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Fixed screen 2D, games with no scrolling sorted by release date

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.
puzznic-2

Puzznic

DOS1990 Taito
Puzznic is a tile-matching puzzle video game originally developed and published by Taito in 1989 for arcade systems. The goal of Puzznic is to clear a series of levels by aligning matching tiles (blocks) to make them disappear. When two or more identical tiles touch, they vanish. Puzznic was ported to various platforms, including:NES, Gam...
shangai2-01

Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye

Windows 3.xMac OS1990 Activision
stratego-02

Stratego

DOS1990 Accolade
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Tank Wars

DOS1990
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Tetris 2.0

Windows XP/98/951990 AcademySoft
harmony-03

The Game of Harmony

DOS1990 The Assembly Line
tracon2-02

Tracon 2

DOS1990 Wesson International
trog-04

Trog

DOS1990 Midway Manufacturing Company
aldo3-03

Aldo's Assault

DOS1991
armada2525-02

Armada 2525

DOS1991
bananoid-1

Bananoid

DOS1991freewareremake Banana Development
bomb-run-02

Bomb Run

DOS1991 PC Solutions
gobliiins-3

Gobliiins

DOSMac OS1991protected Coktel Vision
Gobliiins is a peculiar adventure game designed by Pierre Gilhodes, developed by French company Coktel Vision and released by Sierra On-Line in 1991 for DOS, Mac, Amiga and Atari ST. In Gobliiins, you control multiple goblins and you must find a way to progress to the next area by solving typical adventure puzzles. The story is almost non-exis...
jumpman-lives-03

Jumpman Lives!

DOS1991remake Apogee Software
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Lexi-Cross

DOS1991 Platinumware
Lexi-Cross is an abandoned science fiction tv show-styled puzzle game. Lexi-Cross was developed by Platinumware and released for DOS by Interplay Productions in 1991. The gameplay is a turn-based mix between Scrabble and Wheel of fortune with elements of Battleship.
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Paganitzu

DOS1991protected Apogee Software
Paganitzu is a classic puzzle-adventure game released in 1991 by Apogee Software. Set in an ancient pyramid, the game follows the exploits of its protagonist, Alabama Smith, who must navigate through a series of increasingly complex rooms filled with traps, puzzles, and enemies. The game is divided into three episodes, each one unraveling more of t...
gorilla-bas-01

QBasic Gorillas

DOS1991freeware Microsoft
Gorillas, also known as "Gorillas.bas," is a turn-based artillery game that was included as a sample program with Microsoft QBasic, an IDE and interpreter for a variant of the BASIC programming language. QBasic was commonly bundled with MS-DOS and early versions of Windows during the early 1990s. The goal of "Gorillas" is to hit the ...
nibbles-bas-03

QBasic Nibbles

DOS1991freeware Microsoft
rodent-revenge-01

Rodent's Revenge

Windows 3.x1991 Microsoft
Rodent's Revenge is a puzzle video game originally released in 1991 as part of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows. Developed by Christopher Lee Fraley, the game is simple, with gameplay revolving around a small mouse character attempting to outwit cats by trapping them using movable blocks. The primary goal is to trap the cats by pus...
scorched-earth-05

Scorched Earth

DOS1991protected
sherlock-splash

Sherlock: The Game of Logic

DOS1991protected Everett Kaser Software
supertetris-3

Super Tetris

DOS1991 Sphere
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Taito's Super Space Invaders

DOS1991 Taito
Super Space Invaders is a video game developed and published by Taito Corporation, released in 1991. It's a sequel to the classic arcade game Space Invaders, which was originally released in 1978 and is one of the most iconic video games of all time.In Super Space Invaders, the core gameplay mechanics remain similar to the original Space Invaders, ...
tristanpinball-splash

Tristan Pinball

DOS1991 Littlewing
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Trump Castle 2

DOS1991 Brian A. Rice
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Volfied

DOS1991 Taito
Volfied is an arcade game developed and released by Taito Corporation in 1989. It's a puzzle game that gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The game is named after the fictional planet "Volfied", where the gameplay is set.In Volfied, players control a small spaceship called "Challenger" and must eliminate 80% or more of the playfiel...
wordtris-01

Wordtris

DOSMac OS1991
3d-world-boxing-04

3d World Boxing

DOS1992 Simulmondo