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.
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Views: 34,3301992Shareware (Full version available)Sidescrolling
Apogee Software
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure is one of Apogee's great EGA sidescrollers. Having been apparently abandoned by his parents, … VIEW
Crazy Drake
Crazy Drake is a duck / superhero who clearly is aspiring to be Earthworm Jim. The SNES / Genesis game starring an … VIEW
Crazy Sue
Views: 11,0441991FreewareSidescrolling
MC Publications
Crazy Sue is a platforming game, which is a conversion (apparently for a German magazine in the early 90's) of an Amiga … VIEW
Crystal Caves
Views: 29,7961990Shareware (Full version available)Sidescrolling
Apogee Software
An interesting (although in many ways average) EGA sidescroller created by Apogee right around the same time as the … VIEW
Crystal Jane
Views: 8,8742004FreewareSidescrolling
Upr00ted Tree Software
This platforming game is as basic as it gets. It seems like a "first game" sort of project that, while incredibly … VIEW
Cukeland Adventure
Views: 6,4531994FreewareSidescrolling
Hugo Windisch
Cukeland Adventure is a virtually unknown EGA platforming game with decent graphics and controls. Its design is a bit … VIEW
Cyril Cyberpunk aka Cyberboard Kid
Views: 12,8631996SharewareSidescrolling
Reality Studios
Cyril Cyberpunk (aka Cyberboard Kid in some areas) is a platforming game along the lines of mid/late 90's platformers … VIEW
Dangerous Dave
Before creating Keen, Wolfenstein, and Doom, John Romero was programming small games for SoftDisk, which back then … VIEW
Dangerous Dave in Copyright Infringement
Views: 7,1251990FreewareSidescrolling
John Carmack & Tom Hall
This is not so much a game as it is a tech demo, but what a tech demo it was back in 1990. Future id Software superstar … VIEW
