Metal Slugs
rastan
ghouls and ghosts
 
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Giltygear said:
Rolling Thunder
Robocop
Sly Spy
the Metal Slugs
rastan
ghouls and ghosts
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Good picks.
I'm curious about sly spy.
Anyone else have any thoughts on it? I've been meaning to give it a whirl but wasn't impressed with the vids I watched online.

Ghouls and Ghosts is definitely a favorite, but not one I'd really need to own the pcb of. The saturn ports are darn near perfect.

Neogeofan12 said:
*Dyna Gear (don't think it ever came out on PCB, but if it did came out on PCB I so want to own it).
*ThunderFox (Own the PCB, great shit).
Edward Randy Cliffhanger (looks great but I found the controls to be wanky).
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I've never seen one, but I thought Dyna Gear was an SSV board. It's listed at system16. Anyone know more?

p.s. you need to sell me your copy of ThunderFox.
p.p.s. Do you have a pcb of Edward Randy?! If so, sell me that too. ;)
 
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Dyna Gear is a proto. Pretty cool game that would be neat to have on PCB.

Here's a few more:

Magic Sword
Black Tiger
Strider 2 (yeah it's ugly 90s 3D, but it's a solid game)
Rygar (non JAMMA)
Liquid Kids
Bonze Adventure
Wonder 3
Legend of Hero Tonma
Mega Twins
 
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astrodan88 said:
I've never seen one, but I thought Dyna Gear was an SSV board. It's listed at system16. Anyone know more?

p.s. you need to sell me your copy of ThunderFox.
p.p.s. Do you have a pcb of Edward Randy?! If so, sell me that too. ;)
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It's going to be awhile before I'll sell ThunderFox. :P

I wasn't too much of a fan of Edward Randy so no I don't own the PCB. :P
 
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astrodan88 said:
Good picks.
I'm curious about sly spy.
Anyone else have any thoughts on it? I've been meaning to give it a whirl but wasn't impressed with the vids I watched online.
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I had it and did't like it, but I also didn't like x-men and TNMT when I picked them up... to me they are not nearly as fun as they were when I was a kid.
 
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I didn't care for Sly Spy either, it was all around pretty bland. I only had the board for a short time before selling it off. It is rather cheap however, like $20-30.
 
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Rygar was a great one abiet non-JAMMA, as was Strider and Magic Sword. I also liked Psycho Soldier and whether it counts as one or not...Rolling Thunder.
 
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VS SMB
Shaolin Road
Kung Fu Master
Oscar Psycho Nics
Solar Warrior


astrodan88 said:
Ghouls and Ghosts is definitely a favorite, but not one I'd really need to own the pcb of. The saturn ports are darn near perfect.
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Rygar is great but so damn hard, I mean no continues past level 20 - wtf is with that?
Ninja spirit is high on my list of favorite platformers, but hard to find PCB.
Black Tiger is fun, but I can never stick with it long enough to beat it.
Contra just did not do it for me, I like the NES/Playchoice version much better than the arcade version.

That brings me to the playchoice 10 - Nintendo had alot of great platformers that can still be had for the playchoice. With an adapter and some soldering you can hook that playchoice board to jamma.
 
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That brings me to the playchoice 10 - Nintendo had alot of great platformers that can still be had for the playchoice. With an adapter and some soldering you can hook that playchoice board to jamma.
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I say go NES to Jamma.

About the same upfront cost (if you do the work yourself), Cheaper games, Better selection...

Most PC games today arent' legit... They just took a bunch of cheap games and burnt the expensive ones on.
 
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Toki and Tiger Road are two more worth mentioning. I also like Wonderboy and Willow.
 
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Forgot all about Willow. That game was a blast to play!
 
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