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Gunlord X - the Turrican-styled platform shooter w/ 32-bit styled pixel art is coming soon to Switch. (by @ngdevteam)

Website | Trailer

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“Shakedown: Hawaii fuses open world action and empire building. Build a "legitimate" corporation by completing open world missions, acquiring businesses, sabotaging competitors, "re-zoning" land, and shaking down shops for protection money. You are the CEO, and questionable subsidiaries, hidden service fees, misleading ads, and fine print are your super power.”

Release: May 7th 2019 (Switch, PS4, Vita, PC)

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Bomb Chicken (by Nitrome) is now available on Steam! (The game was also released on Switch last year)

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Super Mario Land 2 (Mockup)

Pixel Artist: andylittle

Source: twitter.com/imoregames

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Ultracore is a Turrican styled platform shooter that was developed in 1994 for Mega Drive/Genesis (by DICE) but was canceled before release (99% done). Now 25 years later it will be released soon on PS4+Vita+Switch. (by StrictlyLimitedGames) (The game is already available on the Analogue Mega Sg since March 2019) 

Links: Trailer | Gameplay Video | Wikipedia Article

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Cyber Shadow is an upcoming ninja action platformer with high quality 8-bit styled pixelart.

Inspirations: Ninja Gaiden, Metroid, Castlevania, Mega Man Developer: Aarne “MekaSkull” Hunziker Publisher: Yacht Club Games Release Date: TBD Platforms: Steam, Switch, PS4, Xbox One

Links: Trailer | Website | Steam

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Panzer Paladin, is an upcoming action platformer in which you control a small pilot that controls a big Paladin power armor... This tribute to the NES era is currently in development by Tribute Games (Flinthook, Mercenary Kings) and is aimed for a release next year (Spring 2020)

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The Game Boy Color Project - All 912 GBC Games

This video project showcases all 912 GBC games in a 152 min video (10 sec per game) and in 27 smaller 1-15 min videos (A-Z)

The Virtual Gaming Library YouTube channel offers also much more compilation videos for other systems (NES, SNES, N64, GBA, GC, SMS, MegaDrive/Genesis, PS1, Dreamcast, TurboGrafx-16, NeoGeo)

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“Please insert disk in drive A: to save the game.”

Scene from Polyroll - an upcoming hop ‘n bop platformer inspired by Sonic + the DOS shareware era - which will be released in April 2019 on Steam.

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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (pixel art mockup)

Pixel Artist: BenStar

Source: twitter.com/BenstarDEV

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The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (pixel art mockup)

Pixel Artist: Snakepixel

Source: twitter.com/snakepixel

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"Roof Rage is a Martial Arts Platform Fighter featuring epic rooftop battles. Play with up to 8 players locally or 1vs1 online.”

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Dragon’s Keep

Pixel Artist: Namatnieks

Source: twitter.com/Namatnieks

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Lunark is a new 2D cinematic platformer (by Johan Vinet) that is mainly inspired by Flashback, Prince of Persia, and Another World.

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Zelda (pixelart mockup)

Pixel Artist: ponkadunk

Source: pixeljoint.com

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120 Notable Platformers of 2018

I’ve just created a new compilation video which shows 120 Notable Platformers that were released in 2018. It features a wide variety of platformer subgenres thus you will see traditional platformers, hardcore platformers, platform shooters, platform fighters, puzzle platformers, action adventure platformers, and more…

A YouTube playlist with trailers for all 120 games can be found here. 

Note: Some platformers were originally released in 2017 or earlier and then re-released in 2018 (Switch release. Special Edition etc.). In those cases the original release dates are shown in brackets in the lower right corner.

Below is a list with all shown games (plus links to the related twitter accounts)

0:07 - Celeste |  PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

0:14 - Iconoclasts | PC, PS4, PS Vita, Switch

0:22 - Shu | PC, PS4, PS Vita, Switch

0:26 - Super Fancy Pants Adventure | PC, iOS, Android

0:32 - Super One More Jump | Switch, iOS, Android

0:36 - Alto’s Oddyssey | iOS, Android

0:45 - Fe | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

0:50 - Candleman: The Complete Journey | PC, XB1, PS4

0:56 - Owlboy | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

1:01 - GRIS | PC, Switch

1:28 - Child of Light | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

1:33 - Toki Tori 2+ | PC, PS4, Switch

1:42 - Night in the Woods | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

1:49 - Planetoid Pioneers | PC

2:00 - Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition | PC, PS4, PS Vita, XB1, Switch

2:04 - Aegis Defenders | PC, PS4, Switch

2:13 - Dig Dog | PC, XB1, iOS

2:22 - Vagante | PC

2:30 - Remnants of Naezith | PC

2:39 - Sprint Vector | PC VR, PS VR

2:43 - Atomik: RunGunJumpGun | PC, Switch, iOS

2:52 - Dandara | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch, iOS, Android

2:59 - SteamWorld Dig | PC, PS4, PS Vita, XB1, Switch, 3DS

3:05 - Treasure Adventure World | PC

3:09 - Bleed 2 | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

3:18 - Octahedron | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

3:27 - Clustertruck | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

3:34 - Flinthook | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

3:43 - Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch, 3DS

3:47 - Kirby Star Allies | Switch

4:01 - The Adventure Pals | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

4:09 - Oddmar | iOS, Android

4:17 - LightFall | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

4:23 - Copy Kitty | PC

4:33 - Forgotton Anne | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

4:41 - Fox n Forests | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

4:52 - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze | Switch

5:04 - Yoku’s Island Express | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

5:09 - Runner3 | PC, Switch

5:19 - Shantae: Half Genie Hero - Ultimate Edition | PC, PS4, PS Vita, XB1, Switch

5:26 - Venture Kid | PC, iOS

5:32 - N++ | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

5:41 - Shift Quantum | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

5:45 - Super Chariot | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

5:51 - Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon | PC, PS4, PS Vita, XB1, Switch, 3DS

5:59 - Little Nightmares: Complete Edition | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

6:08 - Youropa | PC

6:14 - Suzy Cube | PC, iOS, Android

6:23 - Moss | PC VR, PS VR

6:32 - Unravel Two | PC, PS4, XB1

6:43 - Aggelos | PC

6:51 - Super Rocket Shootout | PC, Switch

6:56 - Overwhelm | PC

7:03 - INK | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

7:09 - Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

7:16 - Rifter | PC

7:22 - 20XX | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

7:28 - Ghost 1.0 | PC, XB1, Switch

7:31 - Bomb Chicken | Switch

7:40 - MoonQuest | PC

7:44 - Miles & Kilo | PC, Switch, iOS

7:53 - Heroki | Switch, iOS

7:58 - Super Dangerous Dungeons | PC, iOS, Android

8:03 - Semblance | PC, Switch

8:10 - Sonic Mania Plus | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

8:15 - Runbow | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

8:20 - Chasm | PC, PS4, PS Vita, XB1, Switch

8:30 - Inside | PC, PS4, PS Vita, XB1, Switch

8:39 - La-Mulana 2 | PC

8:46 - Dead Cells | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

8:51 - Guacamelee 2 | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

8:59 - Death’s Gambit | PC, PS4

9:07 - The Messenger | PC, Switch

9:13 - Freedom Planet | PC, PS4, Switch

9:22 - Treadnauts | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

9:29 - Kero Blaster | PC, PS4, Switch, iOS

9:39 - Flat Heroes | PC, Switch

9:46 - The King’s Bird | PC

9:51 - Speed Brawl | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

9:55 - Timespinner | PC, PS4, PS Vita

10:06 - Planet Alpha | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

10:10 - Super Lucky’s Tale | PC; XB1

10:21 - Razed | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

10:32 - Hover | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

10:38 - Marble it up | PC, Switch

10:44 - Distance | PC

10:51 - Wandersong | PC, Switch

11:00 - Sockman | PC

11:20 - Duck Souls | PC

11:29 - Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

11:35 - Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams Owltimate Edition | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

11:43 - Risk of Rain | PC, PS4, PS Vita, Switch

11:53 - Dust: An Elysian Tail | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch, iOS

12:01 - Velocity 2X | PC, PS4, PS Vita, XB1, Switch

12:10 - Ultimate Chicken Horse | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

12:20 - TowerFall | PC, PS4, PS Vita, XB1, Switch

12:31 - Alwa’s Awakening | PC, Switch

12:36 - Super Cat Tales 2 | iOS, Android

12:45 - Mega Man 11 | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

12:56 - Astro Bot | PS VR

13:08 - Joggernauts | PC, Switch

13:15 - Slime-san: Superslime Edition | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

13:26 - Eternum EX | PC, Switch

13:32 - Mark of the Ninja Remastered | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

13:35 - Guacamelee! STCE | PC, PS4, PS Vita, Switch

13:41 - Shift Happens | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

13:50 - Thunder Kid | PC

13:59 - Furwind | PC

14:03 - Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom | PS4, XB1, Switch (PS4 = 2019)

14:12 - Toki | Switch

14:20 - Spyro Reignited Trilogy | PS4, XB1

14:25 - SteamWorld Dig 2 | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch, 3DS

14:35 - Steel Rats | PC, PS4

14:45 - Ms. Splosion Man | PC, Xbox 360, Switch

14:51 - Gelly Break | Switch

14:59 - Battle Princess Madelyn | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

15:07 - Gizmo | PC

15:14 - Grapple Force Rena | PC

15:19 - Sundered: Eldritch Edition | PC, PS4, XB1, Switch

15:29 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Switch

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Super Metroid (pixelart mockup)

Pixel Artist: ponkadunk

Source: twitter.com/ponkadunk | pixeljoint.com