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The most popular fixed screen 2D games

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.
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Magnetic Crane

DOS1989
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X-Fighter

DOS1987 Wordworks Software
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Bert and the Snake

DOS1983remake
In Bert and the Snake, you are Bert. And yes, there's a snake. That’s the plot. It’s a maze game from a time when naming conventions were refreshingly honest and graphics were aggressively square. You guide your little...
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Bop'N Wrestle

DOS1988protected Beam Software
If pro wrestling in the '80s had a fever dream after drinking too much neon paint, it would be called Bop'N Wrestle (1988, DOS). You play as Gorgeous Greg, who’s about as gorgeous as a punch to the face, battling an array of...
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Jump 'n Bump

DOS1998freeware Brainchild Design
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Classic Concentration

DOS1988 Softie
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Arcade Trivia Quiz

DOS1993
Think you're smart? Arcade Trivia Quiz (1993) is here to humble you with rapid-fire questions about pop culture, history, and whatever else the developers could fit on a floppy disk. It’s like playing Jeopardy! with a host w...
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Super Stardust

DOS1996 Housemarque
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Bunny Bricks

DOS1993 Silmarils
In Bunny Bricks, you play as a rabbit in sunglasses who decides that breaking bricks with a paddle and ball is the most logical response to a kidnapped pet. It's Arkanoid meets Saturday morning cartoons, complete with absurd enemi...
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Duck Hunt

DOS1995freewareremake
Duck Hunt is a faithful remake based on the original light gun game Duck Hunt published by Nintendo in 1984. Duck Hunt was a shooting gallery game with a straightforward gameplay: use your gun to shoot down ducks. If you...
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Williams Arcade Classics

DOS1995 Digital Eclipse Software
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Math Circus

DOS1993
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Designasaurus

DOS1988 Compton's NewMedia
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Rollo and the Brush Brothers

DOS1983 Windmill Software
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Poko Memorial: 18 Hole Miniature Golf

DOS1987 Gold Hill Software
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Styx

DOS1984 Windmill Software
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3d World Boxing

DOS1992 Simulmondo
Released in 1992, 3D World Boxing tried its best to bring the sweet science into the third dimension. The result is less Rocky and more “two mannequins in pajamas slap each other in a cube.” But bless its heart, it rea...
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Wordtris

DOSMac OS1991
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Zorlim's Arcade Volleyball

DOS1995freewareremake
Released in 1995 for DOS, Zorlim's Arcade Volleyball is what happens when someone decides regular volleyball isn’t chaotic enough. Picture stick figures with the agility of caffeinated spiders and a physics engine that took ...
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Oil's Well

DOS1984 Sierra On-Line
Oil's Well is an action-puzzle game released by Sierra On-Line in 1983/84. It was originally made for platforms like the Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS, but was later ported to other systems. The game is set in an...
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Enigma

DOS1996freeware Geckosoft
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PC Globe 5

DOS1987 Broderbund
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Tracon: Air Traffic Control Simulator

DOS1989 Wesson International
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Manic Miner remake

DOS1997remake
Manic Miner is a quintessential platformer game that emerged in the early 1980s, developed by Matthew Smith for the ZX Spectrum. It stands as a hallmark of the 8-bit gaming era, celebrated for its innovative design and enduring ch...
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Frogger Jr.

DOS1984
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4 Queens Computer Casino

DOS1992 Applications Plus
This 1992 casino sim for DOS drops you into the neon-soaked carpet jungle of the Four Queens Hotel in Vegas. There’s no plot, no hero’s journey - just you, a digital bankroll, and the cold, soulless eyes of the slot ma...
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Yabog

DOS1995freeware
Imagine a game where a gelatinous green creature (that may or may not be sentient chewing gum) bounces its way through logic puzzles and physics that occasionally remember gravity exists. Yabog is a DOS-era oddity that doesn't exp...
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Tracon for Windows

Windows 3.x1993 Wesson International