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.
Wonder Boy in Monster Land is the second game in the famous series of 2d platformers created by SEGA. Released originaly as an arcade in 1986, the game was ported to Master System ...
Year: 1989 Genre: Platformer
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Gods Deluxe is a free remake of the famous platformer by Bitmap Brothers. The game, developed by Jotd, features improved graphics, full screen hi-res mode and a level editor. It in...
Year: 2015 Genre: Platformer
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Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse is a side-scrolling platformer developed by SEGA and released in 1990 for the Genesis/Mega Drive. It was also converted to 8-bit and ported to the SEGA Master System.
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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Cool Spot is a jump and run platformer created by Virgin Games originally for the Mega Drive/Genesis. It was then ported to Amiga, Master System, MS-DOS, SNES, and other systems. It was released in 1993.
Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer
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Lode Runner: The Legend Returns is the sequel/remake of the original Lode Runner created by Douglas E Smith. It was developed by Presage Software and published by Sierra On-Line in 1994 for DOS, Mac, and Windows 3.
Year: 1994 Genre: Platformer
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Mega Man X is a popular platform game developed by Capcom, released for the SNES in 1993 and ported to PC in 1995. It holds the distinction of being the first Mega Man game for the...
Year: 1995 Genre: Platformer
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Duke Nukem: Episode 2 - Mission: Moonbase is the second chapter of the Duke Nukem I trilogy. It's a 2D side-scrolling shooter developed by Apogee Software in 1991..
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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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Ristar is a classic action platformer game developed by SEGA for the Mega Drive/Genesis console in 1995. The same team behind the legendary Sonic created this cartoon-style platformer.
Year: 1995 Genre: Platformer
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Mega Man 3 is the third game of the popular side-scroller platformer created by Capcom. When you grow up playing video games, sooner or later, you learn that none of your favorite sagas are safe from the passage of time.
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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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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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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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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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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