Bart Van Hoey is rather excited about his favourite NES game.
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Spider-Man and The X-Men in Arcade’s Revenge
Was it comic book gold when Spider-Man and the X-Men teamed together? Only one way to find out.
Moonwalker
Ryan McNeilly explains why you really should take this Michael Jackson game for a whirl.
Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Before Uncharted and The Last Of Us, Naughty Dog made this amazing platformer for the PS2.
FUTURE CLASSIC
Jet Set Radio Future
Darran Jones returns to Sega’s superb Xbox sequel. But will he remember how to create tags?
Moonwalker
Released when Michael Jackson was the biggest icon in music, Moonwalker (based on the strange, self indulgent movie of the same name) was released for the Mega Drive in 1990
Mickey Mouse
Darran Jones explains why you should revisit this early Disney platformer starring everyone’s favourite mouse.
Gods
It wasn’t perfect, but Stuart Hunt still couldn’t stop himself playing Gods.
Daredevil Dennis
Motorbikes and platforms collide in spectacular fashion.
PC Genjin
Darran takes a fond look back at one of the PC Engine’s best platformers.
Bugaboo The Flea
We take a look at the Spectrum platformer that Amstrad fans also know as Roland On The Ropes.
Kid Chameleon
Ryan McNeilly kicks off the Sega love with a tribute to this forgotten platform hero.
Pac-Land
Pac-Man grows up in this fun and occassionally frustrating platformer.
Kirby’s Adventure
If you’ve not played Kirby’s Adventure on the NES then you’ve missed out on one of the best games in the entire NES library
Super Mario Sunshine
A lot of people think Super Mario Sunshine is one of the worst Mario games. A lot of people are wrong.
Strider II
A Strider sequel should be an amazing experience. This one wasn’t…
Flicky
It may look simple, but there’s some great gameplay in Sega’s Flicky.
Scooby Doo & The Castle Mystery
Was Scooby Doo on the Amstrad a worthy alternative to the popular cartoon? Let’s fund out.
Sir Lancelot
We take a look at this medieval platformer from Melbourne House.
Switchblade
We take a look at Simon Phipp’s entertaining 8-bit adventure game.
McDonald’s Treasure Land Adventure
A game about Ronald McDonald? Surely it must be rubbish? Don’t be silly, it’s by Treasure.
Banjo-Kazooie
After the kidnapping of Banjo the honey bear’s sister by the evil witch Gruntilda, he and his feathery compatriot Kazooie must leave their home at Spiral Mountain to rescue her, simple right? Wrong…
Yume Penguin Monogatari
Dubbed as 'Super Weightloss Penguin' in my eyes, Yume is a quirky platform cum shooter Famicom game…
Dino City
You and your sister get sucked into a television screen and have to rescue some professors' macguffin…
Aero the Acro-Bat 2
Sometimes in life, there comes a time when a dreaded sequel comes to fruition which more often than not fills people with dread.
Aero the Acro-Bat
During the 16-bit console war of the early 90s, every company was trying to get a piece of the action…
Super Bonk
I think it is safe to say that the TurboGraphx-16 is one of 'those' consoles which has got predominantly a cult following…
Egghead 5: Egghead Round the Med
Most people have never heard of Egghead…
Drill Dozer
Get to grips with this innovative GBA game by Game Freak
Adventure Island II
One of the most underrated gaming series' of all-time has to be Adventure Island…
Milon’s Secret Castle
The NES library has to be one of the most contrasting video-game library's in history…
Oscar
Oscar came out in the middle of the mascot platformer boom for Amiga CD32, Amiga, DOS, and SNES…
Blue Shadow
It is no secret that when a game becomes a success, it is soon going to have a clone made of it, to capitalise on the original game's success…
Mr Puniverse
This game is based on the BBC's old "Late, Late Breakfast Show"…
Amazing Spider-Man, The
The (not so) Amazing Spider-Man, This web slinging platformer/puzzle game pitches you against Mysterio,who kidnaps mary-jane and as spidey you have to rescue her from his evil lair which is a gaint film studio…
Don Doko Don
What is it about princesses and getting kidnapped by dragons? What is the dragon going to do with them once they get them anyway? Actually I don’t want to think about that, I’d rather get on with the job of rescuing her, as usual…
Black Tiger
I never played the arcade version of this…
Bionic Ninja
What could go wrong with a robot ninja? Here is a fun platformer / action game with the addition of being able to use a choice of weapons to dispatch your foes – shurikens, sais and your trusty fists that even Chuck Norris would be proud of – all available at the press of a key…
Chuckie Egg 2
Poor unloved Chuckie Egg 2…
Fahrenheit 3000
As far as I'm concerned there were four big 'names' in ZX Spectrum platforming…