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.
The Addams Family is a licensed platformer created by Ocean for the SNES, Amiga, and Atari ST in 1992. It was ported to the Sega Genesis in 1993. Ocean also created similar version...
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Ruff 'n' Tumble is a platformer shoot 'em up developed by Wunderkind and published by Renegade Software in 1994, exclusively for the Amiga. The hero is Ruff Rogers, a guy that has to save an alien planet from the mad Dr.
Year: 1994 Genre: Platformer
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Wolfchild is a platformer created by Core Design and released in 1992 for the Amiga and Atari ST. Later it was ported to Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Master System, and other platforms.
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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Creatures is a platform shooter developed by Apex Computer Productions for the Commodore 64 and originally released in 1990. It later arrived on the Amiga and Atari ST in 1993. The...
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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Crystal Caves is a sci-fi themed side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Apogee Software in 1991 for DOS. It was later ported to Linux, Mac, and Windows in 2014. It...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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Mega Man (aka Rockman) is a platform game developed and published by Capcom in 1987 for NES. It is the first in the Mega Man franchise, boasting a voluminous game library. Three years later, it was released for MS-DOS.
Year: 1987 Genre: Platformer
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Soccer Kid is a platform game developed and published by Krisalis Software in 1993 for the Amiga. Years later, the adventure was ported to MS-DOS, PlayStation, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, among others.
Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer
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Disney's The Little Mermaid for the NES is a side-scrolling action game loosely based on the 1989 animated film. It was developed by Capcom and released in 1990. At the time, Capco...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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Jazz Jackrabbit is a side-scrolling platformer developed and published by Epic MegaGames for PC. This Christmas Edition, also known as Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare 1994, is a spec...
Year: 1994 Genre: Platformer
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Bomb Jack is an arcade platformer created by Tehkan (later known as Tecmo) and released in 1984. The game was designed by Michitaka Tsuruta and Kazutoshi Ueda (also known for the arcades Lady Bug and Mr.
Year: 1988 Genre: Platformer
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Odyssey is a side-scrolling platform adventure game developed by Unconscious Minds and published by Audiogenic Software in 1993. It was released exclusively for the Amiga. The game...
Year: 1995 Genre: Platformer
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Wonder Boy in Monster World is an action-adventure platformer developed by Westone and released in 1991 by Sega for the Genesis/Mega Drive. This fourth entry in the Wonder Boy seri...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die is the third episode in the Invasion of the Vorticons series and was developed by id Software. It was published by Apogee in 1990 for DOS. Commander...
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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