GameOver writes: "For whatever reason, side-scrolling platformers just don't seem to come around very often on the PC. I have this perception, though admittedly I don't currently own a console game of any kind and perhaps I'm reaching back to the days of the first Nintendo, that a fair chunk of console gaming is side-scrollers like Mario Bros. and their forty sequels. As I said, I could be wrong. Anyway, on the PC side of things the last side-scroller I can recall was Bionic Commando Rearmed. Before that, you have to go back to Heart of Darkness, which Wikipedia tells me was 11 years ago."
Poor reception hasn't killed this series. A document released this week by the EU Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), confirming projects it plans to help fund in 2018, has revealed that a number of indie studios are working on new games.
VGChartz's Taneli Palola: "Pulkkinen is a relatively new face in the video game industry. Thus far he has worked exclusively on games developed by Finnish game studios, but I wouldn't be surprised if at some point in the near future his music begins to attract attention from elsewhere as well. Given that he is only 34 years old he likely has many more years ahead of him in the video game industry."
"One of the oldest and most integral genres in video gaming is platforming. In the simplest idea, these games involve progressing an avatar through a series of obstacles by jumping from one platform to another. Originating back in the 1980s, platformers are not a pure genre; there is a tendency for other game types to mix in with platforming. For example, Contra gave rise to “run and gun” games; these are a cross of platforming and shooters."-- PlayStation Enthusiast
