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.
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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

Views: 15,7581996SharewareSidescrolling One RealityNeurotech Software
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

Dark Ages

Views: 20,2121991Full versionSidescrolling Scenario SoftwareApogee Software
This game was pretty high tech back in '91. Today, Dark Ages seems a little dated, and gameplay-wise it doesn't have … VIEW

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