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.

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IBM Centipede

DOS19833.6/5 IBM

J-Bird

DOS1983remake4.1/5 Orion Software

Lode Runner

DOSMac OS19834.3/5 Broderbund

Lode Runner is a classic video game that was first created by Douglas E. Smith in 1983. Originally, Lode Runner was developed for the Apple II, and later versions were released for various other platforms, including DOS, the Commodore 64, Atari, and others.In Lode Runner, the player controls a character who must navigate through levels filled with ...

Mine Shaft

DOS19834.1/5 Sierra On-Line

Pac-Man

DOS19834.7/5 Namco

Pac-Man is a classic arcade game created by Namco and first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. It was later released in North America by Midway Games. The game was designed by Toru Iwatani and has become one of the most famous and influential video games of all time. The main goal of Pac-Man is to navigate a maze, eating all the pac-dots (smal...

Pack-Man

DOS1983remake3.5/5 Magicom Multimedia

Pango

DOS1983remake4/5

Robotron 2084

DOS19833.9/5 Williams Entertainment

Rollo and the Brush Brothers

DOS19833.6/5 Windmill Software

Space Commanders

DOS1983remake3.8/5 Columbia Data Products

Alley Cat

DOS19844.3/5 Synapse Software

Alley Cat is a platform game released by Synapse Software in 1984. In Alley Cat, the player controls a cat named Freddy, who navigates an alley and various apartments in search of food and adventure. Freddy earns points by completing tasks in the apartment screens. The ultimate goal is to reach and successfully court the female cat, Felic...

Archon: the Light and the Dark

DOS19844.2/5 Free Fall Associates

Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...

Bouncing Babies

DOS19843.6/5

David's Kong

DOS1984remake3.3/5

Devastator

DOS19843.4/5 COMPUTE! Publications

Encounter

DOS19843.5/5

Frogger Jr.

DOS19843.6/5

Gremlins

DOS19842.8/5 Atari

Hard Hat Mack

DOS19844/5

Janitor Joe

DOS19843/5

Jumpman

DOS19844/5 Epyx

Montezuma's Revenge

DOS19844.2/5 Parker Brothers

Ms. Pac-Man

DOS19843.9/5 Atarisoft

Ms. Pac-Man is a classic arcade game released by Midway in 1982 (1984 for DOS) as a follow-up to the original Pac-Man (1980), developed by Namco. While its core gameplay is similar - navigating a maze, eating dots, and avoiding ghosts - there are key differences. Ms. Pac-Man features four distinct maze designs, moving bonus fruits, and mo...

Nerm of Bemer

DOS19843.3/5 COMPUTE! Publications

Oil's Well

DOS19843.4/5 Sierra On-Line

Pong v.2.1 clone

DOS19843.9/5

Q*Bert

DOS19843.9/5 Parker Brothers

Q*bert is a classic arcade game that was created by Warren Davis and Jeff Lee and was released by Gottlieb in 1982. The main goal of Qbert is to change the color of every cube in a pyramid by having the character, Qbert, hop on each cube. Once all cubes have changed to the target color, the player advances to the next level. Various ...