Top 2D Platformer Games


The Top 2D Platformer Games List is calculated by overall video game ratings and members' "Top 2D Platformer List". Lists are calculated daily.

121. Super Mario Bros. 2 - The Lost Levels

Platform: Nintendo (NES)
US Release Year: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (2D Platformer)
ESRB Rating: E
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Synopsis: Originally only available on the never-released-outside-Japan Famicom Disc System add-on for the NES, this is the original version of "Super Mario Bros. 2" in which Shigeru Miyamoto, the father of Mario, showed off his ROM hacking skills. The brutal difficulty and overall lack of improvements over the original "Super Mario Bros." caused Nintendo to withhold this game from the West until 2007, when it was released via Wii's Virtual Console.

122. Kid Icarus

Platform: Nintendo (NES)
US Release Year: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (2D Platformer)
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo

123. Darkwing Duck

Platform: Nintendo (NES)
US Release Year: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.6 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (2D Platformer)
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom

124. Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island

Platform: Game Boy Advance
US Release Year: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.6 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (2D Platformer)
ESRB Rating: E
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo

125. Contra 4

Platform: Nintendo DS / DSi
US Release Year: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.6 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (2D Platformer)
ESRB Rating: T
Developer: WayForward Technologies
Publisher: Konami

126. Mega Man 9

Platform: Nintendo Network
US Release Year: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.6 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (2D Platformer)
ESRB Rating: E
Developer: Inti
Publisher: Capcom

127. Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

Platform: Super Nintendo (SNES)
US Release Year: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (2D Platformer)
ESRB Rating: E
Developer: Rare
Publisher: Nintendo

128. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

Platform: Nintendo (NES)
US Release Year: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (2D Platformer), Role Playing (RPG) (Action RPG)
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Synopsis: A now 16-year-old Link discovers he has the power to reverse an ancient spell that put the original Princess Zelda to sleep many years ago. Seeking to find the Triforce of Courage, he travels the land placing six crystals across the palaces of Hyrule in order to reverse the spell and awaken the princess of legend.

129. Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse, The

Platform: Super Nintendo (SNES)
US Release Year: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (2D Platformer)
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom

130. Lost Vikings, The

Platform: Super Nintendo (SNES)
US Release Year: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Genres: Action (2D Platformer)
Developer: Silicon & Synapse
Publisher: Interplay Entertainment

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