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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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Rad Warrior

DOS1986 Palace Software
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Sleepwalker

DOS1993protected CTA Developments
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Lone Wolf: The Mirror of Death

DOS1991 Mr. Micro
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MicroMan

Windows 3.x1993freeware
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Auf Wiedersehen Monty

Windows XP/98/952001remake
In Auf Wiedersehen Monty, our favorite marsupial is back, and this time he's taking a very pixelated Eurotrip. Released for Windows XP in 2001, it's a nostalgia-fueled platformer t...
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Fire and Ice

DOS1993 Graftgold
Don’t let the elemental title fool you—Fire and Ice is less about epic fantasy and more about precise platforming wrapped in charming visuals. It’s colorful and d...
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Giana Family

Windows XP/98/951998
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Williams Arcade Classics

DOS1995 Digital Eclipse Software
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Clyde's Revenge

DOS1995freeware Moonlite Software
Clyde is back—and this time, he's mad. Clyde's Revenge brings more levels, more traps, and slightly less mercy. Everything’s cranked up: the challenge, the mazes, the p...
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Baby Joe in: Going Home

DOS1991 Loriciels
In 1991, DOS gamers were treated to the weirdest parenting simulator ever: Baby Joe in: Going Home. You play as Baby Joe, an infant inexplicably left to crawl through caves, forest...
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Realms of Chaos

DOSMac OSLinux1995protected Apogee Software
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Aldo Again

DOS1989remake
Aldo Again (1989) is the platformer that dares to say, “Hey, what if Donkey Kong but with 100% more confusion?” You play as Aldo, a mustachioed man of mystery (and ques...
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Crystal Caves

DOS1991protected Apogee Software
Crystal Caves is a bright, cheerful platformer starring Mylo Steamwitz, an entrepreneur whose business plan involves raiding dangerous alien caves for profit. The levels are full o...
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The Last Mission

DOS1987 Opera Soft
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DJ Puff

DOS1993 Codemasters
You probably didn’t know you needed a game about a rapping, music-spinning dragon, but DJ Puff fills that oddly specific void. Released in 1993 for DOS, this platformer featu...
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Demon Blue

DOS1992 Hirographics
In this 1992 platformer, you control a small, shaggy blue demon navigating a dungeon filled with enemies. Jump, dodge, and collect items as you progress through levels. It's like p...
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Framed

DOS1995 Machination
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Jump 'n Bump

DOS1998freeware Brainchild Design
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Jazz Jackrabbit Holiday Hare

DOS1994protected Epic MegaGames
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Night Hunter

DOS1988 UBI Soft
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Hard Hat Mack

DOS1984
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Iron Blood

DOS1996 Family Production
Iron Blood (1996, DOS) is the kind of fighting game that makes you wonder if robots really need martial arts lessons. The story is wafer-thin—something about futuristic warri...
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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...
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Livingstone 2

DOS1989 Opera Soft
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Pharoah's Curse

Windows 3.x1998remake
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Extreme Shopper

Windows 3.x2000
Released in 2000, Extreme Shopper is one of those games that sounds like a joke—until you realize it fully commits to the premise. You play as a shopper navigating a chaotic ...