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Platformer

Game genre theme

The player controlled character must jump and climb between platforms while avoiding obstacles.

207
games
39
platforms
Baron (BBC Micro)
Baron
BBC 1989
Yogi's Great Escape (Amstrad CPC)
Yogi's Great Escape
CPC 1990
Yogi Bear (Super Nintendo)
Yogi Bear
SNES 1994-02
A Boy and his Blob (Wii)
A Boy and his Blob
WII 2009-10-06
Captain America and the Avengers (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Captain America and the Avengers
NES 1991-07
Astal (Saturn)
Astal
SAT 1995
Torijin Sentai Jetman (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Torijin Sentai Jetman
NES 1991
Klonoa 2 : Lunatea's Veil (PlayStation 2)
Klonoa 2 : Lunatea's Veil
PS2 2001-07-24
Vs. Super Mario Bros. (Arcade)
Vs. Super Mario Bros.
ARCD 1986
Banana Prince (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Banana Prince
NES 1991-12-21
Animaniacs (Game Boy)
Animaniacs
GB 1995
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
NES 1993

The first video game about Platformer was released in 1982.

Capcom, Sega and Irem has published most of these games

See also: platformer elements

Parent groups

Action, Main game types

Child groups

Puzzle platformer, Cinematic platformer, Hop and bop, Comical Action, Metroidvania, Endless Runner, Vertical platformer, Precision platformer, Platform Hell, Turn-based platformer, Action Runner

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Platforms

NES 49
Windows 18
BBC 15
SNES 15
GB 11
GBA 9
Master System 7
Mega Drive 7
PS 5
C64 5
Arcade 5
Switch 5
PCE 4
GBC 4
MS-DOS 4
Amstrad CPC 4
ZX Spectrum 3
Linux 3
iOS 3
MSX 3
Atari ST 3
Saturn 2
Amiga 2
Mobile 2
Atari 400/800 2
Atari 2600 2
Wii 2
Game Gear 2
Famicom Disk System 1
3DS 1

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