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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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Jumpman Lives!

DOS1991remake Apogee Software
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Electroman

DOS1992freeware xLand Games
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Pharoah's Curse

Windows 3.x1998remake
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Superfrog

DOS1994protected Team 17
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Monster Bash

DOS1993protected Apogee Software
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Gateworld

DOS1993 HomeBrew Software
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Nebulus

DOS1988 Hewson Consultants
Nebulus, also known as Tower Toppler in some regions, is a classic video game released in the 1980s. It was developed by John M. Phillips and published by Hewson Consultants. The game was initially released for various home comput...
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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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Commander Keen: Keen Dreams

DOS1992 id software
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Joust VGA

DOS1990remake
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Vynil Goddess from Mars

DOS1995 Six Pound Sledge Studios
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Santa's Xmas Caper

DOS1993 Zeppelin Games
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Bionic Commando

DOS1988 Capcom
In Bionic Commando, you're a soldier with no jumping ability—because who needs knees when you have a grappling arm? Swing through 1988 DOS architecture like a pixelated Tarzan, blasting bad guys and trying not to fall to you...
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Lone Wolf: The Mirror of Death

DOS1991 Mr. Micro
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Frankenstein

DOS1994 Junkyard
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Rolling Ronny

DOS1991 Starbyte Software
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Williams Arcade Classics

DOS1995 Digital Eclipse Software
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Extreme Shopper

Windows 3.x2000
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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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Framed

DOS1995 Machination
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Popeye 2

DOS1992 Bizarre Developments
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Fire and Ice

DOS1993 Graftgold
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Clyde's Revenge

DOS1995freeware Moonlite Software
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Earthworm Jim 2

DOS1996protected Shiny Entertainment
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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...
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Stormlord

DOS1989 Hewson Consultants
Stormlord is an abandoned DOS platform game set in a fantasy world, developed and published by Hewson Consultants in 1989 and designed by Raffaele Cecco. There was some controversy about the scantily clothed fairies in the game.
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The Last Mission

DOS1987 Opera Soft
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Livingstone 2

DOS1989 Opera Soft