Can anyone recommend an old-school style platformer?

Heya all, i'm fairly new to the gamespot community!

Fresh off kicking my 3 year WoW addiction i've dusted off my PS2 and have recently been playing God of War 2 and after being lost in the world of MMO's for so long, i've realised that I've really missed the world of frustratingly hard bosses and lots of dying and such.

I've been out of touch with the console world for a long time and I was wondering - are there any really hard, contra style, boss fights galore and such platform games for the PS / PS2 that anyone can recommend?

I've seen there's a contra game for the PS2 - is that any good? Any hidden platformer gems around?

You should definitely pick up the metal slug anthology.

Both of the mega man collections are great and so is the sonic one if you want old school pleasure.

Klonoa 2 is a fantastic sidescrolling platformer as well, but it might be too cutesy for your taste.

You should definitely pick up the metal slug anthology.

There are so many any Megaman or Megaman Anniversary, Pacman World, Klona

An oldie but a goodie. From the PS1 launch.

Rayman

looks great , sounds great, challenge it there, and as you progress your character gets new abilities.

Oh sorry you wanted action platformers not kiddie platformers....ya I'd go with Metal slug anthology too

There are so many any Megaman or Megaman Anniversary, Pacman World, Klona

An oldie but a goodie. From the PS1 launch.

Rayman

looks great , sounds great, challenge it there, and as you progress your character gets new abilities.

nimuk

I might also suggest Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 1

It has some great old school arcade platformers like Gunsmoke, Commando, Mercs......

You should definitely pick up the metal slug anthology.

Lonnie2Hottie

But, no matter the niche, if you want to have some kick ass Boss battles, then you should give a try to Shadow of the Colossus, do a simple search here at gamespot and realice why this game is so good.

The best boss battles on videogames IMO

Heya all, i'm fairly new to the gamespot community!

Fresh off kicking my 3 year WoW addiction i've dusted off my PS2 and have recently been playing God of War 2 and after being lost in the world of MMO's for so long, i've realised that I've really missed the world of frustratingly hard bosses and lots of dying and such.

I've been out of touch with the console world for a long time and I was wondering - are there any really hard, contra style, boss fights galore and such platform games for the PS / PS2 that anyone can recommend?

I've seen there's a contra game for the PS2 - is that any good? Any hidden platformer gems around?

el_tajij

Awesome, I saw the Metal Slug anthology around and I thought it would be a crappy cash-in, definately will check that out - as well all the rest (such as Jak & Dexter and Psychonauts).

I bought Shadow of the colossus off ebay over the weekend, CAN'T WAIT to play that :D

Oh, and thanks for the awesome answers folks :)

If there's any others, keep 'em coming!

Define old school style give out an example

cause there's alot lol like someone suggested here Megaman thats one old school style game

another is NIS games such as Phantom Brave, La Pucell Tactics, it's 2d and an rpg game

or you looking for something like metal slug?

hey try REd star