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.
Rastan is a hack & slash side-scrolling platformer created by Taito and released initially in 1987. The game was designed and directed by Toshiyuki (aka "Nenko") Nishimura. The her...
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Rainbow Islands Extra is a vertical-scrolling arcade created by Taito in 1990. Rainbow Islands, also known as Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2, is a sequel to Taito's hit title Bubble Bobble.
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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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Head Over Heels is an isometric action platformer game created by Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond and published by Ocean Software. Originally released on Commodore 64 and other 8-bi...
Year: 1989 Genre: Platformer
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Larrie and the Robbery of the Ardies is an arcade game created by Capital Software for the Amiga. It was published in 1988 by Kingsoft. The game, also known as Larrie & The Ardies,...
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Shantae is a platformer for the Game Boy Color developed by WayForward and published in 2002 by Capcom. It was later re-released by WayForward itself. The game unfolds in the encha...
Year: 2002 Genre: Platformer
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Kid Gloves is a platformer created by Timothy Closs for the Amiga and Atari ST. The game was released for free on the cover disk of Amiga Power in June 1991. With levels set in Anc...
Year: 1990 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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Pac-in-time is the US release of Fury of the Furries, an action adventure with Pac-man as main character..
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Yogho Yogho spel is a platformer developed by Euphoria as an advertising-promotional game for the Dutch yoghurt drink Yogho Yogho..
Year: 1995 Genre: Platformer
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Astaroth: The Angel of Death is a fantasy fighting platformer developed by Eldritch the Cat for the Amiga and Atari ST, published in 1989. In the game, you must travel through Asta...
Year: 1989 Genre: Platformer
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Obliterator is an arcade adventure game developed and published by Psygnosis in 1988 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, and Atari. It was ported to DOS, ZX Spectrum, and MSX the following year.
Year: 1988 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...
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Bonk's Adventure is a 2D platformer developed by Red Company and Atlus. It was released initially in 1989 for the TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine. In Japan, it was known as PC-Genjin. In Europe, it was called B.
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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