640x480 PC 2D platformers?

[dogman91]

There's something remarkably beautiful about this "higher-res" 2D artwork from the late 90s for PC that I love, in games like Diablo, RollerCoaster Tycoon, Fallout, etc. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find many 2D platformers that utilize this resolution natively. So far all I know of is Claw and Jazz Jackrabbit 2. Anyone know of any more?

Why?: I have a 4:3 CRT monitor that isn't quite right for these newer 1080p widescreen Indie games (plus an underpowered computer by today's standards), yet I also find the 320x240 DOS games and the like too "blocky" when it's scaled up, compared to say them being displayed natively on a 15khz display. These 640x480 games just look amazing however.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/claw/screenshots

[RyaNtheSlayA]

It's hard to think of any, since platformers were just never really a popular genre on PC. I'd imagine Rayman would support 640x480...

[jfrost]

It's hard to think of any, since platformers were just never really a popular genre on PC. I'd imagine Rayman would support 640x480...

GOG's version does support it.

[CRTGAMER]

I use a 4:3 CRT VGA myself. As in TV broadcast, the PC is still in the transition stage of widescreen support. Camera JPGs and many games look better unstretched in their native 4:3 format.

My pick would be Earthworm Jim 2. Come to think about it, The DOS versionI think is in a lower resolution and still looks great in a non stretched VGA CRT.

[J T]

I was just going to suggest Rayman. I guess others beat me to it.

[dogman91]

Thanks guys, I appreciate the input a lot! I actually love Rayman, ever since it came out. Awe-inspiring game with an amazing art-style, especially for the time!

I have to say though that all the games mentioned are doubled or tripled in resolution from 320x240/320x200 when put to full screen though, which would be basically any platformer from the early to mid 90's on any console or computer system. Basically this: http://static.gog.com/upload/images/201 ... 46146e.jpg versus the original http://www.raymanpc.com/wiki/script-en/ ... onster.png

There doesn't seem to be any platformers that were made with 640x480+ resolution in mind that isn't modern; ah well!

I did find out about the Another World Anniversary edition on GOG though through this search, and wow, the visual update is amazing, all done by Chahi himself.

[eskil]

No idea about the resolution, but Jazz Jackrabbit 2 was always a favourite of mine.

[Pulsar_t]

Claw, a 1997 platformer.



Genocide: Remixed Version

[dogman91]

Genocide: Remixed Version

I tried it out and it doesn't seem to run on XP. Do you know of a fix by any chance?

[Godot102]

A few sonic and mega man games were ported to pc. You could look into Sonic and knuckles collection or Sonic CD. I would recommend getting the steam versions of those games.