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[A Black Falcon]

Eh, I beat the GBC Super Mario Deluxe version of the Lost Levels ("SMB For Super Players"), it was hard but not impossible. However, that's a somewhat neutered version of the game -- the original Famicom Disk System version, and the version in The Lost Levels, have five more worlds, and harder level designs. The GBC game only includes worlds 1-8 of The Lost Levels, leaving out world 9 and worlds A through D. Also, many jumps were altered to make them easier, so that you wouldn't have to make constant leaps of faith (because the draw distance on the GBC screen is less than it would be on a NES). For instance, in the NES and SNES versions some jumps require you to bounce off of turtles in midair in order to make it across a pit, etc.

Oh, also, in the original FDS release there was no saving. Sure, it was on a floppy disk so saving would be free and easy to implement, but even so, no saving. You've got to play the whole thing through in one sitting. On the SNES you can save, but I believe you can only play world 9 if you play through the whole thing in one sitting (otherwise you skip from 8 to A, I think; I haven't played enough of the version to know for sure).

Wow, guys. The game isn't that hard.

Kid Chameleon, a.k.a The Greatest 2D Sidescrolling Platformer Ever Made, is far more difficult. And about four times as long.

Sure KId Chameleon is much longer, but that much harder? No, I don't think so.

I mean, yeah, it's a very difficult game. But... Lost Levels hard? It just isn't quite on that level of evil. It's mostly hard because of its length, right, and not the insane challenges of LL like the backwards warp zones, poison mushrooms, jumps you have to get over by bouncing on turtles, etc...

I mean, it's probably a better game, because Lost Levels is too hard to befun (in a way despite that it's easier the GBC version is the better version, because it's just easy enough to actually be enjoyable... and the fact that it saves at every stage, and not just every level like the SNES (ie you only save at 1-1, 2-1, etc. on the SNES), or not at all like the FDS, is a major, major plus.

As for "best platformer ever", though, no, I definitely do not agree. It's an okay game, but the graphics are small and somewhat early (it looks nowhere near as good as the best looking Genesis platformers), and it's way too long. I've had it for some time, but never put a lot of time into it. I mean, it's a fun game, I don't dislike it like I do, say, DecapAttack (for some reason I find that game really boring...), but best ever... no. :)