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.
Commander Keen: Aliens Ate My Babysitter! is the final episode of the famous series of side-scrolling platformers created by id Software. The game, published in 1991 by FormGen, wa...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is a platformer by id Software, creators of Doom. Released in 1991 for PC only, it's the fifth game in the famous series of Commander Keen, and it's the second episode of "Goodbye Galaxy".
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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The New Zealand Story is one of the most famous arcades created by Taito. It was released as a coin-op in 1988. Many home computer versions, including Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum, were released in 1989.
Year: 1989 Genre: Platformer
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Rick Dangerous 2 is the sequel to the popular platformer created by Core Design, inspired by the character of Indiana Jones. The game serves as the direct sequel to the original R...
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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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
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Traps 'n' Treasures is a platform action-adventure game developed by Nightingale for the Amiga and published by Starbyte and Krisalis in 1993-94. TNT takes players on an exciting pirate adventure with Captain Jeremy Flynn.
Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer
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The Blues Brothers is a platform action game originally developed by Titus for the Amiga and released in 1991. Following the game's success on Amiga, it was subsequently ported to ...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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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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Earthworm Jim 2 for the Mega Drive is an action-platformer developed by Shiny Entertainment and published by Playmates Interactive in 1995. Serving as a sequel to the highly acclai...
Year: 1995 Genre: Platformer
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Wolfchild is a platformer created by Core Design and released in 1992 for the Amiga and Atari ST. Later it was ported to Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Master System, and other platforms.
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Ugh! is an arcade flight game developed by Egosoft in 1992, initially for the Amiga. The game was published by Play Byte, and it was also released on MS-DOS and Commodore 64. It's ...
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Montezuma's Revenge is a flip-screen platformer published by Parker Brothers and released for 8-bit platforms in 1984. Versions include Apple II, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and others.
Year: 1984 Genre: Platformer
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Magic Boy is a side-scrolling platformer developed by Blue Turtle and released in 1993 for both the Super Nintendo and the Amiga. This colorful adventure follows a young wizard on ...
Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer
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The Misadventures of Flink (or simply Flink) is a jump-and-run game created by Psygnosis and published in 1994. It was released for the Amiga CD32, Sega Mega Drive, and SEGA CD. Th...
Year: 1994 Genre: Platformer
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