Jumpman

February 20, 2009 1:15 PM

Friday 3MB-Mac-and-PC-download fun: Jumpman.

An explanation and some screenshots here. Via TIGSource.

posted by Rinku (29 comments total)

Another videogame character named Jumpman went on to bigger things after a name change.
posted by Chinese Jet Pilot at 1:20 PM on February 20, 2009

Wow, CJP -- that Gamefaqs "review" of Donkey Kong sounds like a 13-year-old's idea of paleontology.
posted by gurple at 1:23 PM on February 20, 2009 [2 favorites]

Playerman is immensely pleased.
posted by shmegegge at 1:24 PM on February 20, 2009

Much more difficult than I had imagined. It is difficult to move consistently in the air or I just really suck at platform jumpers.
posted by schyler523 at 1:25 PM on February 20, 2009

Too slidey.
posted by Dr. Wu at 1:25 PM on February 20, 2009 [1 favorite]

Nuts. I thought you meant this Jumpman.
posted by Bummus at 1:34 PM on February 20, 2009 [4 favorites]

Let down twice. Was expecting some form of the unforgettable Jumpman. (On preview: Bummus beat me to it.) Then "PC download" turned out to really mean "Windows download." Feh.
posted by /\/\/\/ at 1:40 PM on February 20, 2009

And don't forget about this Jumpman.
posted by Navelgazer at 1:47 PM on February 20, 2009

Nuts. I thought you meant this Jumpman.

That makes three of us. somebody, somewhere (...smarter than me about such things...) has got to make a flash recreation of the C64 jumpman.

...apologies if its out there and I just haven't found it yet
posted by srw12 at 1:51 PM on February 20, 2009

Hey, I liked it. But then again, I had way too much fun squishing guys with the super ball. And it worked fine on my mac.
posted by Hactar at 1:53 PM on February 20, 2009

Wow, CJP's linked Donkey Kong review is wonderfully bad.
posted by everichon at 1:56 PM on February 20, 2009

That makes three of us.

Four. The OP's linked game looks fun, but it's not Jumpman.

Also, everybody ready my new book, "Hamlet".
posted by GuyZero at 2:00 PM on February 20, 2009 [3 favorites]

I didn't think this needed it's own fpp but i just spent like 20 minutes playing Idontevenknow which is probably 19 minutes longer than anyone should ever haha.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 2:00 PM on February 20, 2009 [3 favorites]

Wow, that's excellent. Keep playing, guys, it gets better and better.
posted by Magnakai at 2:28 PM on February 20, 2009

I will say that the level editor on this is immensely satisfying.
posted by Navelgazer at 2:32 PM on February 20, 2009

Who downloads casual games anymore?
posted by DU at 2:43 PM on February 20, 2009

Who downloads casual games anymore?
i do.
awesome game!
(originally clicked thinking it C64 jumpman! though this is nice surprise!)
posted by onkelchrispy at 2:59 PM on February 20, 2009

This game is cool.
posted by chunking express at 3:28 PM on February 20, 2009

That was spiffy. And the Windows version works fine with Wine on Linux.
posted by zsazsa at 3:39 PM on February 20, 2009

The author's a good friend of mine. In case anyone was curious, he's the same guy who wrote this story way back.
posted by pmdboi at 5:27 PM on February 20, 2009

Has anybody else seen the man-size pot leaves that make you explode into a million stars?
posted by seagull.apollo at 8:13 PM on February 20, 2009

Has anybody else seen the man-size pot leaves that make you explode into a million stars?

If they had, would they remember? Idontevenknow is the win...
posted by Ogre Lawless at 8:47 PM on February 20, 2009

Anyone more web-savvy than I know how to share user-created games from this?
posted by Navelgazer at 7:55 AM on February 21, 2009

Awesome idea, looks cool, totally impossible to control. Still played through most of it. Grumble grumble.
posted by The Devil Tesla at 2:22 PM on February 21, 2009

I thought I was the only one yearning for good ole Jumpman. How can it be so difficult to find recreations of classic games??
posted by raider at 6:01 PM on February 21, 2009

That Idontevenknow link gets me a blank Flash applet. When I click on it, it takes me to mtv.com. I am confused.
posted by LogicalDash at 8:02 PM on February 21, 2009

I also was hoping to find Epyx Jumpman. The originality that went into that game was amazing, nearly every level had a unique hazard.

It seems it might be available for the Virtual Console in Europe. Curse you Nintendo and your idiotic region locking!
posted by JHarris at 8:54 PM on February 21, 2009

The kaleidoscopic levels are really trippy and confusing. The game got too frustrating though. TOO SLIDEY.
posted by tehloki at 1:19 AM on February 22, 2009

Has anyone made it through the level in Path 7 called 'Hope'?
posted by shakespeherian at 12:42 PM on February 26, 2009