I've survived 21 pages and 1000+ suggestions and now have a list of 250 finalists for the 2010 Treasure Hunt. I'll wait until the end to announce the winners (to buy myself more time), but for now I'll kick things off with the first batch of noteworthy games.

Play as many as you can then reply with your favorites and why!

Games - Platformers

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  The Best Years of my Life

  by TerryCavanagh

  A game for two players on one keyboard.

  Game

  22,499 Views

  (Ages 13+)

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  Steak and Jake

  by FliplineStudios

  Play as Jake as he protects his clumsy friend Steak from a rainbow of problems!

  Game

  20,593 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Jetpack Paladin

  by 2ndself

  Oldschool platform adventure with a twist, varied enemies, lots of gameplay and great ost.

  Game

  24,224 Views

  (Ages 13+)

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  Leapy Louie Groundskeeper

  by Matzerath

  Who cleans up the game world? Leapy Louie, that's who!

  Game

  91,141 Views

  (Ages 13+)

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  One Step Back

  by Coolio-Niato

  Explore the mind of a man stuck with his memories- only by forgetting the past can he adva

  Game

  41,753 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Ascent

  by jorisdormans

  Jump/fly your way up to the target altitude in this retro-style platformer.

  Game

  6,938 Views

  (Everyone)

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  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

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  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

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  Where is 2010?

  by Mateusz-Skutnik

  Help the little fella find New Year toddler. Arrow keys to move. Down arrow to interact.

  Game

  24,148 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Pixel Prophet

  by Genocide

  a simple retro platformer

  Game

  40,134 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Calligraphic

  by Mateusz-Skutnik

  30-level platformer with coin collecting, enemy avoiding, bombs, switches and portals

  Game

  14,194 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Suicide is NOT The Answer

  by bentosmile

  Created for Pirate Kart 2. Ported by mirosurabu. Silly game!

  Game

  46,937 Views

  (Ages 13+)

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  Crash Landed

  by mofunzone

  Your spaceship gets run down by an asteroid, and you find yourself on a planet with aliens

  Game

  11,934 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Chase Goose

  by Hideous

  RUUUN THAT THING IS CHASING YOU OH GOD WHAT IS THIS, "PRESS T!"? WTF

  Game

  26,500 Views

  (Everyone)

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  PushPlatformer

  by CasualCollective2

  Push yiour way through 71 levels of pixel blockey fun!

  Game

  12,362 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Earthquake

  by Defyn

  Tile - based puzzle survival game experiment :D

  Game

  7,395 Views

  (Everyone)

• Unpublished Submission

Games - Run 'n Gun

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  Steam Droid

  by thepodge

  Liberate the steam droids over 14 levels and take on the final big boss.

  Game

  17,009 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Ghosts Stole My Puppy

  by Neutronized

  Help our hero to rescue his puppy! Get rid of all the ghosts with your vacuum cleaner!

  Game

  26,317 Views

  (Everyone)

Coconut in the butt didnt win last year Tom this whole thing is fixed

At 11/18/10 04:57 PM, Manly-Chicken wrote: Damn Tom! You work hard!

I also made thumbnails and updated genre info for a lot of these along the way. :O

And so did a bunch of icon mods!

At 11/18/10 04:58 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 11/18/10 04:57 PM, Manly-Chicken wrote: Damn Tom! You work hard!

I also made thumbnails and updated genre info for a lot of these along the way. :O

i woulda gotten off of my B student ass and made some if you asked me cause you know ima lazy fucker but you know you're tom also im gonna have to paly those run n gun games runn gun kicks ass

my favorite was

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  First Post(Made in pivot)

  by Ruraidhri

  Hey! This is my first post to newgrounds.com, Just something small that i had on my laptop

  Movie

  4,128 Views

  (Ages 13+)

At 11/18/10 05:02 PM, SpamBurger wrote: Huh? Wow. I click this and see my game is on the list. Nice!

You still have a lot of thumbnails to update to 140x90 format! :)

there's only one thing i can say.. 2d rules.... that 3rd dimension is witchcraft

I've played 4 so far and my favourite is Steak and Jake it's orginal creative and someone put alot of effort into that it's criminal it didn't get the recognition it deserves.

Leapy Louie and Mario Suicide have both gotten frontpage.
Unless you put them there will perusing the list, doesn't that void their entrance?

dats kool

At 11/18/10 05:12 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote: Leapy Louie and Mario Suicide have both gotten frontpage.
Unless you put them there will perusing the list, doesn't that void their entrance?

Yeah I front paged some stuff WHILE going through the Treasure Hunt just because otherwise a lot of it still never gets the recognition it should get. It does sorta ruin the thrill of the final list though. :(

Those are a lot of games. I'll come back and check out some on a rainy day.

At 11/18/10 05:37 PM, TomFulp wrote:

Yeah I front paged some stuff WHILE going through the Treasure Hunt just because otherwise a lot of it still never gets the recognition it should get. It does sorta ruin the thrill of the final list though. :(

Mario Suicide really wasn't that great.

My favorite so far is Ascent. I haven't played them all yet, but ascent is the cleanest and most complete one so far. Its obvious the programmer put a lot of time and effort into it. Not to mention its really addictive...

Im glad to see 2 of the games I posted up there :)

I really hope that "Tower of Heaven" wins. That game was absolutely phenomenal.

I'm not gonna lie, I've only played several games on that list

Dear tom how do i get medals from playing flash games. p.s. i got them but it wont appear in the medals section????????????????

I would say the best was PushPlatformer, it had a unique stlye of play that also was just alot of fun to do, I liked making the weird forcefield thing. Forest Warrior was also a lot of fun, and the 8bit mix of Eye of the Tiger made it that much cooler. One Step Back had a slightly philosophical message which is relatively uncommon in flash games, and had quite a few unique characteristics in the gameplay as well as a clean look. Lastly, although Ghosts Stole My Puppy was very similar to Luigi's Mansion, I found it to be a lot of fun and it had some funny items. Overall, I would say PushPlatformer was my favorite in this category, though.

Yay! I'm the one the picked out The Best Years Of My Life! It's a great one.

I would like to point out that nominee The MotherShip was most likely not created by its submitter. It was made by FreeOnlineGames.com, who usually post their games under the fogNG account

I liked One Step Back. The concept of the game was very original.

At 11/18/10 05:07 PM, MoRGoT1-1 wrote: there's only one thing i can say.. 2d rules.... that 3rd dimension is witchcraft

Excuse me!?

heh watch where you tread buddy...there may not be many of use but rest assured we will come out of our shells and 3d will unite!

No [Visible] III? sad faic

At 11/18/10 06:44 PM, ikool wrote: I really hope that "Tower of Heaven" wins. That game was absolutely phenomenal.

It's been frontpaged before so it won't.

Anyways I only played a couple but Where Is 2010? is my current favorite of the bunch. Great finds by whoever posted them.

250? Oh lord, that's going to be a tough decision.

One Step Back is definitely the standout. It does a great job of communicating its artsy ideas through gameplay, its intended meaning is clear and unpretentious, and it actually offers a fun mindbending challenge unlike some art games which only offer an experience. It's a sexy little game.

This is going to be a busy, game-filled weekend...

Glad to see Mateusz-Skutnik on there twice. He's definitely one of my favorites!

where's Super Mario Crossover?!