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Best platformer games on GamesNostalgia - Page 2

Platform games, or platformers, a simple concept of moving your character through a side-view environment, became a hit with Donkey Kong in 1981.

Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure pc-engine

Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure is a platform game developed by Red Company and Atlus for the PC Engine and released in 1993. The game features the distinctive anime-style caveman cha...

Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer

anime caveman hop and bop pc engine platformer prehistoric side-scrolling turbografx-16

Prehistorik dosamiga

Prehistorik is a side-scrolling platformer developed by Titus Interactive and released in 1991 for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, and DOS. The game is inspired by the more famous Chuck Rock.

Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer

basher comedy history platformer prehistoric

Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow & The Flame dosgenesis

Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame is the sequel to the original Prince of Persia. It was developed and published by Brøderbund Software and it was released in 1993. T...

Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer

cinematic fantasy middle east platformer puzzle platformer

Skyroads dos

Skyroads is a remake of the driving game Kosmonaut. Both games were made by Bluemoon, a small studio based in Estonia. The game was released in 1993 for PC MS-DOS only. Compared t...

Year: 1993 Genre: Racing

freeware platformer racing science fiction track racing

Mario & Luigi dos

Mario & Luigi is a simple but very nice clone of Super Mario Bros developed by Mike Wiering in 1994. Controls are very simple: Ctrl to Run, Alt to Jump, Space to Fire, Left and Right arrows to walk.

Year: 2001 Genre: Platformer

clone freeware platformer super mario clone

Bubble Bobble amiga

Bubble Bobble is one of the most famous arcades ever created and a personal favorite of GamesNostalgia. This 2D cartoon action platformer designed by Fukio Mitsuji (aka MTJ) was released by Taito initially in 1986.

Year: 1987 Genre: Platformer

2 players arcade clear screen co-op coin-op conversion platformer

Superfrog amiga

Superfrog is a platformer created for the Amiga by Team 17 and released initially in 1993. One year later the game was ported to MS-DOS. With a lot of colors and nice animations, the game is totally violence free.

Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer

amiga original game cartoon hop and bop jumper platformer side-scrolling

Jazz Jackrabbit 2 windows

Jazz Jackrabbit 2 is a side-scrolling platformer produced by Epic Games (at that time under Epic MegaGames). After Arjan Brussee accidentally confirmed its existence in 1994, it was published for Windows in 1998.

Year: 1998 Genre: Platformer

2 players cartoon multiplayer platform-shooter platformer side-scrolling split-screen

Rayman dosgame-boy-advancegame-boy-color

The first game in the popular Rayman series is a 2D side-scrolling adventure developed and published by Ubisoft. It was released in 1995 for PC MS-DOS, Playstation, Sega Saturn, and other platforms.

Year: 1995 Genre: Platformer

2d cartoon hop and bop platformer side-scrolling

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure windowsgenesis

Pitfall: the Mayan Adventure is a side-scrolling action platformer. It's the forth game in the Pitfall series. It was developed by Activision in partnership with Redline games and published by Activision in 1994.

Year: 1995 Genre: Platformer

genesis original game hand-drawn animations jungle platformer side-scrolling

Wonder Boy in Monster World genesis

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

anime genesis original game metroidvania platform-adventure platformer rpg elements side-scrolling

Commander Keen dos

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

2d platformer science fiction side-scrolling

The Adventures of Lomax windows

The Adventures of Lomax is a platformer created by Psygnosis and released in 1996 for Windows and PlayStation. It is considered a spin-off of the famous game Lemmings. The artist...

Year: 1997 Genre: Platformer

2d cartoon platformer side-scrolling

Toki amiga

Toki is a platformer arcade created by TAD Corporation and originally released in 1989. Two years later, it was ported to several home computer platforms. I'm not going to lie. Until recently, I had never played Toki.

Year: 1991 Genre: Arcade

arcade coin-op conversion platform-shooter platformer run and gun