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The most popular platform games

Platform games, also known as platformers, are a genre of video games characterized by gameplay focused on navigating a protagonist through a series of platforms and obstacles within a 2D or 3D environment. The main objective in platform games is to progress through levels, often reaching the end or completing specific objectives.

In platform games, players typically control a character who possesses the ability to jump or perform other acrobatic moves. These movements allow the character to traverse platforms, avoid obstacles, and defeat enemies or overcome challenges.

The genre originated in the early days of video gaming, with iconic titles like "Super Mario Bros" and "Donkey Kong" shaping the foundation of platformers. The success of these games led to the growth and diversification of the genre, resulting in a wide range of platform games with unique gameplay mechanics, art styles, and level designs.

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Shadow Knights

DOS1990 Softdisk Publishing
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Pac-in-Time

DOS1993 Kalisto Entertainment
Pac-in-Time is an abandoned action side-scrolling platformer game developed by Kalisto Entertainment and released by Mindscape in 1993 for DOS. Pac-in-time was but also published for other platforms such as Amiga, Game Boy, Mac, S...
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Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!

DOS1990protected id software
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Starquake

DOS1988 Bubble Bus Software
Starquake is a weird DOS science fiction platform game developed by Bubble Bus Software in 1988 and designed by Stephen Crow and Dave Collins. The Commodore 64 version boasts a wonderful soundtrack. Unfortunately, the PC...
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Earthworm Jim 2

DOS1996protected Shiny Entertainment
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Night Hunter

DOS1988 UBI Soft
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Joe and Mac Cavemen Ninja

DOS1991 Data East
Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja is a side-scrolling platformer video game developed and released by Data East in 1991. Known as "Joe & Mac" in North America and "Caveman Ninja" in other regions, the game gained popularity for its...
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Realms of Chaos

DOSMac OSLinux1995protected Apogee Software
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Titus the Fox

DOS1992protected Titus Interactive
Titus the Fox is a DOS horizontal scrolling platform game developed by Titus Interactive in 1992. As Titus, you have to advance through 15 levels to rescue your beloved Suzy who has been kidnapped. The player can interact with obj...
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Captain Dynamo

DOS1993 Codemasters
Captain Dynamo is what happens when a circus acrobat chugs ten cans of cola and decides to take on gravity itself. You’re bouncing, flipping, and springing through traps and platforms with pixel-perfect jumps—and if yo...
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Game Over

DOS1988 Dinamic Multimedia
Game Over is an abandoned side scrolling shooter/platform game designed by Ignacio Ruiz Tejedor, Pedro Sudón Aguilar, developed and released by Dinamic Multimedia in 1988 for DOS. Game Over isn't exactly one of the best gam...
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The Cool Croc Twins

DOS1992 Arcade Masters
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Antarctic Adventure

DOS1986 Konami
Antarctic Adventure (1986) stars a penguin who seems to be training for the Winter Olympics — at full sprint. This early Konami game has you racing across icy terrain, dodging seals, and leaping over yawning crevasses while ...
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Santa's Xmas Caper

DOS1993 Zeppelin Games
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Barbie

DOS1992 Imagineering Inc.
Released in 1992, Barbie for DOS is what happens when someone asks, “What if pink could be a video game?” You play as Barbie on a quest to collect accessories and win Ken's affection, which probably says more about ear...
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Electroman

DOS1992freeware xLand Games
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Pharoah's Curse

Windows 3.x1998remake
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Rusty

DOS1993 C-lab.
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Cosmic Spacehead

DOS1993 Codemasters
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Gateworld

DOS1993 HomeBrew Software
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Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle

DOS1991protected id software
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Ulises

DOS1989 Opera Soft
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Goody

DOS1987 Opera Soft
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Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion

DOS1991protected id software
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Dizzy

DOS1987 Codemasters
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Fire and Ice

DOS1993 Graftgold
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Hard Hat Mack

DOS1984
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MicroMan

Windows 3.x1993freeware