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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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Fantasy World Dizzy

DOS19914.1/5 Codemasters
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Luigi and Spaghetti

DOS19923.8/5 Topo Soft
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Manic Miner remake

DOS1997remake3.8/5
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Tom and Jerry

DOS19934.2/5
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Cosmo's Cosmic Adventures

DOS1992protected4.1/5 Apogee Software
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Earthworm Jim 2

DOS1996protected4.4/5 Shiny Entertainment
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Fire and Ice

DOS19934.1/5 Graftgold
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Bomb Jack

DOS19844.5/5 Tecmo
Bomb Jack is a classic arcade platform game developed and published by Tecmo in 1984. The goal of the game is to collect bombs while avoiding enemies; the whole game takes place in a fixed screen. Bomb Jack for DOS is a conversion from the arcade original version. The arcade and the conversions were a huge commercial success.
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Realms of Chaos

DOSMacLinux1995protected4/5 Apogee Software
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Dark Ages Volume III - Dungeons of Doom

DOS1991freeware3.9/5 Scenerio Software
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Jumpman Lives!

DOS1991remake4/5 Apogee Software
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Beethoven 2

DOS19933.1/5 Rozner Labs Software Group
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Hard Hat Mack

DOS19843.8/5
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Onslaught

DOS19904/5 Arc Developments
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Bubble Dizzy

DOS19933.7/5 Codemasters
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Finders Keepers

Windows2007remake3/5
Finders Keepers is an abandoned free platformer game with a medieval setting. It's a remake of the original Finders Keepers, developed by David Jones and released by Mastertronic in 1985 for a number of 8 bit platforms (C64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC).
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Frankenstein

DOS19944.1/5 Junkyard
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Pharoah's Curse

Windows 3.x1998remake3.8/5
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Livingstone 2

DOS19893.9/5 Opera Soft
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Electroman

DOS1992freeware3.3/5 xLand Games
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Iron Blood

DOS19964.1/5 Family Production
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Superman: The Man of Steel

DOS19892.7/5 Tynesoft Computer Software
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Dangerous Dave: Dave Goes Nutz!

DOS1995protected3.3/5 Softdisk Publishing
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Demon Blue

DOS19924/5 Hirographics
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The Cool Croc Twins

DOS19923.9/5 Arcade Masters
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Shadow Knights

DOS19903.7/5 Softdisk Publishing
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Santa's Xmas Caper

DOS19933.4/5 Zeppelin Games
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Sleepwalker

DOS1993protected3.9/5 CTA Developments
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McDonald Land

DOS19923.7/5 Visual Concepts Entertainment