What was the first water level in a platformer?
from frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 00:28
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/28722990

I think Super Mario Bros might have been the first. Might depend on what counts as a “platformer” or a “water level”.

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just_another_person@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 00:30 next collapse

Sub Hunt, Frogger, White Water

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 00:40 next collapse

Upvoted, but I’m not sure frogger counts. I haven’t heard of the other two.

who@feddit.org on 11 Jul 00:49 collapse

Water, sure, but none of those are platformers.

KnitWit@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 00:52 collapse

I’d call frogger a platformer, but the water aspect is only aesthetic. So disagree with OP on that but for different reasons.

who@feddit.org on 11 Jul 00:51 next collapse

Anybody have one that predates Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (1984)?

seppesai@infosec.pub on 11 Jul 04:38 collapse

Jungle Hunt was '82.

who@feddit.org on 11 Jul 05:12 collapse

Huh… I see swimming through water in this video, but I don’t see platforms.

otp@sh.itjust.works on 11 Jul 22:32 collapse

A lot of water levels in Platformers have swimming instead of platforms like the entire rest of the game does

who@feddit.org on 11 Jul 22:44 collapse

Sure, but I don’t see platforms anywhere in that particular game.

[deleted] on 11 Jul 00:53 next collapse

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givesomefucks@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 01:25 next collapse

If you mean “water level” as in where for an isolated level you’re swimming, but not the entire game, super Mario Bros might be it

who@feddit.org on 11 Jul 01:48 collapse

Released in 1985, about a year and a half after Pitfall II.

xyzzy@lemmy.today on 11 Jul 04:50 next collapse

Jump Bug (late 1981) is the earliest. It has an entirely underwater level, and the car moves more slowly in it. It was also one of the earliest platformers, beaten only by Donkey Kong (mid 1981) and a couple others.

Super Mario Bros. (1985) introduced a significantly different mechanic for its water levels from the rest of the game, specifically swimming, and it was about a bajillion times more popular than Jump Bug. But it wasn’t the first.

ideonek@piefed.social on 11 Jul 11:39 collapse

I'm worried that you may be a time-traveler with a gruge.