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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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Locomotion

DOS1992 Prestige Softwareentwicklung
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Fast Food Dizzy

DOS1989 Codemasters
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Super Tetris

DOS1991 Sphere
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Astro Dodge

DOS1982 Digital Marketing Corporation
Astro Dodge (1982) is basically Frogger — in space. You control a tiny spacecraft tasked with dodging endless waves of meteors, space debris, and possibly your own questionable life choices. There’s no shooting, no exp...
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Mah Jongg Solitaire

DOS1987 Arcanum Computing
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Pango

DOS1983remake
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M Labyrinth

DOS1993 Gamos
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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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No Exit

DOS1990 Coktel Vision
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Poko Memorial: 18 Hole Miniature Golf

DOS1987 Gold Hill Software
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Axet

DOS1994freeware
Few games from 1994 dared to ask the real question: “What if you gave an axe to someone with absolutely no training and dropped them into a dungeon with the reflexes of a sloth?” Axet did. This little-known DOS action-...
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Space Commanders 2

DOS1985remake
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Hard Hat Mack

DOS1984
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Night Raid

DOS1992remake Argo Games
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Electranoid

DOS1995 Pixel Painters Corporation
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Trivial Pursuit

DOS1989
Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from various categories in order to collect pie pieces th...
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Star Wars Chess

DOSWindows 3.x1993 The Software Toolworks
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Bubble Trouble

Windows XP/98/951998
Here comes another bubble game—but this one packs a punch. Bubble Trouble is a frantic shoot-’em-up where you pop evil bouncing bubbles before they bounce you out of existence. It’s part arcade mayhem, part refle...
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Black Gold

DOS1989 Starbyte Software
In Black Gold (1989), you're in the cutthroat world of oil barons. It’s like Dallas, but with more charts and fewer cowboy hats. You build rigs, negotiate deals, and try to outmaneuver rivals who are probably less ethical th...
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Sierra Championship Boxing

DOSMac OS1985 Evryware
Sierra Championship Boxing is an abandoned sports boxing game, developed by Evryware and released by Sierra On-Line in 1985. You can issue instructions to the boxer between rounds, create custom boxers or choose from a list of pre...
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Manhole

DOS1992
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Batalia

DOS1986 The Right Brothers
Batalia (1986) is what happens when war games and spreadsheet programs fall in love. This early DOS strategy title throws you into tactical battles with graphics that would struggle to impress a calculator. But don’t be fool...
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Pac Gal

DOS1982
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CHAMP Asteroids

DOS1997remake ChamProgramming corp.
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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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EGA Trek

DOS1988remake
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Ms Pac PC

DOS1995remake Magicom Multimedia
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Ivan 'Iron Man' Stewart's Super Off Road

DOS1990 Leland
Ivan 'Iron Man' Stewart's Super Off Road is an abandoned diagonal-down off-road racing game developed by Leland and released by Virgin Interactive in 1990 for DOS, but also published for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, ZX Spect...
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Frogger Jr.

DOS1984