PS2 - 2D platform games

Mr_Grinch

Can anyone help? I'm lending my old PS2 to a friend so he can play all the JRPGs he missed out on. He's asked me if I could recommend any 2D platforming games on it for his wife.

I couldn't think of any!

So can anyone suggest any decent 2D platform games (or possibly 3D from a side on perspective like...was it Pandemonium?). No proper 3D platform games though, should just pretty much be run from left to right or right to left

Cheers guys!

::quick edit! As Willeth has suggested PS1 game suggestions are also most welcome.

Glal

Klonoa 2. Puzzle platformer, mind.

Willeth

Why not PS1 games? Wild 9 seems to jump out at me if you can find it, as wall as Rayman, etc.

Smashism

Not exactly 2d, but 2d esque.
Klonoa 2. Totally underated awesome platformer, full of awesome.
AWESOME!

edit: woah beat

jothki

Didn't Sony have a RAWR NO 2D RAWR thing going on for a while? I wouldn't expect to see very many 2D platformers on the PS2.

You could try out Viewtiful Joe, though you might not want to inflict that game on an unsuspecting victim.

degreesplatinum

yeah... Klonoa 2 is pretty much the one since most of the PS2 platformers were in 3D (Jak, Sly, Ratchet and Clank).

2D platform games nowadays pretty much belong to the Nintendo DS.

Mr_Grinch

Willeth wrote: »

Why not PS1 games? Wild 9 seems to jump out at me if you can find it, as wall as Rayman, etc.

Ahh yes, I forgot about 2D platformers on the PS1

Thanks for the suggestions so far people.

Glal

Klonoa 1 was for the PSX. ;-)

UnbreakableVow

I like the cut of Glal's jib.

Cantido

Odin Sphere.

bigwillch

Metal Slug anthology?

PeregrineFalcon

bigwillch wrote: »

Metal Slug anthology?

Fucking limed so hard. The PS2 version is not only the best of the Anthology versions (fuck you Wii version for not supporting the Classic) but Metal Slug kicks all kinds of old-school pixelated ass.

bloodyroarxx

Metal Slug is not a platformer not even close.

Xagarath

More mention of Klonoa 2.
Also Viewtiful Joe. Come on, people.

Vargas Prime

If you can find a copy, Tomba! was one of the greatest games on the PS1. GREATEST.

Otherwise, yeah, even though they're 3D, the Ratchett & Clank games are all amazing.

Also, didn't Mega Man 8 come out for the PS1?

JAEF

Skullmonkeyyyyyys!



Warning: Game contains best bonus level music you will ever hear.

UnbreakableVow

Xagarath wrote: »

More mention of Klonoa 2.
Also Viewtiful Joe. Come on, people.

I would say Viewtiful Joe stretches platformer a bit. I'd consider it more of a straight beat-em-up.

Also someone said Tomba! and even though it's impossible to find, let's compound that impossibility by adding Tomba! 2 as well.

AaronKI

Another mention of Klonoa 1/2.

Does Silhouette Mirage for the PS1 count? It's been a while since I played it, though, so I can't remember how much platforming it has.

LewieP

Both PS1 Oddworld games.

Mr_Grinch

I'm lending them the oddworld games, I own them

I'll pass on your suggestions to them! Cheers.

h8b1llg8ts

Just picked up Heart of Darkness due to the suggestion made from a couple of PA'ers. Very oddworld'ish (if that's such a word) but fun ... but I'll also second Wild 9.

PeregrineFalcon

BloodyRoarXX wrote: »

Metal Slug is not a platformer not even close.

Brown'd for being full of shit.

If Metal Slug isn't a platformer, then neither are Contra, Earthworm Jim, Gunstar Heroes, or hell, the entire Megaman series. Run-and-gun platformers are still platformers.

BlueBlue

Cantido wrote: »

Odin Sphere.

I thought of this, since it's claim to fame is being 2d and all, but there's not like, any platforms. You probably could get by with never jumping if you set your mind to it.

bloodyroarxx

PeregrineFalcon wrote: »

BloodyRoarXX wrote: »

Metal Slug is not a platformer not even close.

Brown'd for being full of shit.

If Metal Slug isn't a platformer, then neither are Contra, Earthworm Jim, Gunstar Heroes, or hell, the entire Megaman series. Run-and-gun platformers are still platformers.

Earthworm Jim and maybe Megaman are the only ones in that list that I would consider platformers the rest are straight up 2d action games.

Xagarath

Gunstar Heroes is not a platformer.
Nor is Metal Slug.

Glal

h8b1llg8ts wrote: »

Just picked up Heart of Darkness due to the suggestion made from a couple of PA'ers. Very oddworld'ish (if that's such a word) but fun ... but I'll also second Wild 9.

Oh god yes, Heart of Darkness! Eric Chahi's masterpiece, and so criminally overlooked.

shutz

Um, since PSX games are allowed, how come nobody has mentioned Castlevania: Symphony of the Night? I mean, I know it's available on XBLA now, but there's still a chance your friend hasn't played it, and it's, like, the best Castlevania game ever, not to mention possibly the best 2D exploratory platformer ever (and this is coming from a die-hard Metroid fan.)

Bartholamue

If you are able to play imports, check out Chain Dive. It's awesome.

NickTheNewbie

Kimpossible: What's the switch

I'm not even kidding, either. It's pretty good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIkKiT2ExBQ

Xagarath

shutz wrote: »

Um, since PSX games are allowed, how come nobody has mentioned Castlevania: Symphony of the Night? I mean, I know it's available on XBLA now, but there's still a chance your friend hasn't played it, and it's, like, the best Castlevania game ever, not to mention possibly the best 2D exploratory platformer ever (and this is coming from a die-hard Metroid fan.)

The OP is in Europe.
PAL PSX Symphony is impossible to find.

Cantido

Glal wrote: »

h8b1llg8ts wrote: »

Just picked up Heart of Darkness due to the suggestion made from a couple of PA'ers. Very oddworld'ish (if that's such a word) but fun ... but I'll also second Wild 9.

Oh god yes, Heart of Darkness! Eric Chahi's masterpiece, and so criminally overlooked.

I loved that game, yet I've never played a 2-d Oddworld. Maybe I'll get it for PC.

Glal

Oddworld games (never played any past #2) never clicked for me I'm afraid. Combination of frustrating gameplay and, to me, ugly graphics.

Mr_Grinch

Cantido wrote: »

Glal wrote: »

h8b1llg8ts wrote: »

Just picked up Heart of Darkness due to the suggestion made from a couple of PA'ers. Very oddworld'ish (if that's such a word) but fun ... but I'll also second Wild 9.

Oh god yes, Heart of Darkness! Eric Chahi's masterpiece, and so criminally overlooked.

I loved that game, yet I've never played a 2-d Oddworld. Maybe I'll get it for PC.

I completed Heart of Darkness about a year ago, I would pass it on to her but I don't know if I'm that cruel.

Not that the game is bad, far from it, it's utterly superb. It's just punishingly difficult.

Other suggestions have been noted and some hunted down Much appreciated.

Also I wouldn't class Metal Slug nor Gunstar Heroes as platformers. There are incredibly few occasions within Metal Slug where you die as a result of a messed up jump.