GPX | 1,370 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 (edited) I’m looking to compile a list of games that contain 2 or more genres among their stages. I’ll try and do updates every so often once a few posts have been added with suggestions by you guys. Preferably, the list contains great titles that scratches that gaming itch! Feel free to add more suggestions from any platform or era! NES 1. Blaster Master 2. The Guardian Legend 3. Lone Ranger 4. Adventures of Bayou Billy 5. Xexyz 6. Vice Project Doom SNES 1. Super Probotector (Contra 3) - top- down shooting levels; run-and-gun levels. 2. Legend of Mystical Ninja - 2D platform levels; action-RPG levels 3. Actraiser 4. Axelay 5. Super Star Wars Trilogy 6. Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures N64 1. Shadows of Empire GBA 1. Sigma Star Saga Genesis/Megadrive 1. Batman Edited October 27, 2023 by GPX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,794 Administrator · Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 A couple I like, off the top of my head: Blaster Master (NES) The Guardian Legend (NES) Sigma Star Saga (GBA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,889 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Shadows of the Empire on N64 is a good one! There's like at least 3 different genres going on in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elprincipe | 142 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Batman (Genesis) Lone Ranger (NES) Adventures of Bayou Billy (NES) Xexyz (NES) Actraiser (SNES) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhead123 | 679 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 (edited) Here's a few that come to mind: The Super Star Wars trilogy (SNES) Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures (SNES) Vice Project Doom (NES) Axelay (SNES) Edited October 27, 2023 by Webhead123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,968 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Is it really a western developed platformer if it doesn't have a mandatory awful shmup segment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,715 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Do minigames count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX | 1,370 Posted October 27, 2023 Author Share Posted October 27, 2023 Have updated the suggestions. Already looking like an awesome playlist. Keep them coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX | 1,370 Posted October 27, 2023 Author Share Posted October 27, 2023 5 hours ago, Sumez said: Is it really a western developed platformer if it doesn't have a mandatory awful shmup segment? Huh? 1 hour ago, Link said: Do minigames count? I’m thinking more the full blown stages which are completely different in style but are similar in quality and could well have been 2 or 3 separate games in their own right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,968 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 1 hour ago, GPX said: Huh? Huh? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX | 1,370 Posted October 27, 2023 Author Share Posted October 27, 2023 17 minutes ago, Sumez said: Huh? ? I was trying to get clarification on what you meant by saying “Is it really a western developed platformer if it doesn't have a mandatory awful shmup segment?” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,968 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 What i meant is that pretty much every western developed platformer has a mandatory awful shmup segment at some point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,549 Editorials Team · Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 SNES Super Turrican 2 Jim Power Untouchables Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,923 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 (edited) Kingdom Hearts had a Shmup aspect to it. EDIT Also, half of the Squaresoft RPGs from the PS1 era seemed to have some type of card game built in, and there was that wretched Blitzball in FF X. Edited October 27, 2023 by RH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT | 95 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Dang I had a thread like this in NA (wish I could find it) and we agreed there on NA, that mini-game type games didn't count (i.e. 3 Stooges, California Games, Caveman Games). Here's a few more for NES; Platoon Golgo 13 Rescue - the Embassy Mission North & South Dick Tracy? Jaws? T&C Surf Design? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner | 422 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 More NES: Air Fortress Battletoads Bionic Commando Flying Warriors Laser Invasion Mission: Impossible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,715 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth “has side-scrolling travel stages in the VZR vehicles, overhead shooting levels, levels where the protagonist leaves the vehicle to explore underground ruins, and first-person shooting levels with boss monsters.” Ultimate Stuntman, The alternates driving, run ‘n’ gun, and climbing stages. Peaking of run & gun, OP mentions Contra 3, how about Contra 1? All for NES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Platforms | 721 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 (edited) For Game Boy: Batman (has a shooter level) Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (top down exploration and side-view space shooter) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (top down exploration and side-view combat) Taz-Mania (side scroller and front-view "racing" like) Star Wars (side action, top down speeder, and space combat) T2: Judgment Day (has a tile switching puzzle section) Don't think these count as their stages are various mini-games, but just in case: Casper Bart vs the Juggernauts Incredible Crash Dummies Tamagotchi (raising & training, then tournaments and mini-games) Radar Mission - two main game modes (one is battleship, the other is an arcade shooter) Edited October 28, 2023 by Floating Platforms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankos | 444 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Cosmo Tank on Gameboy cycles through different types of shooter subgenres (top down, first person, vertical scrolling) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,939 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 (edited) So, no love for Mad City (aka: Bayou Billy?) While the NES game was rigged to punish players having 4x the damage you take and giving 1/2 to the enemies to beat down renters it still was a solid multi-genre game: brawler, driver, zapper (or punisher style) gun sections too. After finding out what I did, I'm looking to import Mad City to get the true non-kaizo release. Edited October 29, 2023 by Tanooki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj_robot | 544 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 NES The Mafat Conspiracy Infiltrator Genesis Alien Storm Toy Story Super NES Jurassic Park Toy Story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,715 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Super Mario Land (Game Boy) has two shooter levels, one submarine and one airplane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackVega | 583 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Policenauts- this is one of those visual text adventure games but believe it or not it has action elements where sometimes you need to shoot at targets and this is one of those rare instances where you can actually get game over in this text adventure game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,744 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Die Hard Trilogy from PS1 is a fantastic example. Third person shooter Light gun shooter Driving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 556 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 WURM, I think it's called, on NES, has many modes. Does a modern game count if it has vehicles and shooting? Is GTA a multi-genre game? Also, does just a minigame or one-off level count, or does it have to be a significant portion? Another one (of sorts) is Henry Hatsworth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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