Platform games, or platformers, a simple concept of moving your character through a side-view environment, became a hit with Donkey Kong in 1981.
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Platform games, or platformers, a simple concept of moving your character through a side-view environment, became a hit with Donkey Kong in 1981.
M.C. Kids (known as McDonald Land in Europe) is a 2D platformer sponsored by the famous fast-food company. The title was developed by Virgin Games originally for the NES in 1992, then ported to Amiga, Commodore 64, DOS, and Atari ST.
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is a platform action-adventure created for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was developed by Lucasfilm Games and Sculptured Software and released in 1992.
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Cool Spot is a jump and run platformer created by Virgin Games originally for the Mega Drive/Genesis. It was then ported to Amiga, Master System, MS-DOS, SNES, and other systems. It was released in 1993.
Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a side-scrolling beat-em-up created by Konami for the Nintendo NES and released in 1989 in the US. It was released in Europe one year later, togethe...
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Quik the Thunder Rabbit is a cute platformer developed by Stywox and published by Titus in 1994 for Amiga, Amiga CD32, and MS-DOS. The game, inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog, featu...
Year: 1994 Genre: Platformer
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The Humans is a strategy/puzzler created by Imagitec Design and published by GameTek in 1992. It was released for the Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and many other platforms, including Mega Drive/Genesis and Game Boy.
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CarVup (or Car-Vup) is a platformer created by Core Design for Amiga and Atari ST, released in 1990-1991. The game is a sort of remake of the Jaleco coin-op City Connection (also known as Cruisin').
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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Spellbound is an adventure-platformer created by David Jones for Mastertronic. It was published under the label Mastertronic Added Dimension in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC.
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Monster Business is an arcade platformer developed by Eclipse Software and released by Ascon in 1991 for Amiga and Atari ST. Inspired by famous coin-ops such as Mr. Do and Dig D...
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Nicky Boom is a side-scrolling platformer created by Microids and released in 1992 for Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. The game designed and coded by Alain Lambin and Dominico Manfredi didn't reach great popularity.
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Risky Woods is a platformer created by the Spanish studio Zeus and published by Electronic Arts and Dinamic Software in 1992. It was released for the Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and Mega Drive/Genesis.
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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P. P. Hammer and His Pneumatic Weapon is a puzzle/platformer created by Traveling Bits Production. It was published by Demonware in 1991 for Amiga and Commodore 64. The main charac...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja ("ikusae genshizin" in the original title) is an arcade created by Data East and released initially in 1991. It was then ported to several home platforms, ...
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Baby Jo in: Going Home is a side-scrolling platformer game developed and published by Loriciel for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, and MS-DOS in 1991. The game's plot follows the jou...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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