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.
Ghostbusters (Genesis version) is a side-scrolling platformer featuring the heroes of the 1984 movie. SEGA released the game in 1990. This title is different from the Activision ve...
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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Switchblade is a side-scrolling action-platformer released in 1989 by Gremlin Graphics and designed by Simon Phipps. It was developed for the Atari ST before being ported to other ...
Year: 1989 Genre: Platformer
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In occasion of the Star Wars Day 2018 (May the "Fourth") we present you a little gem: the Star Wars video game for the NES, developed by Beam Software and released by JVC in 1991. ...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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Monty on the Run is the third game in the Monty Mole series, developed and published by Gremlin Graphics Software in 1985. Wanted! Monty Mole, created by Peter Harrap, was a popular video game series in the '80s.
Year: 1985 Genre: Platformer
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Cosmo’s Cosmic Adventure is a side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Apogee Software and released for DOS in 1992. The game has many references to another Apogee title, Duke Nukem (one of my favorites), throughout.
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Fury Of The Furries is a puzzle-platformer created by Atreid Concept and published by Mindscape in 1993 for the Amiga, PC, and Macintosh. The Gameboy and PC US versions were rebranded by Namco, replacing the furries with Pac Man.
Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer
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Lupo Alberto: The VideoGame is a platformer based on the Italian comics Lupo Alberto (Alberto the Wolf). It was created by Digiteam and Idea Software in 1990 for Amiga and Commodore 64.
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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Bubble and Squeak is a platformer created by Audiogenic Software for Amiga computers and Amiga CD32 and released in 1994. The game was also ported to the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, with some small differences.
Year: 1994 Genre: Platformer
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Total Recall is the adaptation of the science-fiction movie directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The game was released in 1990, the same year of the film, and Ocean published it.
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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Fantasy World Dizzy is a puzzle platformer developed by Codemasters and released in 1989 for the ZX Spectrum. It was later ported to various platforms, including the Amiga in 1991.
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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Harlequin is a platform game published by Gremlin Graphics for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1992. The game was developed by The Warp Factory, the makers of Zool 2. In this colorful ...
Year: 1992 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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Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind is a platformer created by Accolade for the SNES and SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis, released in 1993. The game features the adventures of Bubsy, a bobcat with a penchant for yarn balls.
Year: 1993 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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