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.
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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Deliverance: Stormlord II is the sequel to Stormlord, developed and published by Hewson Consultants in 1990. It was originally released for ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC.
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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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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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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Little Samson is a fantasy platform game developed by Takeru and published by Taito in 1992 exclusively for the NES. After its release in Japan and the USA, it also arrived in Europe in 1993.
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Kid Chaos is a side-scrolling platformer created exclusively for the Amiga by Magnetic Fields and published by Ocean Software in 1994. The game was designed by Andrew Morris and was inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog.
Year: 1994 Genre: Platformer
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Whizz is an isometric platformer created by Flair Software. It was initially released for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Amiga CD-32. Later, it was also ported to Super NES, SEGA Saturn, and PlayStation.
Year: 1995 Genre: Platformer
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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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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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Mega Man 2, known in Japan as Rockman 2, is an action platformer created by Capcom in 1988 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was the second title in the Mega Man series a...
Year: 1988 Genre: Platformer
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Putty is a 2D action platformer created by System 3 and produced by Mark Cale, known for The Last Ninja. It was published in 1992 for the Amiga. One year later it was ported to A...
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Rayman 2: The Great Escape is an adventure platformer developed by Ubi Studios UK and released in 2001 by Ubisoft for Game Boy Color. This portable adaptation of Michel Ancel's cel...
Year: 2001 Genre: Platformer
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Spherical is a puzzler arcade game created by Rainbow Arts in 1989. It was initially released for the Atari ST and later ported to the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum.
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