Platformers: jumping and running sorted by release date

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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Kangaroo

DOS19823/5
Alley Cat

DOS19844.3/5 Synapse Software

Alley Cat is an arcade platform game designed by Bill Williams, developed by Synapse and released for IBM in 1984. As a cat, your goal is to jump around the neighborhood, enter apartments - each being a mini-game - to find your lost loved one.
Below The Root

DOS19843.7/5 Dale Disharoon, Inc.

Below the root is an atipycal early 2 dimensional adventure game based on the Zilpha Keatley Snyder novels: the Green Sky Trilogy. The player can choose one of many characters, each with different skills and embark in a quest to eliminate the distrust between two races: the Erdling and the Kindar.
Bomb Jack

DOS19844.5/5 Tecmo

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 whole game takes place in a fixed screen. Bomb Jack for DOS is a conversion from the arcade original version. The arcade and the conversions were a huge commercial success.
Hard Hat Mack

DOS19844.1/5
Janitor Joe

DOS19843/5
Jumpman

DOS19844/5 Epyx
Montezuma's Revenge

DOS19844.3/5 Parker Brothers
Antarctic Adventure

DOS19863.6/5 Konami
Rad Warrior

DOS19863.8/5 Palace Software
Airball

DOS19873.3/5 MicroDeal
Aldo's Adventure

DOS1987remake3.8/5 Yahoo Software
Dark Castle

DOS19873.7/5 Silicon Beach Software
Dizzy

DOS19874.1/5 Codemasters
Goody

DOS19873.7/5 Opera Soft
Karnov

DOS19873.3/5 Data East
The Great Giana Sisters

DOS1987remake4/5
The Last Mission

DOS19873.7/5 Opera Soft
Thexder

DOS19873.6/5 Game Arts
Bionic Commando

DOS19883/5 Capcom
Freddy Hardest

DOS19883.6/5 Dinamic Multimedia
Game Over

DOS19882.9/5 Dinamic Multimedia

Game Over is an abandoned side scrolling shooter/platform game designed by Ignacio Ruiz Tejedor, Pedro Sudón Aguilar, developed and released by Dinamic Multimedia in 1988 for DOS. Game Over isn't exactly one of the best games ever made... be prepared for clunky controls and repetitive level design that may test your patience.
Impossible Mission 2

DOS19884.3/5 Novotrade Software
Nebulus

DOS19884.1/5 Hewson Consultants
Night Hunter

DOS19883.8/5 UBI Soft
Starquake

DOS19884/5 Bubble Bus Software

Starquake is a weird DOS science fiction platform game developed by Bubble Bus Software in 1988 and designed by Stephen Crow and Dave Collins. The Commodore 64 version boasts a wonderful soundtrack. Unfortunately, the PC version comes with CGA graphics and no soundtrack.
Aldo Again

DOS1989remake3.8/5
Artura

DOS19893.2/5 Arcadia Systems
Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior

DOS19893.9/5 Psygnosis
Eye of Horus

DOS19894.1/5 Denton Designs