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The best 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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Bubble Pop

DOS1997 Software of Sweden
The name screams “budget shareware,” and Bubble Pop delivers. It’s the digital equivalent of popping bubble wrap, except someone decided it needed high scores and obnoxious MIDI music. You click. Things pop. You ...
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Horror Zombies from the Crypt

DOS1990 Astral Software
Horror Zombies from the Crypt is a platform game released in 1990 by Millennium Interactive for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS platforms. The game is heavily inspired by 1950s horror movies, both in atmosphere and design, offerin...
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Luigi and Spaghetti

DOS1992 Topo Soft
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Mighty Bomb Jack

DOS1990 Tecmo
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Thexder

DOS1987 Game Arts
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

DOS1989 Konami
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) is an arcade game released in 1989 by Konami. It is based on the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The game was initially released as a coin-operated arcade game and later adapted ...
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Zool 2

DOS1994 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
The ninja ant is back—and this time, he brought a friend. Zool 2 doubles down on the sugar-fueled mayhem of the first game with more levels, more enemies, and even more inexplicable candy-based architecture. Choose between Z...
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Inner Worlds

DOSLinux1996 Sleepless Software
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James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod

DOS1993 Millennium Interactive
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Dylan Dog: Murderers

DOS1992 Simulmondo
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Freddy Hardest

DOS1988 Dinamic Multimedia
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Karnov

DOS1987 Data East
Karnov is a classic side-scrolling action arcade game developed by Data East in 1987. The game features a unique protagonist named Jinborov Karnovski, or "Karnov", a fire-breathing, muscle-bound, bald, shirtless strongman from the...
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Disney's Tarzan

Windows XP/98/951999 Eurocom Developments
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Super Cauldron

DOS1992 Titus Interactive
Super Cauldron is a platforming game developed by Titus Interactive and released in 1993 for platforms like MS-DOS, Amiga, and Amstrad CPC. In the game, you play as a witch on a mission to restore peace to her land. Armed wit...
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Xargon

DOS1993freeware Epic MegaGames
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Jet Set Willy remake

DOS1999freewareremake
Jet Set Willy is a classic platform video game released for various home computers in the 1980s. It was developed by Matthew Smith and published by Software Projects for the ZX Spectrum in 1984. The game is the sequel to Manic Min...
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Bubble Dizzy

DOS1993 Codemasters
Dizzy the egg is back, and this time he’s underwater and floating up on bubbles because... sure, why not? Bubble Dizzy is a mix of patience, timing, and yelling “WHY DID THAT BUBBLE POP?!” at your screen. It's mo...
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McDonald Land

DOS1992 Visual Concepts Entertainment
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Pyjamarama

Windows 10/11Mac OS2004freewareremake
Pyjamarama is an abandoned action adventure game released in 2004 for Windows; it's a remake of the original Pyjamarama. The original is a classic video game developed by Mikro-Gen and first released in 1984 for 8-bit compute...
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Jump 'n Bump

DOS1998freeware Brainchild Design
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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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Shadow Knights

DOS1990 Softdisk Publishing
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Rolling Ronny

DOS1991 Starbyte Software
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Dark Ages Volume II - The Undead Kingdom

DOS1991freeware Scenerio Software
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Strider

DOS1989 Capcom
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Goody

DOS1987 Opera Soft
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Prophecy: The Viking Child

DOS1991 Imagitec Design
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Ulises

DOS1989 Opera Soft