#platformers

[prokopetz]

Precision puzzle platformer which initially appears to have a cliché "it was all a dream" ending involving the protagonist being found unconscious by the side of the road, except it's actually everything after your first "death" that was a coma hallucination, with different endings depending on how far you got before dying for the first time. You can tell whether you're still on the deathless route because certain of the game's more fantastical movement gimmicks do not appear in the "real world", obliging the player to devise alternative solutions for many puzzles.

[smbhax]

Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku (Saturn) (aka Castlevania Symphony of the Night)

Illustrations by Ayami Kojima. The 3D background textures that catch the light in her work are built up from molding paste with a palette knife. (Wikipedia)

[vgprintads]

'Dragon Egg!'

[PCE] [JAPAN] [MAGAZINE] [1991]

"If you have to travel, scrolling horizontally through a dangerous (but very colourful) world riddled with traps and voracious creatures, you might as well do it on the back of a dragon, right? This is exactly what the heroine of the PC Engine exclusive must have said to herself, equipping her with a mysterious egg reacting in different ways depending on the power-up equipped. According to which stage of hatching the egg is at, it gives the right to various advantages which can help us out of tricky situations, both in battle and in dealing with Puzzles... the ultimate goal being to ride our friend's back, and burning everything in its path with a great deal of fiery breath. Cute and neat, the title is sublimated by a pleasant design that calls for adventure." ~PC Engine / PC FX Anthology

Source: Marukatsu PC Engine, November 1991 (#35) || Gaming Alexandria; Dustin Hubbard (via the Internet Archive)

[split-pixel]

Celeste, 2018

Maddy Makes Games

[thatpollguy]

Have you ever played Portal?

Thanks for the poll request, anonymous! Keep 'em coming, folks.

Have you ever played the video game "Portal"?

Yes

Not yet, but I've bought it

No

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[tamara-kama]

I think this is the closest I've found so far to a 16-bit Ranma 1/2 beat-em-up.. it's the first one for the PC Engine.

It's a side scrolling platfomer action game with martial arts moves.

You even get to play as Ranma 1/2 in girl mode via power up and I think they fight even better in it!

This game is pretty difficult but it's also pretty forgiving because it lets you keep your progress a lot of times and seems to have unlimited continues!

Also, because it's a CD game it also featured real music from the anime and full voice acting for the cut scenes! 🕹️💜🎮😃👍🏻

The games also have some nice artwork in general and era appropriate uncensored touches so this is probably as good as it gets IMHO

It also still has a lot of 1v1 battles but those are used as boss battles here

In a way I kinda wish my most recent ex was still friends with me because she probably would have liked to have seen this game when she visits.. I would have shown it to her... Oh well... 💔🥺🎮