A rather basic jumping game. Here you play the role of a rat who must run and jump through various scenes collecting items. The graphics are not bad (nice, but not flashy), but there's no sound (besides the annoying PC speaker which can be turned off) and the gameplay isn't extremely exciting. (But hey, it's only 50k!) It also includes a simple level editor.
This is a good-looking VGA sidescrolling game with some adventure elements, as well. You're play the hero on her quest to save her one true love. The gameplay works quite well, and the graphics and SB sound effects and music are all quite good. It was made by the creator of the way cool "Quest" games, although it bears no resemblance to those games.
It's a classic! Apogee Software (who went on to publish Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, and many other famous games) created Pharaoh's Tomb first. It's a platform/puzzle game that's low on action and high on tricky jumps and movements. Poor CGA graphics and annoying PC speaker sound effects ... but it's still cool as a classic platform jumping game. (Note: You will probably need MoSlo from the Essential Utilities page to play this game at a reasonable speed ... on my computer, the game won't even run without MoSlo, it gets an error message! MoSlo seems to fix the problem somehow.)
Pickle Wars is a sidescrolling shooting, jumping and item collection game. The gameplay itself is fairly basic, the animation is a bit clunky but overall the game still plays fairly well. The graphics and sound effects are pretty average, but both are unique, as is the storyline. I didn't personally enjoy it as much as Apogee or Epic's sidescrollers, but you'll have to try it out for yourself ... its a relatively famous game.
This is the demo (ie. limited trial) version of the sequel to the classic "Prince of Persia" game. The full title of this game is "Prince of Persia: The Shadow and the Flame", and it involves more of the same running, jumping, swordfighting action that you enjoyed in the original game. Despite the nice smooth graphics, music, sound fx, and cult-like status, this game an be very annoying at times. At least for me it is. Just be warned. ;)
Realms of Chaos is a mostly unknown sidescrolling game by Apogee which is similar to their other sidescrolling games like Duke Nukem or Halloween Harry/Alien Carnage. This one has a fantasy/RPG type feel to it, although there are few RPG elements in the game other than the fact that you can switch on-the-fly between two characters, a warrior-barbarian guy and a sorceress-type girl. Overall it is another fun, solidly built Apogee sidescrolling game.
Roboman's job is to jump around various one-screen levels and pop balloons for points until he uncovers the hidden key to exit the level. The game's levels feature EGA graphics and PC speaker sound effects. The difficultly level slowly ramps up from quite simple to fairly challenging, and although the controls take some getting used to and the game is not very flashy it does have a certain ineffable charm about it.
Robomaze 2 is an EGA sidescrolling game made by MVP Software. The game involves lots of jumping and item collection, as well as some light shooting action. The story involves a robot climbing a tower to stop some sort of tyrannical dictator. The game seems decent, and it seems as though a lot of effort went into it but the gameplay is not very exciting. (Note: I was unable to get this game working properly in WinXP.)
Santaman is a jumping/shooting game that is somewhat reminiscent of Jumpman or Lode Runner. The object is to collect the various objects and kill the various enemies on each non-scrolling level. The game is a tribute to "early 80's coin-ops", and has average graphics. It plays pretty well so if you are a fan of Jumpman, give it a try. Note that to start the game press Left Ctrl key to "insert coins", then press F1 to begin!! (It also has a somewhat unique story, check the included readme file!)
Save Our Pizzas is another Copysoft game featuring their Skunny character, a squirrel of some sort. The object here is to retrieve "the recipe of the Pizza that has been stolen by the "Evil Chef Of Cadiz". Skunny must travel back in time to ancient Rome to retrieve the recipe." Sure, whatever ... the game features decent graphics as well as decent run and jump action, although there is not a lot that differentiates it from other, similar sidescrolling games.
A fun platform game from Apogee which includes a lot of gameplay value. This game uses the same engine (and some of the same gameplay devices) as Crystal Caves, also from Apogee, however this game was a bit dated (technology-wise) upon its release and was largely overlooked. Definitely recommended if you enjoy Apogee's other famous games.
Another great platform game from the author of Charlie the Duck and other "jumping" games, Sint Nicolaas involves racing against the clock to collect gingerbread cookies and presents and deliver them to the proper houses before time runs out. Many different levels and a very clean design make this game fun to play, even if it's not the Christmas season!
"Jason Storm in Space Chase" (the full title of this game) is very similar to Apogee classic sidescrolling games, especially Commander Keen. The look and feel are very similar to Commander Keen. It features clean looking EGA graphics and some interesting, maze-like levels to explore. Generally fun to play but a small step down from the best Apogee games. (Note: This game freezes for me in XP.)
If you're looking for an original game ... I think you've found it. Check out the screenshot to see for yourself (it looks stretched for some reason, but it looks normal when you play the game) ... it's a weird game, but in a good way! Despite the graphic style, the game has great animation and sound effects, and is quite fun to play. Download it when you've become bored with the ordinary. ;)
This game is as close as you could possibly get to copying Super Mario Brothers without getting slammed for copyright infringement! This is a very slickly produced running and jumping game featuring "Super Angelo" who looks suspicially like the popular Nintendo character. :) Fun game nevertheless!
Superfrog is a Sonic-inspired running & jumping game from Team 17, who are probably most famous for creating the Worms series of games. Superfrog sticks pretty closely to the Sonic formula, but it does feature nice looking crisp graphics and decent sound effects. Unfortunately the game does have some minor control issues, and thus it can be quite difficult. But probably still worth trying if you're a fan of this sort of game.
Based on the popular cat and mouse cartoon characters, Tom and Jerry is a fun sidescrolling game. It is similar to what you might find on the Nintendo NES or Super Nintendo systems. The object is to hop through the levels, throwing balls at enemies to eliminate them and get to the exits. Well made EGA graphics and decent sound effects as well as pretty tight controls will make this a fun yet challenging game for fans of sidescrolling, jumping platform action.
Based on a game called "Jet Set Willy" which originally appeared for the somewhat obscure (in North America, anyways) ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC computer platforms back in the 80's, Top Hat Willy is a decent sidescrolling games. It's definitely no match for much more polished efforts from, say, Apogee or Epic Megagames, but if you remember folding playing Jet Set Willy back in the day, give this one a go, since as far as I can tell it is a decent remake (and also includes improvements over the original.)
Troy is a simple sidescrolling/jumping game that seems more suited to kids or younger game players. It features pretty good VGA graphics and solid gameplay, but it frankly isn't very exciting. If you have young children in your home, this may be a good game for them to play, since it also features a cure dinosaur-like lead character ("Troy").
A cool platform game, seemingly based on the Jill of the Jungle engine from Epic Megagames. It plays in basically the same way, so if you liked Jill, you'll probably like this one. Nice graphics, scrolling levels, SB sound effects and music. Good stuff!
Back in 1985, when this game was released, it was probably quite decent. Today it seems very, very dated. The "graphics" (actually edited ASCII characters) are very bland and so is its gameplay. However this game will probably bring back memories for a lot of people, and is important historically as a very early game distributed on the shareware (or "donation") concept. Interesting historically but not really as a game.
A side-scrolling adventure game from Epic, it looks like it uses a modified version of the same engine as Jill of the Jungle. Nice VGA graphics, mostly solid control (it can feel a bit "heavy" at times) and SoundBlaster sound effects. There's even something of a plotline to the game. If you liked Jill, download this one.
Zipman 3 (no idea if episodes 1-2 ever were released) has the germ of a good game (decent sprite-based graphics and presentation) but some technical problems hamper it a bit. Your tiny character controls a bit erratically, as does the camera which does not scroll smoothly as you move forward. Those problems, combined with the "one hit game over" problem (as in start the whole GAME over, not just the level) cause this one to be an intriguing but unfulfilling game.
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