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.
Disney's Tarzan (also known as Tarzan Action Game) is a platformer created by Eurocom Developments and published by Disney in 1999. Released for PlayStation and Windows, later, it was also ported to Nintendo 64.
Year: 1999 Genre: Platformer
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Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars is the first in the franchise of side scrollers of the same name, developed by id Software. The game was published by Apogee Software in 1990 for DOS.
Year: 1990 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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The Humans is a strategy/puzzler created by Imagitec Design and published by GameTek in 1992. It was released for the Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and many other platforms, including Mega Drive/Genesis and Game Boy.
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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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Shantae is a platformer for the Game Boy Color developed by WayForward and published in 2002 by Capcom. It was later re-released by WayForward itself. The game unfolds in the encha...
Year: 2002 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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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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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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Cauldron II: The Pumpkin Strikes Back is a horror platformer created by Palace Software and released for the Commodore 64 in 1986. The game was also ported to ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC.
Year: 1986 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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Lode Runner is a puzzle platformer created by Douglas E. Smith and released initially for the Apple II, Commodore 64, Vic-20, and Atari 8-bit in 1983. It's one of the most popular video games ever created.
Year: 1983 Genre: Platformer
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Parasol Stars, also known as Parasol Stars: The Story of Rainbow Islands II - or if you prefer, The Story of Bubble Bobble III - is an arcade by Taito. The title is quite strange because there was no "Story of Bubble Bobble I".
Year: 1992 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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