Greatest platformer of all time

[Neelix]

I never had any consoles growing up,  so my favourites were all PC titles:

The Commander Keen series

Captain Comic  (I'd almost forgotten this one.  As mentioned above, quite unforgiving.  My key to finishing it was finding places where I could just stand and shoot approaching enemies for long periods to run up my score and recover lives)

Duke Nukem  (the original)

Duke Nukem II

- Neelix

 

[moxie]

If you're coming from Wonder Boy-with-rpg-twists, then I'm strongly seconding Popful Mail, too - That  ought to be right up your alley. Mind that the different versions (on different machines) are quite, um, different. I do recommend the SEGA CD-version.

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/popfulmail/popfulmail.htm

 

[ExquisiteCorpse]

Oh I thought I'd add one of my fave platformers (if the speed could ever be as fast as it runs on my pc) is Bubbman 2. 

http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=bubbman2

As an afterthought can anyone with Notaz's improved SDL test this game and let me know if it runs full speed? 

 

[ZXDunny]

Good grief - you guys have not once mentioned the greatest two platformers of all time...

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003012&loadpics=3'>Manic Miner and http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Jet+Set+Willy$&pub=^Software+Projects+Ltd$&loadpics=3'>Jet Set Willy.

The mind boggles. Call yourselves gamers? Tch.

D.

 

[Asmo]

What, no Chuckie Egg too?

 

[Mr_Loon]

No love for Cave Story?

or

VVVVVV?

The 2 best platformers I've played on Pandora.

Greatest of all time : Super Mario Galaxy 2, but I guess that doesn't count until someone releases a Wii emulator for Pandora 2 

 

[AngryPie]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/zYcf2yUgblc?feature=oembed

 

[kuru]

I've been told that James Pond was a pretty nice platformer, haven't got around to trying it myself.

Not really a platformer, but I adore Three Dirty Dwarves for the Saturn. Alas my copy has been stolen and the games goes for a premium nowadays :-/