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Best platformer games - Page 3

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

Kirby's Adventure nes

Kirby's Adventure is a platformer developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo in 1993 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. This colorful platform game represents the se...

Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer

2d cartoon parallax scrolling platform-adventure platformer side-scrolling

Rainbow Islands amiga

Rainbow Islands is the sequel to Bubble Bobble and was developed and published by Taito in 1987 for arcades only. It would remain a coin-op until 1990 when it was ported to the Amiga, Commodore 64, and other home platforms.

Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer

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Earthworm Jim genesis

Earthworm Jim is a 2D shooter/platformer created by Shiny Entertainment originally for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and published in 1994. Earthworm Jim is one of the most eccentric...

Year: 1994 Genre: Platformer

comedy genesis original game hand-drawn animations platform-shooter platformer run and gun side-scrolling

The Great Giana Sisters amigacommodore-64amstrad-cpc

The Great Giana Sisters is a 2D platformer inspired to Super Mario Bros (you might say "clone"). It was developed by Time Warp initially for the Commodore 64/128, in 1987, then ported to Amiga and Atari ST in 1988.

Year: 1988 Genre: Platformer

2d c64 original game clone commodore 64 hop and bop jumper platformer public domain 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

Rick Dangerous amiga

Rick Dangerous is a 2D action platformer created by Core Design and published by Microplay Software in 1989 for the Amiga and Atari ST. It was also released for Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and other home computers.

Year: 1989 Genre: Platformer

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Hocus Pocus dos

Hocus Pocus is a fantasy platform action game developed by Moonlite Software and published by Apogee Software in 1994 for DOS. This game has nothing to do with the movie of the same title that was released in 1993.

Year: 1994 Genre: Platformer

fantasy platform-adventure platformer

Lode Runner: The Legend Returns dos

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

enhanced remakes flip-screen level editor platformer puzzle platformer

Yo! Joe! Beat the Ghosts amigados

Yo! Joe! Beat the Ghosts is a two-player platform game created initially for the Amiga by Scipio, a small company. It was published by Hudson Soft/Blue Byte in 1993 and also ported to DOS.

Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer

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Wonder Boy in Monster Land amiga

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

2d basher coin-op conversion fantasy hack and slash platform-adventure platformer rpg elements

Gods amiga

Gods is a fantasy platform game developed by The Bitmap Brothers and published by Renegade Software in 1991 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. The Gods have made an open call to any...

Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer

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Mega Man X dos

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

anime platform-shooter platformer run and gun science fiction

Gods Deluxe windows

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

basher freeware hack and slash platformer progressive beat-em-up remake

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 hop and bop platformer science fiction side-scrolling