Best 2D Platforming games featuring a dude (or chick) with a melee weapon (Sword/Axe/Whip/Flail). It's OK if the game has projectiles so long as it's not the primary mode of attack.
ActraiserActraiser 2
Blades of Vengeance (1993 - Sega Genesis)
Astyanax
>i will kick you to deaththis fucking guy
Castlevania
Getsu Fuuma Den
Kenseiden
>>12423695Looks cool.
>>12423676Wonderboy 2 & 3 are very nice swordformers
True games for TRUE champions.Black Tiger.
Why does this aesthetic attract so many morons, I've pretty much decided to never play any game that has this sword and sorcery aesthetic ever again because it's so incredibly grating
>>12423676Barbarian II, aka Axe of Rage was pretty cool>>12423803(You) won't be missed
>>12423676
Magic Sword
>>12423803>wasn't alive when high fantasy dominated cultureMy condolences.
>>12423802Graphics in this game are awesome
>>12423802>>12424135Magic Sword is basically a spiritual sequel of Black Tiger
>>12423676would you be interested in pipes/yoyos
Swords? Real men punch vampires, werewolves and even ghosts to death
>>12424241niceThe only martial arts focused games I know of are more like beat'em ups (or fighting games). Even side-scroller like Bad Dudes feels more like a beatemup than a platforming game.
>>12424241>Punching ghosts to deathYes.
>>12424045Castle of Dragon had an arcade?
>>12423676Thread is missing the obvious
>>12424534OP here.I deliberately tried to bias the thread a little against Ninja games in favor of Knights and Sword & Sorcery, even though Ninjas of course qualify.Shinobi is another one.
is there any Red Sonja/Tyris Flare type swords and sorcery type game? Other than Beast Rider obviously.
Realms of Chaos
Moon Crystal
Monster World 4
>>12423676Rusty (NEC PC98 - 1993).
Vampire: Master of Darkness (Sega System, Game Gear - 1992)
Are you literally just dumping screenshots that are the first result off google of games you've never even played before
There are multiple people posting in the thread. I'd estimate at least five.You could help by making a good comment instead of a retarded one.
>>12425284>There are multiple people posting in the thread.Why? It’s an incredibly boring topic.
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>>12425192Dude, I'm not gonna launch the game just for a screenshot when I can easily get it somewhere else.X-Caliber
>>12425403Don't spam the board like a retard then if you're not here to discuss games
>>12425620He posted a sword game because I asked him to. You're the only one here posting off-topic trash that should be deleted. You should crawl back into whatever consolewar thread you came from so you don't get banned.
>>12423676Not retro but Astlibra Revision.
The Flintstones games
Shadow of the Ninja
>>12425629How ignorant and severely mentally retarded can you be
Saint Sword
>>12423802this is the best one, hunting for hidden items is so fun in this game
Daze Before Christmas, a fun little Christmas themed game on the Sega Mega Drive, unfortunately it wasn't release on the Sega Master System but what can you do?Santa attacks with his sack :)
>>12425403Kek Vox Day's band did the music for this game.Not of huge fan of it if I have to be honest.
>>12423803
There was this really cool fucking game on the PC Engine about the ghost of this dead 11th century samurai adventuring through hellI forgot the name but it looked cool as fuck and the samurai had corpse paint on
>>12426984I'm disappointed that it seems to have died out so completely, at least in the genre of 2D side-scrolling action games. I can think of one non-retro indie game overtly inspired by Rastan, and it's a Viking game. Everything else you're a girl or a joke.
>>12427820Genpei Toma Den?
>>12423803I don't see the problem
Strider
>>12427821Yeah they are rare, but Abathor has a very Rastan 1 sprite.
>>12429938>AbathorYeah looks like the traditional combo of Conan the Babarian, A Female Valkyrie, an agile, elfish Rogue, and an old Wizard, with the old wizard replaced by strong and youthful shapeshifter.
>>12429808What's the deal with the bad guys in this game? Techno-commies?
Blade Master looks amazing but is mostly annoying to play because that's how Irem liked to do things.
>>12431134yeah, it's an average game unfortunately but Irem eye candy is top tier. once in a while I like to credit feed through the Gunforce games and In the Hunt just for Akio's sprite art.
>>12427858That anon's gay and hasn't come out of the closet, just leave him be, anon.
Castle of Dragon. Loved this game so much. Took me awhile to figure out how to really beat it. I got hit by a car in grade 2, messed me up pretty bad for a bit. So while my siblings were at school I got to lay in bed and play NES on a B&W CRT. I only had like 3 games and this was one.
AthenaI used to play this game with an actual girl :)))Her mom bought it for her cause it must a "girls game"but she liked Lolo better
duh
What about futuristic swords
>>12435601Luke gets a Lightsaber in the Super Star Wars games, though they are more shooting-focused I'd say.
>>12435601the cypher weapon in Strider >>12429808 is some kind of plasma sword/tonfa
Popful mail on sega cd is fun
Dungeons & Dragons Tower of Doom,Shadow over MystaraEasily the best sword and sorcery games and the best beat em ups
