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.
Leander (a.k.a. Galahad) is a fantasy platform game developed by Traveller’s Tales and published by Psygnosis in 1991. It was released for the Amiga and Atari ST (1992 for Genesis).
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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Pitfall!, also known as Pitfall Harry's Jungle Adventure, is a legendary platformer designed and programmed by David Crane. It was released in 1982 for the Atari 2600. In this ga...
Year: 1983 Genre: Platformer
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Lionheart is a side-scrolling hack'n'slash action platformer created by Thalion Software for the Amiga only. It was published in January 1993 and received many positive reviews. The game features parallax scrolling and 3D backgrounds.
Year: 1993 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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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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Rodland (aka Rod-Land or Rod Land) is a platformer developed and published by Jaleco in 1990 initially in arcades only. In the following years, it was ported to multiple other plat...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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The Amazing Spider-Man is a 1990 platformer created by Paragon Software, officially based on the popular superhero. ** Swinging into Adventure: Why The Amazing Spider-Man Amiga Gam...
Year: 1990 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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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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The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants was released in 1991 for the NES, developed by Imagineering and published by Acclaim. It was the first video game based on The Simpsons, an...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is the sequel to David Crane's award-winning Pitfall. It was developed and published by Activision in 1984. It was released for nine platforms, including Apple II, Commodore 64, Colecovision, and Atari 5200.
Year: 1984 Genre: Platformer
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Commander Keen: Keen Dreams is a platform game developed by id Software. The game is known also as Commander Keen 3.5, since its events take place after Commander Keen 3: Keen Mus...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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Rick Dangerous II½ is an exclusive level of the Amiga platformer Rick Dangerous by Core Design, released as coverdisk of The One Magazine in 1991..
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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T2002 is a remake of Turrican, one of the most popular platformers released for the Commodore 64, Amiga and other platforms in 1990. The game features original graphics, sound, a...
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