Moving platforms

Other (objects, etc.) entity

Features inexplicable platforms - that either float or are attached to some background machinery - which move up and down, left and right, and the player is required to jump from one to the other.

300

games

platforms

Alternate name: Floating platforms

Magicka: The Stars are Left

WIN 2011-11-30

Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair

GEN 1990-12-22

NES 1986-11-26

ARCD 1982

LIN 2013

LIN 1999

C64 1987

WIN 2009-07-02

LIN 2015-03-10

Australo Piticus Mechanicus

OCS 1988

Doritos Crash Course

X360 2010-12-08

Timing the jumps is often important factor. Missing a jump often involves death or having to backtrack significant distance of the level before they can attempt it again. Common feature in platformers.

Parent group

Platformer elements

Games by year

The first Moving platforms video game was released in 1982.

Sega, ASCII and Konami published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux		59
NES		45
Windows		33
PC Engine		13
Mac OS X		11
Famicom Disk System		8
Amiga		8
C64		8
PS3		7
X360		7
GB		7
Atari ST		6
MS-DOS		6
ZX Spectrum		6
Atari 400/800		5
Mega Drive		5
Arcade		4
Amstrad CPC		4
MSX		3
Tandy Coco		3
Switch		3
Master System		3
PS Vita		2
Tatung Einstein		2
BSD		2
PC Engine CD		2
MICRO 7 - FM7		2
Neo-Geo		2
SNES		2
NEC PC6001		2

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