Favorite 3D platformer of the 90s?

awesome period of 1995-2000, mine is either Crash 2, spyro year of the dragon or Rayman 2 really can't decide :P whats yours?

Mario64. The game is great in every respect. The visuals are unbelievable. It is amazing what those artists did with the hardware, on deciding character design. The music is absolutely astonishing. It isn't live like the Galaxy series, but imo that sort of keeps it grounded--if that makes sense.

Then I have to mention Blast Corps, as the platforming aspects of that game are probably the most difficult of that entire generation.

the original Tomb Raider, Burning Rangers (if you can call it a 3D platformer) ,

DK64

cool choices guys, never owned a N64 but it seems to be full of great 3d paltformers!

cool choices guys, never owned a N64 but it seems to be full of great 3d paltformers!

Frinkar

Maybe Crash Bandicoot: Warped or Sonic Adventure. Blasto and Tomba also seemed decent.Stinger78

Gotta say Spyro Year of the Dragon...Spent wayyyyy too much time getting 100% on that game :P

Second best though would be Ape Escape...both games had nice controls and crazy worlds to explore.

[QUOTE="Stinger78"]Maybe Crash Bandicoot: Warped or Sonic Adventure. Blasto and Tomba also seemed decent.Frinkar

I enjoyed Banjo Kazooie the most.

Rayman 2 for sure, but not the crappy PS1 version, I played the full and complete N64 version. I was soooo disappointed to find out after downloading Rayman 2 on PSN that it was a horribly butchered and cut version of the game I loved.

Rayman 2 for sure, but not the crappy PS1 version, I played the full and complete N64 version. I was soooo disappointed to find out after downloading Rayman 2 on PSN that it was a horribly butchered and cut version of the game I loved.

Pikminmaniac

Wasn't the DC version the definitive version?

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Rayman 2 for sure, but not the crappy PS1 version, I played the full and complete N64 version. I was soooo disappointed to find out after downloading Rayman 2 on PSN that it was a horribly butchered and cut version of the game I loved.

Heirren

Wasn't the DC version the definitive version?

Banjo Kazooie, Mischief Makers, DK64, and Rayman 2

Also Banjo Tooie and Conker BFD, even though they came out early 2000s.

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Rayman 2 for sure, but not the crappy PS1 version, I played the full and complete N64 version. I was soooo disappointed to find out after downloading Rayman 2 on PSN that it was a horribly butchered and cut version of the game I loved.

Darkman2007

Wasn't the DC version the definitive version?

Progressive is always better.

Banjo Kazooie, Mischief Makers, DK64, and Rayman 2

Also Banjo Tooie and Conker BFD, even though they came out early 2000s.

Grim_Reaper007

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="Heirren"]

Wasn't the DC version the definitive version?

Heirren

Progressive is always better.

not on PS2 it doesn't, but hey to each his own

reason being is that using progressive scan on PS2 tends to emphasize the jagging problem almost all PS2 games suffer from , 480p makes it very noticable, with some games more than others.

cool choices guys, never owned a N64 but it seems to be full of great 3d paltformers!

Frinkar

Definitely!

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Banjo Kazooie, Mischief Makers, DK64, and Rayman 2

Also Banjo Tooie and Conker BFD, even though they came out early 2000s.

Frinkar

I'd definately recommend picking up a N64, great game library... though a bunch of the best games are pretty pricey nowadays

Crash Bandicoot for me. It was fantastic. It felt like a challenging 2D platformer in the same vein as Donkey Kong Country, the Sonic series, or the Mario series. I loved the challenging and addicting gameplay, and (for the time) bright and vivid graphics. I feel it and Pac-Man World were the last of this breed of platformers. Once Super Mario 64 hit, most 3D platformers became open, wide collect-a-thons rather than tight, challenging platforming.

Crash Bandicoot for me. It was fantastic. It felt like a challenging 2D platformer in the same vein as Donkey Kong Country, the Sonic series, or the Mario series. I loved the challenging and addicting gameplay, and (for the time) bright and vivid graphics. I feel it and Pac-Man World were the last of this breed of platformers. Once Super Mario 64 hit, most 3D platformers became open, wide collect-a-thons rather than tight, challenging platforming.

Emerald_Warrior

good choice there my friend ;) it sickens me at the sight of what crash bandicoot has now become, the original 3 + CTR are amazing though

cool thanks , might download some if possible, is the xbox remake of conker any good or is the original much better? :) i'll probaly work on getting N64 games after i build up my gamecube and wii collection, only N64 games i kinda own are the ds version of mario 64 and ironically i own 3 versions of orcarina time bar the original :PFrinkar

The xbox version of conker is pretty great, graphically looks really good (even by todays standards), it also has better controls than the 64 version, the only drawback is that the dialog is heavily censored over the N64 version. I should probably build up my gamecube collection again sometime, gave my cube away years ago to my cousin when i got my original xbox :?

Super Mario 64 by a landslide it is just groundbreaking.

The original Spyro Trilogy closely followed by the original Crash Bandicoot Trilogy.

[QUOTE="Frinkar"]cool thanks , might download some if possible, is the xbox remake of conker any good or is the original much better? :) i'll probaly work on getting N64 games after i build up my gamecube and wii collection, only N64 games i kinda own are the ds version of mario 64 and ironically i own 3 versions of orcarina time bar the original :PGrim_Reaper007

The xbox version of conker is pretty great, graphically looks really good (even by todays standards), it also has better controls than the 64 version, the only drawback is that the dialog is heavily censored over the N64 version. I should probably build up my gamecube collection again sometime, gave my cube away years ago to my cousin when i got my original xbox :?

Ape Escape followed by Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped and NiGHTS: Into Dreams.

The one I played the most was Banjo-Kazooie. I was the only kid I knew who owned a N64 with more 3rd party games than first party games. I owned Glover, Banjo-Kazooie, Rush 2, Nascar '99, In the Zone '98, Mario Kart 64, and Diddy Kong Racing.

I LOVED Banjo-Kazooie when I was a kid. Got every note, found every secret, explored every crack in the game. I found so many glitches just from jumping around it's not even funny, and to this day, I've still only beaten the game once.

Spyro: Ripto's Rage. Year of the Dragon is a close second.

cool thanks , might download some if possible, is the xbox remake of conker any good or is the original much better? :) i'll probaly work on getting N64 games after i build up my gamecube and wii collection, only N64 games i kinda own are the ds version of mario 64 and ironically i own 3 versions of orcarina time bar the original :PFrinkar

The upscaling of graphics is really nice, and there is some added content. Both are good. I have the Xbox version.

:)