# Have we seen the end of the 2D sidescroller and adventure game formats?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 16, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-seen-the-end-of-the-2d-sidescroller-and-adventure-game-formats/280183 "2004-12-16T18:08:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-seen-the-end-of-the-2d-sidescroller-and-adventure-game-formats/280183/21 "2004-12-17T14:59:07Z")

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You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building. Around you is a forest. A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully.

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**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-seen-the-end-of-the-2d-sidescroller-and-adventure-game-formats/280183/22 "2004-12-17T16:14:45Z")

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As the OP mentioned _King’s Quest,_ I thought it should be mentioned that [homestarrunner.com](http://homestarrunner.com) has an excellent parody called [Peasant’s Quest.](http://homestarrunner.com/disk4of12.html)

You can see the release trailer [here.](http://homestarrunner.com/pqtrailer.html)

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-seen-the-end-of-the-2d-sidescroller-and-adventure-game-formats/280183/23 "2004-12-17T16:56:55Z")

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Isn’t Viewtiful Joe a sidescroller?

-FrL-

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**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-seen-the-end-of-the-2d-sidescroller-and-adventure-game-formats/280183/24 "2004-12-17T17:27:14Z")

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> [@Kiros](#):
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> I want a new-age 2d console RPG. Something in the style of the great SNES RPGs - FF4-6, the Lufia games, something like that. Something that is ridiculously long and powerfully story driven, so that long doesn’t get boring. Skip the effort that’s put into the graphics and cinematics and make a great game.

The aforementioned Klonoa for PS1 is a fantastic game with, IIRC, an engaging story and quite good graphics… one of my favorites from the late '90s…

G

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**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-we-seen-the-end-of-the-2d-sidescroller-and-adventure-game-formats/280183/25 "2004-12-17T18:16:43Z")

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> [@Tengu](#):
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> FF Chronicles has the normal FFIV.

:smack: Crap.

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