The SNES features some of the best platformer games ever made, but which of these 15 classics comes out on top? ... Photo: Nintendo/Konami. Platformers have long been an entry point for new gamers.

One of Konami’s old tentpole franchises was Ganbare Goemon, or “Let’s Go, Goemon,” a series of platformers starring a character reminiscent of the legendary outlaw hero, Goemon Ishikawa.

Axelay (SNES, 1992) Konami was never a slouch in the shoot-em-up department, ... The SNES and Genesis versions of the game are both platformers about a rodent hepped up on rocket fuel, ...

This unforgiving platformer broke a lot of controllers back in the day, ... Konami’s upgrade of their beloved run-and-gun series, ... Nintendo did better over the course of the SNES’ life. 7.

The SNES came out on top here, with better sound quality, a brighter color palette, and more detailed textures. Animaniacs This is a weird one: The Animaniacs games were both developed by Konami ...

Though well-known in Japan, Konami's Goemon franchise has never broken out of its niche status in the West. Originally introduced to US and European players as Kid Yin in Legend of the Mystical ...

If you're sick of waiting for Konami to dust off the legendary Vampire Killer whip, then you might be interested in backing Lords of Exile, a new NES-style action platformer from one-man Spanish ...

The SNES features some of the best platformer games ever made, but which of these 15 classics comes out on top? ... Photo: Nintendo/Konami. Platformers have long been an entry point for new gamers.

Konami's vampire-slaying series may have gone on to bigger and better things with the release of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night in 1997, but its SNES debut remains one of the most popular ...

If the 21 games on your SNES Classic Mini have left you wanting more, check out these 10 additional 16-bit gems. ... this Konami-made 2D platformer has been somewhat forgotten over the years, ...

The SNES came out on top here, with better sound quality, a brighter color palette, and more detailed textures. Animaniacs This is a weird one: The Animaniacs games were both developed by Konami ...