[Rictor]

Here's the deal: my dad only plays side-scrollers. I mean like the old Duke Nukem games and such. And since it pains me to see him playing the same games over and over again, I would like to know if any of you fine folks know any modern side-scrollers which I could recommend.

A perfect example would be Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project, which is a 2D game with fairly modern 3D graphics. Mind you, I'm not looking for crazy Japanese fill-the-screen-with-lasers type of games. Just traditional plat formers which have come out with the past, say, 5-7 years.

Any help would be appreciated.

[haloboy100]

there is always Halo Zero

[Polpolion]

Google "the apocalyptic game about penguins".

[fener]

See these pages:
http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2008/01/indiegamescoms_best_freeware_p_1.html
http://indygamer.blogspot.com/2007/01/top-10-freeware-platformers-2006.html
http://tigsource.com/articles/category/platformer

[Retsof]

Try N at http://www.harveycartel.org/metanet/downloads.html

[Nuke]

Google "the apocalyptic game about penguins".

 

oh and i like this one too

http://clubby-the-seal.freeonlinegames.com/

[haloboy100]

You can try Madness Interactive as a snack between full meals (if you get the analogy)

[CP5670]

I found a nice one of these last week called Hurrican. It's freeware, but better polished than a lot of shareware/commercial games of this type. The graphics and artwork are excellent and the gameplay has a surprising degree of depth to it. It's quite hard though; the levels are very large and I haven't made it past the second one yet.

You also want to look at the Jazz Jackrabbit games. The second game is from 1998 and has some pretty decent graphics. It also has a lot of multiplayer options and there was a pretty large active community at one point.

[haloboy100]

You also want to look at the Jazz Jackrabbit games. The second game is from 1998 and has some pretty decent graphics. It also has a lot of multiplayer options and there was a pretty large active community at one point.

Good times.

[Nuke]

anyone remember the lost vikings? that game was cool, cept it revolved more around solving puzzles than shooting things, i think it was for the snes, but im not sure.

[Marcus Vesper]

You also want to look at the Jazz Jackrabbit games. The second game is from 1998 and has some pretty decent graphics. It also has a lot of multiplayer options and there was a pretty large active community at one point.

That game is awesome, especially the 70's style Alice in Wonderland levels.  I still remember the theme music (humming it right now, yay).  Not many people remember it of course, but the Jazz Jackrabbit games were created by Epic, who are of course much better known for the Unreal Engine/games these days.

I think that was the second game I bought as a kid (Descent was the first).

[Admiral_Stones]

There's only one true side scroller, the best of all time

All Hail SUPER MARIO LAND on S-NES!

[Flaser]

Abuse
Assault Suits Valken

Both of them are more tactical than trigger fests.

[Roanoke]

anyone remember the lost vikings? that game was cool, cept it revolved more around solving puzzles than shooting things, i think it was for the snes, but im not sure.

King Arthur's World > Lost Vikings

(bloody hard though).

If you can call it modern I recall Super Probotector/Contra was remade on PS2. Either that or it was a thinly disguised rip-off.

[Nuke]

i remember contra. damn that was a classic.

[BloodEagle]

http://www.miraigamer.net/cavestory/

[Admiral_Stones]

I'm shocked nobody has mentioned Flashback: Quest for Identity and Blackthorne yet.

Okay, NOT modern, but bloody hell, thei're BEST

[Nuke]

there was a sequal to flashback?

[Admiral_Stones]

If you mean Blackthorne, no. It was developed from Blizzard (heavens forbid) and using the Flashback engine AFAIK.

[Mefustae]

Blackthorne was sooo badass. Prince of Persia with a pump-action shotty and hovering explosives, what more could you want?