26th April 2010, 3:42 PM
Where do you get those lists, randomly select some games from the genres in question? Because it's obvious that there are ... a few ... more good platformers on both systems than that, given that side-scrolling platform and platform-action games are the most common genres on both the SNES and Genesis. :)
Oh, and , King Arthur's World is a Lemmings-style game really, not a platformer. It's best played with the SNES mouse. Good game, but not a platformer.
Lost Vikings 1 is better than Lost Vikings 2, but of course the first one is on SNES and Genesis (and PC and Amiga), while the second is on SNES, PC, PSX, and Saturn. The first one was one of my favorite games in the early '90s, but the second really isn't nearly as good... they make it worse by adding too many functions to each character. The first game was great because each character had specific things they could do, but in the second game you have characters who can both jump and attack, etc. It significantly dilutes the point of the game, really.
Oh, and as for the first game, the Genesis version has far worse graphics than the SNES, PC, or Amiga versions, but it has four exclusive levels that only are on the Genesis (no other version has exclusive levels), and it's the only version with full three player support (it's 2 player on SNES and Amiga, 1 player on PC).
Oh, and , King Arthur's World is a Lemmings-style game really, not a platformer. It's best played with the SNES mouse. Good game, but not a platformer.
Lost Vikings 1 is better than Lost Vikings 2, but of course the first one is on SNES and Genesis (and PC and Amiga), while the second is on SNES, PC, PSX, and Saturn. The first one was one of my favorite games in the early '90s, but the second really isn't nearly as good... they make it worse by adding too many functions to each character. The first game was great because each character had specific things they could do, but in the second game you have characters who can both jump and attack, etc. It significantly dilutes the point of the game, really.
Oh, and as for the first game, the Genesis version has far worse graphics than the SNES, PC, or Amiga versions, but it has four exclusive levels that only are on the Genesis (no other version has exclusive levels), and it's the only version with full three player support (it's 2 player on SNES and Amiga, 1 player on PC).