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Platformer

Game genre theme

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

438
games
48
platforms
Kwasimodo (Amiga OCS)
Kwasimodo
OCS 1987
The New Zealand Story (FM Towns)
The New Zealand Story
FMT 1989
Felix the Cat (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Felix the Cat
NES 1992-10
Costa Capers (ZX Spectrum)
Costa Capers
SPC 1985
Creatures (Commodore 64)
Creatures
C64 1990
The New Zealand Story (Arcade)
The New Zealand Story
ARCD 1988
Raider of the Cursed Mine (ZX Spectrum)
Raider of the Cursed Mine
SPC 1983
The New Zealand Story (Commodore 64)
The New Zealand Story
C64 1989
Costa Capers (Amstrad CPC)
Costa Capers
CPC 1986
Saiyuuki World (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Saiyuuki World
NES 1988-11-11
Pac-Land (Amiga OCS)
Pac-Land
OCS 1989
Phantomas II (Amstrad CPC)
Phantomas II
CPC 1986

The first video game about Platformer was released in 1982.

Sega, Capcom and Gremlin Graphics 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 64
ZX Spectrum 30
C64 30
Windows 25
SNES 25
Amiga 24
Atari ST 23
Amstrad CPC 20
GB 17
BBC 17
Mega Drive 16
Switch 12
GBA 11
PCE 10
MS-DOS 9
Game Gear 9
Master System 9
Arcade 8
MSX 7
Atari 400/800 7
GBC 7
PS 5
Atari 2600 4
APF 4
Linux 4
Wii 4
C16/Plus4 3
iOS 3
PS4 3
X68000 2

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