Gexup – Top Platformers for Every Console

Is there a platformer movie? Is there a platformer novel? Is there such a thing as a platformer television show? Nope. The existence of platformer only exists in video games. It’s simple really, it’s an action game genre where the main goal is to adventure, defeat enemies, and (most importantly) jump to platform to platform. Jumping on platform to platform is some of my favorite things to do in a video game. Platform games (or platformers) really are my favorite genre of video games. The fact that there are so many different challenges of platforming for every single game in the genre offers variety for a veteran like me. To add even more variety, there are so many subgenres of platformers like metroidvania, hop and bop, cinematic platformers, 3d platformers, and many more! Platformers maybe the most important video game genre ever because during the crash of 1983, what saved the video game industry? Super Mario Bros., and that was a platformer! I always say that every console needs a platformer and here I am announcing my future project exclusively for itstailtime.net!

Since a lot of you guys wonder what are my favorite platformers for each of these consoles, I’m giving you guys my favorite platform games for each and every console that I’ve played. So below are the list of Top 10’s you’re going to see in blog form.

1. Top 5 Consoles for the Atari 2600
2. Top 10 Platformers for the NES
3. Top 10 Platformers for the SNES
4. Top 10 Platformers for the N64
5. Top 5 Platformers for the Gamecube
6. Top 5 Platformers for the Wii
7. Top 10 Platformers for the Sega Master System
8. Top 10 Platformers for the Genesis
9. Top 10 Platformers for the Saturn
10. Top 10 Platformers for the Dreamcast
11. Top 10 Platformers for the PS1
12. Top 10 Platformers for the PS2
13. Top 10 Platformers for the PS3
14. Top 10 Platformers for the Xbox
15. Top 5 Platformers for the Xbox 360
16. Top 10 Platformers for the TurboGrafx 16
17. Top 10 Platformers for the NEO GEO
18. Gexup’s Top 10 Consoles for Platformers
19. Gexup’s Top 20 Favorite 2D Platformers

Keep in mind that these are not only my opinion of the best platformers for each console, but they are recommendations for people who want to platform for a whole different variety of games. I’m not going to do a one game per franchise rule, but go all out on each of these lists. Hope you all enjoy these lists coming soon!

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Gexup – Top 5 Platformers for the Atari 2600

To begin this Top 10 Platformers for every Console, lets start out with the Atari 2600, the birthplace of platformers. I respect the Atari 2600 for being console that began the video game industry and all of its history. It was the first console that started the whole console trend that we all take for granted today.  It might be a generation gap for me but I have a hard time giving that much appreciation for a gaming machine like this because this was before the time when gaming had storylines and long hours of gameplay became the norm. I couldn’t enjoy it a much as I would like to. But what fascinated me is that this is where platformers first existed. So for those who says Super Mario Bros. was the first platformer honestly is ignoring the Atari 2600 entirely. The theory of having a button to jump over enemies and land counts as a platformer and it surprised me that I could make a countdown of platformers for this list (though there aren’t that many). So here are the 5 best platformers for this console.

Gexup – Alien 3 is Underrated

“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” is one of my favorite quotes. And none can fit the picture more-so than Alien 3. I understand that Alien 3 is very mixed with so many people because its a follow-up from the action-packed Aliens (sequel of Alien) and it blew us all of away. The Alien Trilogy is my favorite movie trilogy of all time and the third film of the series is in my top 10 favorite movies ever. You might think that it’s blasphemy to say that Alien 3 is better than Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s Aliens, even though those two directors are the biggest talents in Hollywood today, David Fincher’s Alien 3 in terms of storytelling, dynamic camera shots, and overall filmmaking. I don’t care if it wasn’t as fun or as scary as the past films, what the third film offered tremendously was spirituality to its audience. And analyzing Alien 3 as a spiritual film is what this blog is going in-depth with.

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