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unusual facts about Platform game


Go! Go! Ackman

The manga has been adapted into a series of three console based platform video games for the Super Famicom.


Bit.Trip Runner

Bit.Trip Runner is a 2D platformer in which the player takes control of Commander Video, the main protagonist of the Bit.Trip series who had appeared only during cut-scenes in the previous titles.

Bonanza Bros.

Bonanza Bros. is a shooter, platform game where taking the role of one or both of the brothers, Robo (1P, red) and Mobo (2P, blue) (Mike and Spike in some PAL versions), who were modeled after The Blues Brothers.

Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure

Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure is a platform game in which the player controls Crash Bandicoot, who must gather 20 Crystals and reverse the shrinkage of the Earth at the hands of Doctor Neo Cortex, the main antagonist of the story.

Eternity's Child

Eternity's Child (previously known as Angel's Eternity) is a side-scrolling platform game based on a fairy tale created by Luc Bernard.

Fly Fighter

Fly Fighter is a platform/shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Digital Magic in 1989 for Amiga computers. The game was also re-released as Scorpion, with another title screen and another order of levels.

Mighty Jill Off

Mighty Jill Off is a 2D platform independently developed freeware video game designed by Anna Anthropy, with art by James Harvey and music by Andrew Toups.

My Country, My Name

My Country, My Name is a 2D Side-scrolling action platform video game under development by Vortex Game Studios since 2009 and the very first playable preview was done December 7 in Arte Menor event in São Paulo, Brazil

Overworld

In some games, especially those that have a "level select" style of overworld (e.g. a lot of old-school 2D platform games), portions of the overworld become available for play as certain tasks are completed (e.g. beating a particular level or discovering a secret hidden within a level).

Secret Agent Clank

Secret Agent Clank (known as Clank & Ratchet: Mission Ignition in Japan) is a platform game developed by High Impact Games for the PlayStation Portable and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.

Waking Mars

Waking Mars is an Platform-adventure game produced by Tiger Style in which players jetpack through underground Mars caves and encounter a host of alien lifeforms that operate as an ecosystem.


see also

Did My Time

The instrumental version of "Did My Time" was also featured on the PlayStation 2 platform game "Fight Club" and VH1's 100 most shocking music moments in the discussion of the Woodstock 1999 riot.

Hugo: Black Diamond Fever

Hugo: Black Diamond Fever is a 3D platform game in the Hugo series that was developed by ITE Media and published by Electronic Arts in 2001 for the PC and PlayStation.

It's Funky Enough

Its line "Y'all ready for this?" is also heard in the title screen of the platform game Jazz Jackrabbit 2.

M64

Super Mario 64, a platform game made by Nintendo; or its remake, Super Mario 64 DS

Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day

Spunky's Dangerous Day is played as a two-dimensional side-scrolling platform game, and the player controls Rocko.