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Vertical platformer

Game genre theme

A platforming sub-genre where player traverses mainly vertically up or down, often scaling a tower or similar.

77
games
40
platforms
Nebulus (Amiga OCS)
Nebulus
OCS 1988
Flip-it & Magnose: Water Carriers from Mars (Atari ST)
Flip-it & Magnose: Water Carriers from Mars
ST 1990
Mr. Driller 2 (Game Boy Advance)
Mr. Driller 2
GBA 2001-03-21
Baluba-louk no Densetsu (Arcade)
Baluba-louk no Densetsu
ARCD 1986
Mr Driller: Drill Spirits (Nintendo DS)
Mr Driller: Drill Spirits
NDS 2004-11-30
Castelian (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Castelian
NES 1991
Tower Toppler (Atari 400/800)
Tower Toppler
A800 1988
Rainbow Islands (Amstrad CPC)
Rainbow Islands
CPC 1990
Bubble Bobble (Arcade)
Bubble Bobble
ARCD 1986
Rainbow Islands: Putty's Party (WonderSwan)
Rainbow Islands: Putty's Party
WS 2000
Tower Toppler (Linux)
Tower Toppler
LIN ? *
Rainbow Islands (Arcade)
Rainbow Islands
ARCD 1987
Not to be confused with Comical Action genre which usually involves a screen locked scenes where each level change involves a transition up or down.

Popular tags

comicalaction

Parent group

Platformer

Games by year

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The first Vertical platformer video game was released in 1982.

Namco, Hewson and Sega published most of these games.

Platforms

Arcade 13
NES 5
iOS 4
Amiga 4
Atari ST 4
Android 3
GBA 3
PS 2
Windows 2
Nintendo DS 2
ZX Spectrum 2
C64 2
GBC 2
Amstrad CPC 2
Linux 2
Atari 7800 1
GameCube 1
OS/2 1
BeOS 1
Atari 400/800 1
Wii 1
Dreamcast 1
X360 1
Famicom Disk System 1
GB 1
Flash 1
Master System 1
WonderSwan Color 1
Mega Drive 1
NEC PC8801 1

Most common companies

Namco11
Hewson7
Sega6
Ocean6
Taito6
Stirfire Studios4
Nintendo4
Image Works2
Namco Bandai Games2
Adult Swim Games2