This thread has a simple premise: just name games that feature both 2D and 3D levels. Maybe add a few screenshots while you’re at it, that’d be nice!
Let’s start with Konami’s Ajax (or Typhoon for us Europeans).
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Next up: a trio of Disney games!
The Lion King
Mickey Mania
Toy Story
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Early Ultima game did this a lot. Here’s Ultima IV for example:
Starting with Ultima VI, the 3d dungeons went away and moved to a more seamless 2d/overhead view.
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Reminds me of Phantasy Star!
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Sonic 2 and 3 had sorta-3D bonus levels.
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Thunder Blade
Though of course both are pseudo-3D using 2D.
Jurassic Park SNES
Lots of polygon 3D game shave 2D sections, from Crash Bandicoot games which have some side scrolling parts to Super Mario Odyssey.
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Heh, I completely forgot about classic RPG’s like Ultima and Phantasy Star.
Anyway, lots of good ones in this thread already. Keep 'em coming!
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Ninja time! Here’s Shinobi and Shadow Dancer.
Shinobi
Shadow Dancer
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Just remembered an oldie: Irem’s Zippy Race (also known as Traverse USA, MotoRace USA and Mototour).
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Time for some more Sega titles!
Rambo III
Moonwalker
Alien Storm
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Technocop had 3D driving and 2D platforming/shooting sections.
Hostages had a 2D action sequence on the city streets when placing the snipers. Once inside the embassy, the camera had a wierd combo of FPS in the hallways and an over the shoulder view in the rooms.
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I remember playing the Amiga version of Hostages at a friend’s place. Pretty cool game!
Wow that game (Hostages) looks fantastic! Never seen it before. Really playing to the Amiga’s strengths.
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Mega Man X7
C: The Contra Adventure
Getting the real kino out of the way
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Vendetta on the C64. Last ninja style gameplay (minus the ninja), a very classy opening introduciton and a pretty sweet racing section in between levels.
I wanted this game so bad as a kid. When I was looking for a decent mix of gameplay styles, I would often play games in a session, creating my own story, like doing a level of one game, then playing outrun for a level pretending that the hero was driving to the next level, and the play, er, Hawkeye or something for a level or two etc. Load times were long 
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I loved The Last Ninja games back in the day, so Vendetta also looked really intriguing to me. It’s a shame that, like you, I never managed to get my hands on it. I’m sure I would’ve loved that game.
LMAO
A few modern examples:
Blazing Chrome
Shadow Gangs
The Takeover
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Cursed example; Batman & Robin game dot com
Couldn’t even find screenshots of the later “3d” levels so pulled it from some youtube videos.
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Haha, didn’t expect to see the Game.Com make an appearance in this thread!
This reminds me of another Batman game that features both 2D and 3D levels: Batman Returns for the Mega CD.
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