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.
Elfland
Views: 4,7051992SharewareSidescrolling
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: 4,9251997FreewareSidescrolling
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
Flynn Sprint
Flynn Sprint is a game clearly inspired by Lode Runner and other similar games, but it adds its own unique gameplay … VIEW
Framed
Views: 4,4531995SharewareSidescrolling
Machination
Framed is an unusual platforming / adventure game. The story is that you have been FRAMED, and your mission is to escape … VIEW
Game With No Name
Views: 5,2371995FreewareSidescrolling
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: 6,6891995SharewareSidescrolling
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: 6,6591998FreewareSidescrolling
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
Giddy 3: The Retro Eggsperience
Views: 4,2462000FreewareSidescrolling
Phil Ruston
Although the documentation makes no reference to the Dizzy series of games by Codemasters, Giddy is clearly a clone of … VIEW
Guimo
Views: 4,4781996DemoSidescrolling
Jack in the Box Computing
Guimo is an impressive looking game which seems to have a lot of promise, but the actual gameplay is a bit lacking. In … VIEW