. I've played a lot of different platform games over the years and on many platforms, some good like Castle Of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, the original Jak And Daxter (which beat Ratchet & Clank for me and never got quite the credit it deserved), Super Mario 64 (on the DS not original), through bad (Jak And Daxter going grimdark… why?!). But the best for me is Super Mario Galaxy (the first one) – it just nailed everything it did. Varying challenges, lots of fun, lots of originality, looked great and played great. Still dig this out every now and then to have a play!WoDMaN Sparkster of hopeI love platformers, including Sonic and Mario, but I want to make sure that Sparkster gets a mention. Rocket Knight Adventures is a masterpiece, both games titled Sparkster are great, not quite to the level of the original but I love Sparkster's move-set, so unique to the genre. I was thrilled when the last game got announced, it was also a step down from its predecessors, but it was great to have the rocket powere){kind=link}
Readers discuss their favourite platform games, from the ancient Manic Miner right up to the most recent Super Mario games.
The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was inspired by the recent release of Sonic Frontiers and asked whether you have a favourite 2D and 3D game and which style you generally prefer. How much difference does the main character make and which is your favourite?
Given how old the genre is we had answers from across many generations, but beyond the numerous mentions of Mario and Sonic there was also a lot of love for Rayman and Mickey Mouse.
Long historyI’m old enough to have ‘enjoyed’ the various platform games back on the ZX Spectrum and sunk hours and hours into Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy, Chuckie Egg, etc. I had Manic Miner’s first five or six levels so practised I could have probably done them in my sleep (OK – maybe not level five – dumb old Eugene’s Lair, I still remember the first time I collected everything only for him to block the exit!).
I’ve played a lot of different platform games over the years and on many platforms, some good like Castle Of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, the original Jak And Daxter (which beat Ratchet & Clank for me and never got quite the credit it deserved), Super Mario 64 (on the DS not original), through bad (Jak And Daxter going grimdark… why?!).