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         |  pachi
             from yo momma (United States) on 2003-07-17 14:55 [#00783887] Points: 8984 Status: Lurker
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 | what do you think are the best sidescrollers out there?? 
 an idea just popped (not pooped) in my head. it would be
 cool to make one featuring a rockhopper penguin that tries
 to save Antarctica from a bunch of...uhh...badasses. he
 would do kung fu as well as house a hansome assortment of
 futuristic weapons. sadly, i lack the programming
 essentials, so it's all just wishful thinking. well, i could
 do the music score ;)
 
 besides that, my fave sidescrollers are the Megaman games,
 Mario games, Earthworm Jim, and Bionic Commando (NES)
 
 
 
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         |  pomme de terre
             from obscure body in the SK System on 2003-07-17 14:57 [#00783892] Points: 11943 Status: Moderator | Show recordbag
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 | ninja gaiden, castlevania 1 
 lost vikings
 
 
 
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         |  Murray
             from Southend, Essex (United Kingdom) on 2003-07-17 14:58 [#00783893] Points: 4891 Status: Lurker
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 | Golden Axe 
 
 
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         |  evolume
             from seattle (United States) on 2003-07-17 14:58 [#00783894] Points: 10965 Status: Regular
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 | These are a few of my favorites from days past: 
 Rygar
 
 Castlevania II - Simons Quest
 
 Montazuma's revenge (on Atari 5200)
 
 
 
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         |  pachi
             from yo momma (United States) on 2003-07-17 15:08 [#00783917] Points: 8984 Status: Lurker | Followup to pomme de terre: #00783892
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 | oh hell yeah pomme pomme 
 Lost Vikings is teh sh1t. they got it on GBA too. i might
 run out & grab it.
 
 Ninja Gaiden on the arcade and Castlevania on NES.....ohh
 yeah, good ol' days....
 
 
 
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         |  promo
             from United Kingdom on 2003-07-17 15:09 [#00783918] Points: 4227 Status: Addict
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 | Sidescrollers? Does that include Streets of Rage 2 or Thunderforce IV? Well those are my 2.
 
 
 
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         |  -V-
             from Ensenada Drive on 2003-07-17 15:13 [#00783921] Points: 1452 Status: Lurker
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 | The Viewtiful Joe demo is quite nice.  My favourite old one would have to be......
 
 
 
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         |  pachi
             from yo momma (United States) on 2003-07-17 15:14 [#00783922] Points: 8984 Status: Lurker
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 | let's not forget Final Fight, Flashback, & Smart Ball for SNES...and all the Metroids.
 
 Oddworld for PS1 kicks ass too.
 
 
 
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         |  JivverDicker
             from my house on 2003-07-17 15:25 [#00783927] Points: 12102 Status: Regular
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 | Defender is the bestest by 400 %  followed by Scramble which is amazing too.
 
 
 
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         |  pachi
             from yo momma (United States) on 2003-07-17 15:25 [#00783928] Points: 8984 Status: Lurker | Followup to JivverDicker: #00783927
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 | Scramble for C64? can't believe i still remember that! 
 
 
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         |  morguean
             from Calgary (Canada) on 2003-07-17 15:30 [#00783930] Points: 1328 Status: Regular
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 | BATTLETOADSSS IS THE BEST 
 donkey kong 64 was pretty cool too
 
 and sonic is fun cuz it goes so fast you can't tell what is
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         |  Ophecks
             from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2003-07-17 15:38 [#00783936] Points: 19190 Status: Moderator | Show recordbag
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 | My fave side scrollers are from the 16 bit era. 
 SNES
 Contra III (YES!)
 Castlevania 4 and X
 Super Metroid (not a traditional side scroller per se, but
 the perspective is there)
 Lost Vikings
 Super Ghouls and Ghosts
 Zombies Ate My Neighbours!
 Donkey Kong Country 1-2-3
 Super Mario World of course!
 Yoshi's Island, hideously underrated because the SNES was
 pretty much dead by that time.
 Brawl Brothers
 Super Double Dragon
 Kirby Superstar
 
 Genesis
 Gunstar Heroes
 Vectorman 1-2
 Sonic 1-2-3-Knuckles
 Streets of Rage 1-2-3 (not so much 3...)
 Revenge of Shinobi/Shinobi 3 (NOT Shadowdancer, blech)
 Rolling Thunder 2-3
 Contra Hard Corps
 Castlevania Bloodlines
 Rocketknight/Sparkster
 Flashback
 
 So many more, ugh...
 
 I agree with -V-, Viewtiful Joe looks great, nice throwback
 to the old school. Capcom showing that they still care.
 
 Ninja Gaiden was DEFINITELY one of the best! Can't believe
 we've gone so long without one... it's 3D now, for Xbox, and
 I'm worried.
 
 
 
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         |  Skeptopotamus
             from Home (United Kingdom) on 2003-07-17 16:07 [#00783952] Points: 625 Status: Regular
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 | Out of all of those I think I'd pick Flashback and the Genesis/Mega Drive Sonic series of games.
 Always amazes me how they created so much kickass art out of
 a tiny palette with a handfull of colours in any of those
 16-bit console games. The Zen Art Of Pixelpushing indeed.
 
 
 
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         |  warpphex
             from lurkston, ziltyland. (United Kingdom) on 2003-07-17 16:09 [#00783955] Points: 1372 Status: Lurker
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 | Dizzy on the spectrum ! Super probotector on the snes was good also but streets of
 rage 2 was a top game .
 
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         |  nobsmuggler
             from silly mid-off on 2003-07-17 16:12 [#00783959] Points: 6265 Status: Addict
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 | kung fu for amstrad 
 
 
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         |  Skeptopotamus
             from Home (United Kingdom) on 2003-07-17 16:13 [#00783960] Points: 625 Status: Regular
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 | Oooh ooh, and my all time favourite arcade game: Final Fight!
 I guess I can't omit Streets Of Rage either. Hours of
 multiplayer fun.
 Hmm, speaking of which, many many moons ago I used to be a
 game on the Genesis which was totally brilliant, but I
 really cant recall it's name. All my sketchy memory
 remembers is that it was something about a Computer or a
 Virtual game or something that had gone wrong (possibly),
 and it consisted of lots of overhead 'screens' where you
 picked up a new person on every one who had an individual
 skill that you used for getting to the next level (or
 something). One of the guys had a bazooka. It kicked ass.
 Er, does this ring a bell for anyone?
 
 
 
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         |  handoverthecart
             on 2003-07-17 17:00 [#00783991] Points: 2017 Status: Lurker
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 | the best sidescrolling games (or just video games in general) are the sonic the hedgehog games on genesis and
 sega cd.  i recently took out my sega genesis + cd and have
 been playing these games everyday, especially sonic 3 +
 knuckles (i rarely play video games so this is a lot).
 
 
 
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