Which platformer did it first?

Join me - the Stock Retro Gamer as we look at some of the earliest platformer games that pioneered the core mechanics we know today.
Music by Alexi Action
For business enquiries please email [e-mail]
patreon.com/StockRetroGamer
#supermario #sonicthehedgehog #megaman #speedrun #platformer #platforminggames

[@V3ntilator]

"Bruce Lee" on Commodore 64 were one of the first platformers and coop games.

[@badiiin]

Sonic was the first physics based platforming.

[@Rationalific]

I subscribed from your prior video about firsts in fighting games, and I'm glad I did! You really deserve about 100 times the number of subscribers that you currently have. Hopefully, more of your videos will trend like the last one! More people need to see your work!

[@masters3759]

The SNK game "Athena" predates Metroid by 1 month and features a playable female by the same name

[@AstralWolf86]

What are the odds of them both being called Samus.

[@ZuoKalp]

​@@AstralWolf86 😂

[@powpuckmobile9226]

Depending on how inclusive the definition of platformer, the first two player co-op would be Joust (1982)
To my knowledge the first one to do head stomping is Hopper Robo (1983). I think it was also to use pipes for traversal, and the first to use springs to launch the player character. EDIT: it appears that Springer (1982) was the first to do head stomping.
I, Robot (1984) is arguably the first 3d platformer. Alpha Waves is probably the first to do it free movement and camera, however.

[@iwanttocomplain]

Thing not a string 84 is very bouncy.

[@chopper8209]

You should do one on Puzzle games or Racing games

[@BrunoOreanoMedeiros]

Great video. I would like to know too which was the first platformer to feature double jump, water mechanics/levels, gliding mechanics and powerups. They are all staples of the genre in my opinion.

[@mattschehr163]

first 3D platformer was actually jumping flash on ps1

[@aceytoja]

Jazz Jackrabbit was the first to have a green rabbit protagonist 😎

[@therealhardrock]

You sound like a Beatle. Are you from Liverpool?

[@nickschuh1080]

Worm Odyssey was the first game to use a rumble feature

[@RenasMayi]

I think Crash Bandicoot was the first one to use speedruns as a feature

[@pvtests8248]

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS OF URS!!!!!!!

[@greyfox_hd6784]

Its funny how Nintendo were the first in most of the important things

[@JaxTheEpic]

The playable character in Donkey Kong is Mario he was never known as Jumpman