Best Platform Game

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  1. BTM4444

    BTM4444 Well-Known Member

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    What is the best platform game available on the app store?
     
  2. coffinfeeder

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    No contest here. Frogatto is the best platformer. The graphics are phenomenal and the gameplay is very good. The dpad takes some gettin used to and I hope they're gonna update to make it smaller and more functional.. But it gets the job done.
     
  3. ninjackid

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    Grokion is awesome and Frogatto looks really good. Here's my list of Platformers on my ipod:

    Grokion
    Omino
    Ricky
    Robo Rush (from Gamebox)
    PlanetOne
    Black Tie Adventure
    Gold Miner Joe (very good game)
    Superstar Chefs (very good game)
    Bob's Dream
    CrocoKong
    Kiwitiki


    Check all of those out, they're pretty good.
     
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    -Giana Sisters

    -Shadow Candy: Sugar Rush

    -Castle Fantasy
     
  6. nikhsterboi

    nikhsterboi Well-Known Member

    Frogatto
    Omino
    Ricky
     
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    Frogatto/Soosiz.
     
  9. Fleabag323

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    #9 Fleabag323, Jul 27, 2010
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    Rolando 1 & 2, Soosiz, Bounce On 2.
    And for non-classic platformers (but the best ones on this list pretty much :p)
    Hook Champ
    Super QuickHook
     
  10. Jack111

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    Frogatto and Super Quickhook are the best
     
  11. Grokion, Pix N Love Rush
     
  12. Donovan1209

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    #12 Donovan1209, Jul 28, 2010
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    My favs:

    (highly recommended ones are bolded)

    - Rolando
    - Rolando 2
    - Grokion
    - Soosiz
    - Pix'n Love Rush

    - PlanetOne
    - Omino
    - Babylonian Twins
    - Giana Sisters
    - Super Quickhook
    - Hook Champ

    - Frogatto
    - Plushed
     
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    If you love old-school platformers like Mario, Sonic, etc, then you'd love:

    - Babylonian Twins
    - Archibald's Adventure
    - Prince of Persia Retro

    - Hoggy
    - Rick Rocketson

    They're not like Rolando (iPlatformer) or Pix'n Love Rush (where it's just collecting high score without any sense of progression compared to Babylonian Twins or Prince of Persia), but if you grew up in the 8-16 bit era, you'd love those games :)

    Other games with good reviews that look promising but I don't have:
    - Frogatto
    - Dark Void Zero
     
  17. nyarla

    nyarla Well-Known Member

    Don't forget Qwak!

    Lots of fun, beautifully made. Though it's more of the oldschool style of score-based, single screen platformers - eg Bubble Bobble.
     
  18. Will090

    Will090 Well-Known Member

    Grokion is the easily the best traditional platformer. I haven't really enjoyed any other traditional platformers.

    However Rolando 1, Rolando 2, Hook Champ, and Super Quick Hook are excellent non-traditional platformers
     
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    Castle of Magic
     
  20. csklimowski

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    By far, my favorite is Super Quickhook. Everyone who uses their iDevice to play games should own it. It's just an amazing fast-paced platformer with great controls, challenging levels, awesome graphics (16-bit, but with plenty of modern effects), and an endless mode. Plus it gets a ton of support from the developer.

    Other than that, Soosiz is good, if a bit repetitive, and the Rolandos are awesome. Castle of Magic is just plain bad compared to the other stuff you could get.

    Grokion is a bit overrated by certain forum members. The design is good, but the controls are even worse than CoM. Also, the difficulty curve is so steep that you can expect to die at least 10 times in a single room. On the other hand, it's very satisfying to blast robots with your arm cannon and is the closest thing to Metroid on the App Store.
     

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