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The most popular fixed screen 2D games

In a fixed-screen 2D game, the gameplay is confined to a single screen with no vertical or horizontal scrolling. The screen remains static, and the overall gameplay occurs within the boundaries of this fixed screen.
Fixed-screen games were common in the early days of video gaming, especially in arcade games. This design was largely due to technical limitations of early hardware, which made scrolling more difficult to implement. As a result, many early arcade classics, such as Pac-Man or Space Invaders, relied on fixed-screen mechanics.
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Evolution

DOS1983 Sydney Development
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Arcade Volleyball

DOS1987
In Arcade Volleyball (1987), two pixelated figures smack a ball over a net with all the grace of caffeinated stick figures. It's simple, it's bizarre, and it somehow manages to be insanely fun—especially when your opponent s...
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Monopoly

DOS1985
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Yie Ar Kung Fu

DOS1985 Konami
The proto-fighting game that walked so Street Fighter could punch. Yie Ar Kung Fu is pure arcade joy: a brave martial artist named Oolong fights a rogue’s gallery of opponents with names like “Star” and “Fa...
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World Karate Championship

DOS1986 System 3
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Galactix

DOS1992 Cygnus Studios
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Airlines

DOS1994 InterActive Vision
Think running an airline is easy? Airlines (1994) says “think again.” This old-school management sim hands you a failing fleet and a world map, then laughs quietly as you go bankrupt in under 10 turns. Buy planes, open...
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RAPCON: Military Air Traffic Control Simulator

DOS1989 Wesson International
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Pac-girl

DOS1982 Magicom Multimedia
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President Elect: 1988 Edition

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
President Elect: 1988 Edition is a political simulation game developed by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and released in the mid-1980s. The game simulates U.S. presidential elections and allows players to take on the role of ca...
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Locomotion

DOS1992 Prestige Softwareentwicklung
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Win, Lose or Draw

DOS1988 Softie
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Lawn Mower

DOS1987
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Amazing Maze

DOS1983
Don’t be fooled by the name—Amazing Maze is more of a slightly-better-than-average maze. But hey, in 1983, navigating a screen full of walls and hoping you guessed right was enough to set hearts racing. It’s just...
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Crossfire

DOS1982 Sierra On-Line
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Cabal

DOS1989 TAD Corporation
If Rambo had a twin brother who preferred hiding behind sandbags and tossing grenades like candy, Cabal would be his biography. This over-the-top shooter puts you in the boots of a one-man army mowing down everything that moves&md...
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Pac Gal

DOS1982
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The Cool Croc Twins

DOS1992 Arcade Masters
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Air Trax

DOS1983
Ah yes, Air Trax from 1983 - a game where “flight” is more of a philosophical concept. It’s clunky, it's slow, and it looks like it was coded in someone’s garage (because it probably was). But there’s...
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Ant Attack!

DOS1994freeware Dataware
Released in 1994 (long after it originally debuted on other platforms), Ant Attack! is what you get when you mix isometric graphics, giant ants, and questionable urban planning. You play a brave soul navigating a crumbling city to...
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Space Commanders 2

DOS1985remake
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CHAMP Ms. Pac-man

DOS1994remake ChamProgramming corp.
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Hard Hat Mack

DOS1984
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Night Raid

DOS1992remake Argo Games
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Pac PC

DOS1995freewareremake
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Acid Tetris

DOS1998freewareremake
If you ever looked at regular Tetris and thought, “What this really needs is eye-melting colors and a possible migraine,” then Acid Tetris (1998, DOS) is your jam. It’s the classic block-dropper, now with a palet...
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Aldo Again

DOS1989remake
Aldo Again (1989) is the platformer that dares to say, “Hey, what if Donkey Kong but with 100% more confusion?” You play as Aldo, a mustachioed man of mystery (and questionable balance) who’s trying to climb plat...
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Electranoid

DOS1995 Pixel Painters Corporation
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EGA Trek

DOS1988remake