The new nuclides 165 Pt and 170 Hg were produced in the reactions 92 Mo(78 Kr, 5n) and 96 Ru(78 Kr, 4n) at bombarding energies of 418 MeV and 390 MeV, respectively. For 170 Hg an α-particle energy of E α = 7590(30) keV and half-life of t 1/2 = 0.08 +0.40 −0.04 ms were deduced, while for 165 Pt the corresponding values were 7272(14) keV and 0.26 +0.26 −0.09 ms. Comparison of the reduced α-decay widths with systematics indicates that both α decays are unhindered. Although combining the measured α-decay Q values with extrapolated masses suggests that both new nuclides are unbound to two-proton emission by more than 1 MeV, their α-decay half-lives are too short for this decay mode to compete. Improved data were also obtained for 166,167 Pt, produced via the 96 Ru(78 Kr, α4n) and 96 Ru(78 Kr, α3n) reactions at bombarding energies of 390 MeV and 418 MeV.