The French born Rayman debuted as a 16-bit 2D platformer for the Atari Jaguar and later made his way to competing systems Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation. The stylized, jointless character featured a ...

The 3D platformer is quintessentially Nintendo. As famous as games like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, and Astro Bot are, they all live in the shadow of (and often owe a debt of gratitude to) the big N.

I wouldn't call myself a big platformer buff, per se, but I do like to partake on occasion—I simply cannot resist the allure of kicking back with a controller and collecting something. I've especially ...