Top Retro Metroidvania/Platform Adventure Games and Similar (1980s-2000s)
1980s:
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap/Monster World II/Dragon's Curse (SMS/GG/PCE)
Knightmare II: Maze of Galious/Majou Densetsu II (MSX)
The Goonies II/Goonies 2 (NES)
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (MD/PCE CD)
Tengoku Yoitoko (Welcome to Heaven)(MSX)
Legacy of the Wizard/Dragon Slayer IV (NES)
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MV-lite/Semi-Platform Adventure/Proto-Platform Adventure:
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (SMS)
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1990s:
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)
Wonder Boy in Monster World/Monster World III/Dynastic Hero (MD/PCE CD)
Ufouria: The Saga/Hebereke (NES)
Adventure Island IV/Takahashi Meijin no Bouken Jima IV (NES)
Dragon View/Super Drakkhen (SNES)
Super Adventure Island II (SNES)
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (N64)
The Divide: Enemies Within (PS1)
Metroid II: Return of Samus (GB)
The Adventures of Rad Gravity (NES)
Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston (NES)
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Semi-PA/MV-lite:
Front Mission: Gun Hazard (SNES)
Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (SMS)
Flashback: The Quest for Identity (PC/MD)
Goemon's Great Adventure/Mystical Ninja 2 (N64)
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PS1/DC)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
Kirby Super Star (Great Cave Offensive mode)(SNES)
G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor (NES)
The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (PS1)
Holy Umbrella: Dondera's Wild!! (SNES)
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return (PS1)
Unreal (PC)?
Commander Keen IV (PC)?
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2000s:
Metroid Fusion (GBA)
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA)
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA)
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (NDS)
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (NDS)
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GC)
Shaman King: Master of Spirits (GBA)
Blaster Master: Blasting Again (PS1)
Kirby & the Amazing Mirror (GBA)
Okami(PS2)?
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA)
Blaster Master: Enemy Below (GBC)?
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Semi-PA/MV-lite:
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (PC/PS3)
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando/Ratchet & Clank 2 (PS2)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GC)
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (PC)
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (GC)