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.
Electroman
Originally published in Poland under the name "Electro Body", this is one of the games that Epic Megagames (in their … VIEW
Elfland
Views: 6661992SharewareSidescrolling
Bog Turtle Games
Elfland is a neat little EGA platform game, seemingly inspired by games like Captain Comic and Commander Keen; it looks … VIEW
Fantastic Roboworld
Views: 7791997FreewareSidescrolling
Pegtop Entertainment
Fantastic Roboworld is a game which appears at first to be quite simple, but it has, in addition to its tremendous … VIEW
Fire & Ice
A VGA run'n'jumper with nice graphics and a neat premise: You ("Cool Coyote"?) throw ice balls at enemies to freeze … VIEW
Framed
Views: 5411995SharewareSidescrolling
Machination
Framed is an unusual sidescrolling / adventure game. The story is that you have been FRAMED, and your mission is to … VIEW
Game With No Name
Views: 5761995FreewareSidescrolling
Darren Heaton
This is a quite interesting and unique text-mode game. (That is, a game created using only the ASCII character set.) … VIEW
Gateworld
Views: 7291995SharewareSidescrolling
Homebrew Software
My first thought when playing this game was "Alright! It looks like Duke Nukem!". GateWorld has undoubtedly been largely … VIEW
Giana Sisters 32k
Views: 7451998FreewareSidescrolling
Rainer Sinsch
Giana Sisters was apparently a popular game on the Commodore64 computer, and it was also fan-ported to PCs so the game … VIEW
Happyland Adventures
Views: 8172000FreewareSidescrolling
Free Lunch Design
With nice looking graphics and fun sound effects/music, this game is quite enjoyable to play. The object is to collect … VIEW
Heros: The Sanguine Seven
Views: 5621993FreewareSidescrolling
Jeffrey Fullerton
Yup, that's "Heros", not "Heroes" ... the full title is sometimes also written "Heros, A Super Hero Platform Game." … VIEW
