Strange arcade platformer recommendations?

[shinsage]

diet gogo

[emphatic]

I've 1CC:d Toki, back in the day. It's a memorizer, and only the "roller coaster" ride at the end demands fast reflexes if I remember correctly. A much harder game is Kid Niki. Very cool though. Or Tiger Road. And btw, Surprise Attack is a real shit game.

[it290]

I don't know if it's considered at all obscure (probably not), but Black Tiger is one of the best arcade action platformers ever made.

[gameoverDude]

konami rolling thunder game in space? what the hell is that?? i must know!

I'd say it's probably Surprise Attack from 1990, I can't think of anything else.

Surprise Attack is that "Rolling Thunder in space" game, definitely. It's not bad.

[yojo!]

Wonder Boy III is kick ass, each level is divided into 2 sections; 1 half is platform and 2nd half is straight shooter.

[escadrille]

I don't know if it's considered at all obscure (probably not), but Black Tiger is one of the best arcade action platformers ever made.

Agreed, I really like this game. Though I don't hear it mentioned very often.

[GaijinPunch]

konami rolling thunder game in space? what the hell is that?? i must know!

Agreed... my interest is sparked.

Agreed, I really like this game. Though I don't hear it mentioned very often.

A gamengai user cleared one of the versions. Forgot which. One is much harder than the other (JPN versus EU).

[emphatic]

A gamengai user cleared one of the versions. Forgot which. One is much harder than the other (JPN versus EU).

Hey, it's not that hard to clear. I do it everytime I play it (I have the US Black Tiger PCB). Thing is, it takes you about 40 minutes to do that. One of CAPCOM's better offers for sure.

Edit: More tips: Psycho-Nics Oscar, from DataEast. It has the Gradius power up system and cool looking bosses. Also, Chelnov Atomic Runner (autoscrolling platformer with nice weaponry where you change the characters direction by using a "turn" button.

[saucykobold]

J.J. Squawkers
Tora-he no Michi

[Ed Oscuro]

konami rolling thunder game in space? what the hell is that?? i must know!

I'd say it's probably Surprise Attack from 1990, I can't think of anything else.

Yep, that's gotta be it.

Trivia questions too

[ChurchOfSolipsism]

Since somebody already said Spin Master I thought I'd at least mention Top Hunter. Has quite a lot of jump'n run elements in it and has excellent graphics.

[Domino]

Edit: More tips: Psycho-Nics Oscar, from DataEast. It has the Gradius power up system and cool looking bosses. Also, Chelnov Atomic Runner (autoscrolling platformer with nice weaponry where you change the characters direction by using a "turn" button.

What he said about both games. Actually I have Oscar for sale so if anyone wants it.......

[Magic Knight]

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I bet you could find tons of weird platformers here: http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/

[Sandlegs]

I bet you could find tons of weird platformers here: http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/

That looks soooooo much like a Ceph post. But seroiusly,thanks to everyone. i have been playing Baraduke quite a bit. That bastard ranks up like a mother!

[Dale]

Biomechanical Toy

Yes

SonSon
Don Doki Don
Trio The Punch:Never Forget(Doesn't get any weirder then this)
Circus Charlie

[Elixir]

I played Forest of Wardner at Etrian's the other day. Fun platformer.

[emphatic]

Ninja-Kid II is awesome. It has several jumping techniques that you'll need to master, such as bouncing off of walls + swimming stages. And some of the best video game music ever.

[Acid King]

Dyna Gear is pretty cool.

[yojo!]

Magician Lord and Top Hunter are available on SNK collection Vol. 1 for cheap

[Khan]

Trine is a game ive been following recently im gonna get this soon ive gotta decide if i want it on my ps3 or pc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXILzS03HCo

[Arasoi]

GROWL/Runark FTW.

Angry tree huggers beat up and shoot animal poachers in engrish laden fashion. One of my favorite pcbs.

Also for a beat em up so bad/strange it actually becomes awesome because of it, try Knuckle bash.

I don't know if it's considered at all obscure (probably not), but Black Tiger is one of the best arcade action platformers ever made.

Agreed, I really like this game. Though I don't hear it mentioned very often.

QFT. I have this board as well and love it, it's quite challenging.

[Ed Oscuro]

GROWL/Runark FTW.

Angry tree huggers beat up and shoot animal poachers in engrish laden fashion. One of my favorite pcbs.

You forgot the FM fake-vocals in tracks making noises that sound like somebody on helium singing "Runn...AND...ARK!!1" I have no idea what that's about, but it's hilarious.

Run and Ark?

Knuckle Bash makes me want to die. Toaplan right? Why did they think they could start drawing humans?! (More to the point, why couldn't they; the guy on the title screen of OutZone looks okay, but Batsugun's people look dumb.)

Those are both standard beat-em-ups though.

Even though it's not an arcade game, and it's bad, I would add my vote for Deliverance, which I have on Mac and didn't know it was Stormlord II. Oh god!! How bad is Stormlord then?

[it290]

Trine looks like an even more boring version of Pandemonium.

Deliverance is a terrible game, but the artwork is hella cool. Every fantasy game should be required by law to have giant nude fairies in it.

As for Stormlord itself, pretty much every version I've played has been completely terrible (and Deliverance is both much better and totally diferent), but I think the game was originally developed for the Spectrum or something. I've not played that version, but I think it's supposed to be OK.

[Arasoi]

Knuckle Bash makes me want to die.

Thank god, finally something I can put in my signature.

[Ed Oscuro]

Deliverance apparently came out for the Commie too, but jesus...the Mac version is just so intensely bad I can't...can't...it can't be better than any other game. They probably had to build much of it from the ground up or something.

That reminds me, the version of Lode Runner that was already installed on one of the WORST MACS EVER I own is pretty sweet (even though it locks up for a second every thirty because of said computer's horrible internal design). It's the one that came out right before the first 3D Lode Runner, as I remember. I know, I know - not a platformer, definitely not arcade (though the fifty versions of primitive Lode Runner in MAME amuse me).

Knuckle Bash makes me want to die.

Thank god, finally something I can put in my signature.

By "die" I mean go on cruises with giant monkeys and semi-naked men, of course.

Trine looks like an even more boring version of Pandemonium.

I haven't played Pandemonium. I would agree that Trine is rather boring, in terms of gameplay, from the demo (also buggy, aka lol @ walking through ceilings), but the characterization and GRAPHIX make it somewhat compelling for me. I'll definitely get it sometime, although that depends on the price. The game will (apparently) have multiplayer (maybe just split-screen co-op though), which was highest on the list of desired additional features for the game, although I have no idea what that could add to the game. Edit: Destructoid has a pretty good review.

[RoninBuddha]

i found this in taito memories 1 joukan (the very first one)... "Bonze Adventure" also known as "Jigoku meguri".. you control this buddhist monk and journey through what appears to be a path to hell... there's a whole slew of strange ghosts and demon monsters as enemies (youkai) and some interesting platform/stage designs. Your weapon is a projectile, throwing beads in an semi-arc fashion... it can easily be compared to ghost and goblin's/ghouls games, except for the oriental/buddhist themes... it is also equally, brutally hard.. (i've yet to 1cc stage 2)... it also got a PCE/TG16 port.. (also on wii virtual console)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF-zSsgGZoA