The idea of a jumping platform game seems so simple now. Nintendo has pumped out dozens of quality jumpers, and just about everyone has made either a clone or an homage to the game based on their simple control scheme. Sadly, before games like Mario Bros or even Donkey Kong you had a horde of imitators trying to come up with systems for jumping that worked intuitively — most of them failed.
Springer for the Atari 2600
Springer for the Atari 2600
Springer for the Atari 2600
The idea of a jumping platform game seems so simple now. Nintendo has pumped out dozens of quality jumpers, and just about everyone has made either a clone or an homage to the game based on their simple control scheme. Sadly, before games like Mario Bros or even Donkey Kong you had a horde of imitators trying to come up with systems for jumping that worked intuitively — most of them failed.