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.
Earthworm Jim is a 2D shooter/platformer created by Shiny Entertainment originally for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and published in 1994. Earthworm Jim is one of the most eccentric...
Year: 1994 Genre: Platformer
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Toki is a platformer arcade created by TAD Corporation and originally released in 1989. Two years later, it was ported to several home computer platforms. I'm not going to lie. Until recently, I had never played Toki.
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The Great Giana Sisters is a 2D platformer inspired to Super Mario Bros (you might say "clone"). It was developed by Time Warp initially for the Commodore 64/128, in 1987, then ported to Amiga and Atari ST in 1988.
Year: 1988 Genre: Platformer
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Parasol Stars, also known as Parasol Stars: The Story of Rainbow Islands II - or if you prefer, The Story of Bubble Bobble III - is an arcade by Taito. The title is quite strange because there was no "Story of Bubble Bobble I".
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Rick Dangerous 2 is the sequel to the popular platformer created by Core Design, inspired by the character of Indiana Jones. The game serves as the direct sequel to the original R...
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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Zorro is a cinematic action-adventure created for MS-DOS by Capstone Software and released in 1995. The game represents an attempt to bring the Prince of Persia mechanics to the ...
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Cauldron II: The Pumpkin Strikes Back is a horror platformer created by Palace Software and released for the Commodore 64 in 1986. The game was also ported to ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC.
Year: 1986 Genre: Platformer
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Arabian Nights is a platformer created exclusively for the Amiga by Krisalis Software and released in 1993. Designed by Simeon Pashley (the same guy that programmed the Mancheste...
Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer
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Castlevania II: Simon's Quest is a platformer action-adventure game created by Konami in 1987 for the Famicom. It was released in North America for the NES in 1988. This is the sec...
Year: 1988 Genre: Platformer
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Pushover is a puzzler developed by Red Rat Software and published by Ocean in 1992 for the Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, and SNES. The game, whose concept was created by Charles Partingto...
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Enchanted Land is a fantasy platformer created by Thalion Software in 1990, initially for the Atari ST, then ported to the Amiga. The game was coded by Nic Thisell, a former member...
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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James Pond 2: Codename Robocod is a platformer created by Vectordean in 1991 as a sequel to James Pond: Underwater Agent. The game was initially developed for Amiga, Atari ST, an...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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Mousetrap is a platformer created by Microvalue for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit in 1987. The same year it was ported to Amiga and Atari ST. Somehow inspired to Mappy and Ma...
Year: 1987 Genre: Platformer
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Crazy Sue is a 2D platformer released as the Amiga Fun magazine cover disk in 1990. It was developed for the Amiga but later ported to the Commodore 64 and Atari ST. The game was c...
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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