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Platformer

Game genre theme

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

237
games
39
platforms
Bounce Tales (Mobile phone)
Bounce Tales
MOB 2008
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters (Game Boy)
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
GB 1992
Alfred Chicken (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Alfred Chicken
NES 1993
Atlantis no Nazo (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Atlantis no Nazo
NES 1986-04-17
Burger King! (BBC Micro)
Burger King!
BBC 1985-09
Chuckie Egg (Commodore 64)
Chuckie Egg
C64 1984
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers 2 (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers 2
NES 1993
Animorphs: Shattered Reality (PlayStation)
Animorphs: Shattered Reality
PS1 2000-11-20
Flicky (Mega Drive)
Flicky
GEN 1991-05-01
Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja (Super Nintendo)
Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja
SNES 1991
Ascent of Kings (Nintendo 3DS)
Ascent of Kings
3DS 2015-10-22
Bronkie Health Hero (Super Nintendo)
Bronkie Health Hero
SNES 1994-03

The first video game about Platformer was released in 1982.

Sega, Capcom and Hudson 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

compare with these groups

Platforms

NES 51
SNES 20
Windows 19
BBC 16
GB 11
Mega Drive 11
GBA 9
ZX Spectrum 9
Game Gear 7
Master System 7
C64 5
Arcade 5
GBC 5
Switch 5
PS 5
MSX 4
Atari 400/800 4
MS-DOS 4
Amstrad CPC 4
PCE 4
Linux 3
Wii 3
iOS 3
Atari ST 3
Amiga 2
Mobile 2
Atari 2600 2
3DS 2
Saturn 2
Nintendo DS 1

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Popular tags

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