Category description: Today more often referred to as a "platformer" or "platform game", Super Mario inspired countless other games where the primary mechanic involves running, jumping, and sometimes even flying around the levels. Commander Keen, the unofficial mascot of the site, was an early example on the PC.
Moraff's Escapade
Views: 5,8351991SharewareSidescrolling
MoraffWare
Moraff's Escapade is a Lode Runner variant, with possibly some inspiration from Jumpman and other similar DOS games. … VIEW
Mutant Earth
Views: 12,6281997SharewareSidescrolling
RocSoft
Mutant Earth is a game that clearly takes inspiration from popular shareware platformers, perhaps most notably Duke … VIEW
Mysterious Worlds
Views: 8,6791991FreewareSidescrolling
MC Publications
Mysterious Worlds is a DOS port of a game that was given away on a disk included with the Amiga Fun magazine. It is … VIEW
NanoTech
Views: 1,3191995FreewareSidescrolling
Sean Lane Fuller
Nanotech is an interesting 3D platforming game where the object is to traverse each small level and crash into a … VIEW
Ninja
Views: 4,3371986SharewareSidescrolling
Robert Kemmetmueller
Ninja is a very early CGA platforming game. You are a ninja, and must defeat all of the "black-belt karate fighters" who … VIEW
No-Pity Island
Views: 5,2341997FreewareSidescrolling
Popsy Team
No-Pity Island is what I'll call a "strategic platforming game". It's done in textmode, and as such your player (drawn … VIEW
Numjump
Views: 11,6612017FreewareSidescrolling
Daniel Remar
Numjump is a short and simple but interesting platforming / puzzle game. It uses simple ASCII characters in text mode … VIEW
Oozes
Views: 4,9692006FreewareSidescrolling
Regis Locas
Oozes is a game made in QuickBasic that features stiff controls, but somehow feels like it has redeeming value. The goal … VIEW
Orion Odyssey and the Search for the Magic Ankh
Views: 9,9021991SharewareSidescrolling
Billy Dalrymple
Orion Odyssey is a platforming game which seems to be heavily influenced by Captain Comic which was released only a few … VIEW
OSBIT
Views: 3,9371988SharewareSidescrolling
STD Research
OSBIT is a platforming game, but only in a loose sense that would've been applicable back in 1988. Your goal is to … VIEW
