what are the best platform games for 8bit computer?

[lucifershalo]

hello

I am a fan of platform like Miner 2049er etc....

what are the best ones?

thanks

[Beetle]

I like "Rockman" from Poland (Mirage Software iirc).

[Wrathchild]

"Beer Belly Burt's Brew Biz" was one of my favourites

[xxl]

jet boot jack

[mimo]

Donkey Kong is fairly well known

[Pengwin]

"Beer Belly Burt's Brew Biz" was one of my favourites

 

I enjoyed most of Frank Cohen's games.

 

Ghost Chaser was one of my favourites back in the eighties, even if it was a little simplistic.

[Beetle]

Yeah, Cohen Towers was my very first cassette i booted ever!

So i love this game in a special way, i really do.

[The Eidolon]

I like:

Bruce Lee (with some fighting too)

Spelunker

Jumpman/Jumpman Jr.

Pitfall 2

Miner 2049er (as you mentioned)

Mario Bros.

 

I'm sure I've forgotten many others. Spelunker is great, but very frustrating.

[vdub_bobby]

I'll say...

 

Donkey Kong

Spelunker

Pitfall II

Jumpman/Jumpman Jr.

Beef Drop

Candy Factory

Canyon Climber

Hard Hat Mack

H.E.R.O.

Lode Runner

Rebound

Montezuma's Revenge

Miner 2049er

Mr. Robot and His Robot Factory

Shamus Case 2

Edited March 19, 2007 by vdub_bobby

[pps]

One I played very often back in the days was Jungle Hunt.

[FastRobPlus]

"Beer Belly Burt's Brew Biz" was one of my favourites

 

I enjoyed most of Frank Cohen's games.

 

Ghost Chaser was one of my favourites back in the eighties, even if it was a little simplistic.

 

Umm... I cannot think of anything more appropriate to say than wat Pengwin wrote so...

 

I enjoyed most of Frank Cohen's games.

 

Ghost Chaser was one of my favorites back in the eighties, even if it was a little simplistic.

 

*edit*

Changed favorties to the more proper American spelling

Edited March 19, 2007 by FastRobPlus

[Pengwin]

Changed favorties to the more proper American spelling

 

'Proper American spelling'?

 

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear

 

j/k

[Trooper]

Montezuma's Revenge is the only one you need

 

/T

[VW]

Jumpman and Jumpman Jr. are the best games in this category for my money.

[Goochman]

Pharoahs Curse

Montezumas Revenge

Jumpman/Jr.

Lode Runner qualify?

 

All you need to know

[pseudografx]

One of my favourites was the Polish game Fred, which is a little bit slow, but graphically great and well playable.

[Tezz]

The German game Schreckenstein by Ariola was one of my favorite games on the A8 back in the day, that and Whistlers Brother were two very playable games particularly on two player

[LYNXGUY]

I liked Bruce Lee alot, was there an ending to that game ???

[Urchlay]

I liked Bruce Lee alot, was there an ending to that game ???

 

I'm pretty sure I beat it once, so it does end... but I can't remember there being any kind of special ending screen. This was almost 20 years ago, so my memory is kind of fuzzy.

[mimo]

work your way through these and let us know the good ones

platformer single screen

platformer multi screen

 

thanks to http://gury.atari8.info/

[The Eidolon]

Bruce Lee had an ending--you fight an evil wizard who shoots fireballs. Actually you just press a

button on the far wall to destroy the wizard. Why he would leave a self-destruct button in his

throne room is unclear. Anyway, in a way, the game gets easier after the first bits. There's less

fighting, so once you know how to avoid the traps you can get through a good chunk of the

game without getting your health worn down. Oh, and you can have player 2 control the green

Yamo to help you out (by not attacking you) if you want an easier time of it.

 

Speaking of platformers, I forgot Zorro. I enjoyed it a lot at the time, though the puzzles can be

a bit frustrating and unclear. I did manage to finish it, but now when I try it on my Datasoft

multicart I can't remember how to get past the first area. I guess I gon't have the patience of a

14-year-old any more...

 

Montezuma's Revenge is also great, as noted. (I only played it on the 5200, but even with the

analog controllers we had a lot of fun with it.)

[Urchlay]

Oh, and you can have player 2 control the green

Yamo to help you out (by not attacking you) if you want an easier time of it.

 

That's probably how I managed to beat the game, back then.

 

Montezuma's Revenge is also great, as noted. (I only played it on the 5200, but even with the

analog controllers we had a lot of fun with it.)

 

Do you know whether Montezuma's Revenge on the 5200 has an ending? I've gotten to level 4 on the Atari 8-bit disk version (same as the 5200 cart, as far as I know).

[IndusGT]

Bruce Lee as the best " classic " from the 80's

 

Rockman is my all time favorite without a doubt.

 

I finished all 36 levels in rockman, with a cheat of course hehe.

[AussieAtari]

Does Impossible Mission qualify as a platformer?

 

If so, that's my recommendation - and it's soon to be out for the DS and Wii which I for one am looking forward to.

[Urchlay]

Does Impossible Mission qualify as a platformer?

 

If so, that's my recommendation - and it's soon to be out for the DS and Wii which I for one am looking forward to.

 

It counts as a platformer, but there's no version of it for the Atari 8-bit computers...

 

It does exist as an Atari 7800 cartridge, but due to a bug in the game, it's unwinnable (truly impossible).

 

Sort of surprised they're doing it for the Wii... is it going to be faithful to the original, or are they doing it as a 3D perspective with powerups and stuff?