well the Best Freeware Platformers (Part 1) blog entry has reached its maximum capacity.
so heres part 2.
extra tip: consider to check out my RELATED THREAD WITH MUCH MORE PLATFORMERS
(the thread is much more up to date)
Holotz's Castle
5 MB
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a polished platformer in which you have to collect all the keys
(or blue stones - depending which chracter you are currently playing)
in each level an then reach the blue exit stream.
fine retro graphics, good controls and funny dialogues makes this a
good platformer experience.
controls are cursor keys + space for jumping. (and enter to restart a
level or for skipping whole dialogues)
the first few levels are extremely easy.
the game gets interesting when there appear swinging ropes, many
traps and enemies.
and when you receive your lovely green high jump boots ;)
for the game over screen thing:
simply hit enter when you get hit to instantly restart the level.
Blob Wars - Metal Blob Solid
10 MB
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a cool mission based retro action platformer with plenty of blood.
Multihero
7 MB
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well done mix between platformer and fighting with up to 4 players.
Alex Adventure
8 MB
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a very good surreal exploration platformer.
Soldexus
5 MB
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polished platformer in the vein of castlevania.
Eternal Daughter
9 MB
Download Site
very polished epic castlevania s.tyle platformer.
(scroll down for download link)
Streambolt Desero
2 MB
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short but polished and fast paced run n gun.
Runmans Monster Fracas
4 MB
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jump and run away from a giant green monster that is hunting you.
SKULLPOGO
2 MB
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this game is truly a MASTERPIECE! it feels and looks very polished.
the graphics, music, sounds, controls, combo system, powerups...ALL...
pure greatness!
kill the pigs and bats with your pogo stick . awesome!
hint 1:
there are 5 levels and in each level your time is limited.
so...only collect the level up bubbles when the time is nearly over and not instantly
when it appears. that way you maximize your playtime cause when you enter the next level your time meter will be refilled.
hint 2:
there are several power ups and one is a combo maximizer. its the one with a face innit.
collect it and then kill the bats and/or pigs shown at the bottom in the right order to get massive combo points.
gameplay video
Online Hi Score List
Special Agent
5 MB
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well do anyone remember the c.lassic shareware platformer
secret agent from apogee?
this looks and plays like a sequel with improved graphics.
it has also a nice soundtrack.
very polished game...move over the map and select a level you want.
then you get a short briefing which mission you have to accomplish.
you control your agent with the arrow keys
jump with S
shoot in left direction with A
shoot in right direction with D
(you can choose in options menu to use only one key which means
that you shoot in the direction you are currently looking)
press TAB to leave the briefing screen or to show it again.
also press TAB if you dont want to submit hiscores.
NOTES:
HOLDING ESC to go back to the menu
(first i left the whole game with alt+f4 until i discovered this)
on the map screen:
F8 to select full screen
F7 to switch between one or two shoot buttons.
F6 to switch between gamepad or keyboard controls.
Mission Extreme
2 MB
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this is a real retro platformer. great 8 bit s.tyle graphics and fluid controls combined with a good gameplay. shoot your way through the well designed levels, upgrad your weapon, defeat the enemies and bosses and rescue the hostages.
Move :Arrow Keys
Jumping :X
Shoot :Z
Up+Shoot :Grenade
Down :Jump Down
ESC :End game
Squish
3 MB
Download Site
interesting puzzle platformer. very well made game! demake of a psp game called crush. this game is in 2d and you can switch it to 1d to solve the puzzles. thats fun.
watch the little gameplay video to see what it is about here
"In Crush, the player can compress the 3D view of a level into a 2D view and transverse the level as if it was a 2D platformer. In Squish , the player compresses 2D views into 1D!"
