Underated or little known platformers for Megadrive/SNES

hellsing101 · 23-02-2018 10:40AM #1

I recently got back into retro gaming and was looking for some fun platformers to play outside of the Mario/Sonic sphere, something fun that isn't too common. I have been playing some of the Disney megadrive games:

Quackshot
World of Illusion
Castle of Illusion
Mickey Mania

Any suggestions on games similiar you guys have would be appreciated.

Dr Bob · 23-02-2018 11:07AM

hellsing101 wrote: »

I recently got back into retro gaming and was looking for some fun platformers to play outside of the Mario/Sonic sphere, something fun that isn't too common. I have been playing some of the Disney megadrive games:

Quackshot
World of Illusion
Castle of Illusion
Mickey Mania

Any suggestions on games similiar you guys have would be appreciated.

I've always had a soft spot for Kid Cameleon.

https://youtu.be/GkG-bdbXFtw

hellsing101 · 23-02-2018 11:11AM

Dr Bob wrote: »

I've always had a soft spot for Kid Cameleon.
https://youtu.be/GkG-bdbXFtw

I remember playing that as a kid, as far as i remember it was pretty fun.

piplip87 · 23-02-2018 11:14AM

Alex the kid. Can't remember was it Mega Drive or Master System or even both. Seen it on Xbox 1 around Christmas, was in my element.

hellsing101 · 23-02-2018 11:19AM

piplip87 wrote: »

Alex the kid. Can't remember was it Mega Drive or Master System or even both. Seen it on Xbox 1 around Christmas, was in my element.

It was on both, the megadrive version was The Enchanted Castle, I heard the the master system games were far superior.

super_furry · 23-02-2018 11:22AM

Always had a soft spot for Mr Nutz myself.

o1s1n · 23-02-2018 11:39AM

piplip87 wrote: »

Alex the kidd. Can't remember was it Mega Drive or Master System or even both. Seen it on Xbox 1 around Christmas, was in my element.

FYP, pet peeve of mine

Ristar is a great Megadrive one, very similar visuals to Sonic with a pretty interesting game mechanic.

Pulseman is also another great, more obscure Japanese only title that should have been released in the west.

hellsing101 · 23-02-2018 11:43AM

o1s1n wrote: »

FYP, pet peeve of mine

Ristar is a great Megadrive one, very similar visuals to Sonic with a pretty interesting game mechanic.

Pulseman is also another great, more obscure Japanese only title that should have been released in the west.

Both games I would love to own but they are pretty expensive, Pulseman in particular for a boxed copy with manual.

o1s1n · 23-02-2018 11:55AM

hellsing101 wrote: »

Both games I would love to own but they are pretty expensive, Pulseman in particular for a boxed copy with manual.

Has Ristar gone up in value too? When I picked that up it was only about 20 euro from what I remember.

Yeah Pulseman has gone off the charts in the last few years, I remember when it could be had for under 50! Silly me kept putting off buying a copy.

hellsing101 · 23-02-2018 11:58AM

o1s1n wrote: »

Has Ristar gone up in value too? When I picked that up it was only about 20 euro from what I remember.

Yeah Pulseman has gone off the charts in the last few years, I remember when it could be had for under 50! Silly me kept putting off buying a copy.

Cheapest I have seen a boxed copy was CEX for £40, not breaking the bank but still fairly expensive for a pretty common game.

smurf492 · 23-02-2018 12:23PM

The Lion King... Great but tough in places

Jack burton · 23-02-2018 02:41PM

Even though I know it's ****e, I love greendog

KeRbDoG · 23-02-2018 03:50PM

Wiz 'n' Liz on the Megadrive/Genesis, was always impressed by the smooth/fast animation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSOYuNRlw-E

o1s1n · 23-02-2018 04:19PM

Yeah the speed of that game always blew me away, really shows you what the Megadrive could do.

Just realized nobody has mentioned Rocket Knight Adventures! By far one of the best games on the system.

hellsing101 · 23-02-2018 04:39PM

Wiz n Liz looks pretty cool, looks to really make use of that "blast processing".

Rocket Knight is a great game, Sparkster the sequel or prequel is also supposed to be really good, don't know if it was released outside of Japan though.

o1s1n · 23-02-2018 04:44PM

Sparkster had a PAL release alright, pretty pricey one that.

Jack burton · 23-02-2018 07:11PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Sparkster had a PAL release alright, pretty pricey one that.

Rocket Knight is after becoming so popular. It's sound track got a vinyl release this year and all

Retr0gamer · 24-02-2018 09:56AM

I never liked kid chameleon. Never understood why people like it.

Rocket Knight Adventures is my second favourite mega drive game. It's just amazing. However it's closer to a contra game than a platformer.

On the snes do re mi fantasy is the best platform that isn't Mario. It's a sequel to the god awful milons secret castle but don't let that put you off. It's absolute quality.

Retr0gamer · 24-02-2018 09:58AM

Jack burton wrote: »

o1s1n wrote: »

Sparkster had a PAL release alright, pretty pricey one that.

Rocket Knight is after becoming so popular. It's sound track got a vinyl release this year and all

Same composer as symphony of the night. She did most I do the Konami mega drive soundtrack work. Made that yamaha chip sing. Did some fantastic chip tune work on the msx as well.

Kidchameleon · 24-02-2018 06:44PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I never liked kid chameleon

Wut?

CiDeRmAn · 24-02-2018 09:09PM

I used to like Alien 3 on the SNES, possibly better than the film!

Jack burton · 24-02-2018 09:10PM

Actually a big fan of that myself too!

McDonald's treasure land adventure is another one that comes to mind

Kidchameleon · 24-02-2018 09:22PM

Im playing through Wonderboy in Monsterworld at the moment. I reccomend that OP. Rolo to the rescue, James Pond 3 also

gmisk · 24-02-2018 09:31PM

I have a soft spot for aero the acro-bat,comix zone, rainbow islands and pulseman

CiDeRmAn · 24-02-2018 10:34PM

Anyone play Zool, the port from the Amiga I think.
I could never get into it.
It was no Superfrog that's for sure!

smurf492 · 24-02-2018 11:13PM

CiDeRmAn wrote:

Anyone play Zool, the port from the Amiga I think. I could never get into it. It was no Superfrog that's for sure!

Zool.. Chupa chups did well seizing that marketing marvel!!!

brianregan09 · 24-02-2018 11:30PM

No love for Aero the Acrobat had 2 games aswell

CiDeRmAn · 25-02-2018 12:37AM

The Indiana Jones game on the SNES is a great title, though ultimately a reskin of the Super Star Wars games.
I've a want on me for the Ninja Gaiden Trilogy on the SNES as well, but it's expensive.

o1s1n · 25-02-2018 01:27AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Anyone play Zool, the port from the Amiga I think.
I could never get into it.
It was no Superfrog that's for sure!

Yeah I had that for my Megadrive towards the end of the consoles lifespan. Bought it from a mate for five pounds! Along with James Pond 3 and a few others.

Retr0gamer · 25-02-2018 09:05AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I've a want on me for the Ninja Gaiden Trilogy on the SNES as well, but it's expensive.

Very much inferior to the NES originals and far more expensive.

CiDeRmAn · 25-02-2018 10:25AM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Very much inferior to the NES originals and far more expensive.

I'm only missing the third one, I have the first two on the Famicom.
I believe the Famicom one has superior music or something?

Underated or little known platformers for Megadrive/SNES

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