Abandonware DOS title

Platformers: jumping and running

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.

Most popular platform games

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Abuse

DOSLinuxMac OS1995freeware Crack dot Com
The year is 1995, and Abuse brings us one of the slickest, darkest run-and-gun shooters ever to crawl out of a DOS/Linux/Mac basement. You play a guy in prison for a crime he didn’t commit (sure, pal), armed to the teeth and mowing down mutants like it’s casual Friday. It’s gritty, fast, and has mouse aiming — in 1995! That ...
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Airball

DOS1987 MicroDeal
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Aldo Again

DOS1989remake
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Aldo's Adventure

DOS1987remake
Aldo’s Adventure is what you get when someone squints at Donkey Kong and decides to remake it after four cups of coffee and a long nap. You play Aldo, a brave little guy whose hobbies include climbing platforms, dodging hazards, and falling in love with repetitive music. The levels are simple, the enemies look like they're made of leftover pi...
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Aldo's Assault

DOS1991
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Alley Cat

DOS1984 Synapse Software
You are a cat. Not a cool panther or a mystical tiger. Just a good old alley cat trying to make it through a day full of brooms, angry dogs, and questionable fish. Alley Cat is a fever dream of a platformer, where you leap between windows, break into people’s homes, and participate in strange mini-games like mouse catching and goldfish steali...
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Alpha Waves

DOS1990 Infogrames
Alpha Waves is what happens when someone programs a 3D platformer using only triangles and pure imagination. You bounce. That’s it. You bounce through abstract levels that look like a geometry teacher’s daydream, all while calming music lulls you into a weird sense of floating peace. It is part game, part meditation session, and entirel...
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Another World

DOS1991protected Delphine software
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Antarctic Adventure

DOS1986 Konami
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Arctic Adventure

DOS1991 Apogee Software
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Ardentryst

Windows 10/11Linux2009
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Artura

DOS1989 Arcadia Systems
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Asterix and Obelix

DOS1996 Infogrames
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Auf Wiedersehen Monty

Windows XP/98/952001remake
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Baby Joe in: Going Home

DOS1991 Loriciels
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Bagman

Windows 10/112013freewareremake
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Barbie

DOS1992 Imagineering Inc.
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Beethoven 2

DOS1993 Rozner Labs Software Group
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Below The Root

DOS1984 Dale Disharoon, Inc.
Based on a book series almost nobody remembers, Below The Root drops you into a serene world of treehouses, talking children, and deeply philosophical moral choices. Combat does not exist. Instead, you explore, read minds, and try to resolve conflicts by being kind and empathetic. It is like if Mr. Rogers made a fantasy adventure. The game has more...
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Beverly Hills Cop

DOS1990 Tynesoft Computer Software
The Beverly Hills Cop video game by Tynesoft is an action-adventure game based on the popular film franchise starring Eddie Murphy. It was released in 1990 for various home computer platforms, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.In the game, players take on the role of Axel Foley, the wise-cracking detective played by Murphy in...
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Bio Menace Episode 1: Dr. Mangle's Lab

DOS1993freeware Apogee Software
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Bio Menace Episode 2: The Hidden Lab

DOS1993freeware Apogee Software
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Bio Menace Episode 3: Master Cain

DOS1993freeware Apogee Software
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Bionic Commando

DOS1988 Capcom
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Blackthorne

DOS1994 Blizzard Entertainment
Blackthorne is a sci-fi / fantasy abandoned action platform game designed by Ronald Millar, developed by Blizzard Entertainment (yes, the creators of Diablo and World of Warcraft) and was released by Interplay Productions in 1994 for DOS and Mac. Blackthorne was also published for SNES, Sega 32X, Game Boy Advance and other systems.
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Bomb Jack remake

DOS2002remake
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 entire game takes place on a fixed screen. This version of Bomb Jack for DOS is a faithful remake of the original arcade version.
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Bubble Dizzy

DOS1993 Codemasters
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Bubble Pop

DOS1997 Software of Sweden
Bubble Pop by Software of Sweden is a platform game that follows the classic bubble-popping mechanics similar to other popular games in the genre (Bubble Bobble...). Bubble Pop was published in 1997 by Webfoot Technologies for DOS only.
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Bumpy's Arcade Fantasy

DOS1992 Loriciels