Abandonware DOS title

Platformers: jumping and running sorted by release date

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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Beethoven 2

DOS1993 Rozner Labs Software Group
Yes, it’s that Beethoven—the slobbery St. Bernard, not the piano guy. In Beethoven 2, you control a surprisingly agile dog on a quest to rescue your kidnapped puppies. Along the way, you’ll bark at birds, jump on trash cans, and drool on everything in sight. It’s as ridiculous as it sounds, with controls that feel like you'r...
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Bio Menace Episode 1: Dr. Mangle's Lab

DOS1993freeware Apogee Software
Mutants! Explosions! Green slime! Bio Menace kicks off with Dr. Mangle’s Lab, a side-scrolling blast of carnage where you, Snake Logan (yes, really), shoot your way through a monster-infested city with a machine gun and a bad attitude. Think Duke Nukem’s cousin after a rough day. Cheap thrills, big pixels, and even bigger mullets.
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Bio Menace Episode 2: The Hidden Lab

DOS1993freeware Apogee Software
Snake Logan is back, and this time the lab is... hidden! The Hidden Lab cranks up the challenge with more grotesque mutants, more lethal traps, and slightly improved sarcasm. It’s like episode one, but with less common sense and more toxic goo. Still powered by the Commander Keen engine, because who needs originality when you have grenades?
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Bio Menace Episode 3: Master Cain

DOS1993freeware Apogee Software
The trilogy concludes in Master Cain, where Snake Logan faces the ultimate evil: a villain with a name that sounds like a Bond bad guy and a plan straight from Saturday morning cartoons. Expect one last hurrah of mutant-blasting mayhem, complete with bad platforming, louder explosions, and enough neon to cause eye strain. Long live DOS carnage!
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Bubble Dizzy

DOS1993 Codemasters
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Captain Dynamo

DOS1993 Codemasters
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Cosmic Spacehead

DOS1993 Codemasters
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Dangerous Dave: Risky Rescue

DOS1993protected Softdisk Publishing
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Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk

DOS1993 Codemasters
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DJ Puff

DOS1993 Codemasters
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Duke Nukem 2

DOS1993 Apogee Software
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Fire and Ice

DOS1993 Graftgold
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Flashback: The Quest for Identity

DOS1993protected Delphine software
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Fury of the Furries

DOS1993 Kalisto Entertainment
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Gateworld

DOS1993 HomeBrew Software
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Halloween Harry

DOS1993freeware Interactive Binary Illusions
Halloween Harry is a DOS science fiction multi-directional scroller shooter game. Halloween Harry - later renamed Alien Carnage - was published by Apogee, developed by Interactive Binary Illusions and designed by John Passfield and Robert Crane.
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James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod

DOS1993 Millennium Interactive
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Jetpack

DOS1993freeware Software Creations
Jetpack is a classic 2D platformer video game developed by Adept Software and released for MS-DOS computers in 1993. Created by Adam Pedersen, it became popular for its addictive gameplay, simplicity, and level editor feature, allowing players to design and share their own levels.In Jetpack, players control a character equipped with a jetpack, navi...
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Krusty's Super Funhouse

DOS1993 Audiogenic
Krusty's Super Funhouse is an abandoned action game developed by Audiogenic and released by Acclaim Entertainment in 1993 for DOS and for many other platforms, both consoles and home computers. Krusty's Super Funhouse is based on the popular character from The Simpson animated TV series.
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Magicland Dizzy

DOS1993 Codemasters
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MicroMan

Windows 3.x1993freeware
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Monster Bash

DOS1993protected Apogee Software
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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, SNES. Pac-in-Time is essentially Fury of the Furries reskinned with Pac-Man as the main character.
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Prehistorik 2

DOS1993protected Titus Interactive
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Rusty

DOS1993 C-lab.
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Santa's Xmas Caper

DOS1993 Zeppelin Games
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Seymour Goes to Hollywood

DOS1993 The Big Red Software Company
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Sleepwalker

DOS1993protected CTA Developments