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The best 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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MinerVGA

DOS1989freeware
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Stratego

DOS1990 Accolade
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Tracon: Air Traffic Control Simulator

DOS1989 Wesson International
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Zorlim's Arcade Volleyball

DOS1995freewareremake
Released in 1995 for DOS, Zorlim's Arcade Volleyball is what happens when someone decides regular volleyball isn’t chaotic enough. Picture stick figures with the agility of caffeinated spiders and a physics engine that took ...
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Aquanoid

DOS1992remake
Aquanoid (1992) takes the classic Breakout formula and throws it underwater, because bricks are apparently much more intimidating when they're wet. You control a paddle, you bounce a ball, you try to pretend you're not just playin...
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BurgerTime

DOS1982 Data East
Ah, BurgerTime. The game that asked the important question: what if we made a platformer about a tiny chef assembling giant burgers while being chased by sentient hot dogs? You guide Peter Pepper through condiment-themed nightmare...
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Capone

DOS1988 Actionware Corporation
Chicago, 1920s. You’ve got a tommy gun, a fedora, and a score to settle. Capone is part gangster sim, part shooting gallery, and part fever dream. The graphics are muddy, the gameplay’s clunky, and the story’s to...
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Lawn Mower

DOS1987
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Aldo's Adventure

DOS1987remake
Aldo’s Adventure is what you get when someone squints at Donkey Kong and decides to remake it after four cups of coffee and a long nap. You play Aldo, a brave little guy whose hobbies include climbing platforms, dodging haza...
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Rampart

DOS1992 Atari
Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a nu...
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Ms. Pac-Man

DOS1984 Atarisoft
Ms. Pac-Man is a classic arcade game released by Midway in 1982 (1984 for DOS) as a follow-up to the original Pac-Man (1980), developed by Namco. While its core gameplay is similar - navigating a maze, eating dots, and a...
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Klax

DOS1990 Atari
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Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon

DOS1993protected Coktel Vision
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3d World Boxing

DOS1992 Simulmondo
Released in 1992, 3D World Boxing tried its best to bring the sweet science into the third dimension. The result is less Rocky and more “two mannequins in pajamas slap each other in a cube.” But bless its heart, it rea...
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Avoid the Noid

DOS1989 California Merchandising Concepts
Domino’s Pizza once had a mascot called the Noid and someone decided he deserved his own video game. Avoid the Noid is about a heroic pizza delivery guy trying to bring food to hungry customers while the Noid, a chaotic grem...
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Chopper Duel

DOS1993freeware
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FlixMix

DOS1993 Celeris
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PC Globe 5

DOS1987 Broderbund
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Slam!

Windows 3.x1993
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Swap

DOS1992 Microids
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Tracon for Windows

Windows 3.x1993 Wesson International
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Trivial Pursuit Deluxe

DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises
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Wizard of Wor 98

DOS1998remake
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Guns 'R' Us

DOS1993 Future Vision
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Space Commanders

DOS1983remake Columbia Data Products
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Yie Ar Kung Fu

DOS1985 Konami
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Super Speed

DOS1995
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Nyet

DOS1988freeware
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Teresa: House Guest

DOS1993NSFW Interactive Girls Club
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Battleship

DOS1983 Mirror Images Software
Released in 1983, this is your grandpa’s Battleship—minus the plastic pegs, but with all the tension of blind naval warfare. There are no fancy graphics, no Hollywood explosions, just good old-fashioned "Is it a hit?" ...