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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
Babel no Tou (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Babel no Tou
NES 1986-07-18
Ice Climber (Famicom Disk System)
Ice Climber
FDSY 1988-11-18
Tower Toppler (GP2X-F100)
Tower Toppler
GP2X ? *
Castelian (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Castelian
NES 1991
Mr. Driller 2 (Game Boy Advance)
Mr. Driller 2
GBA 2001-03-21
Nebulus (Amiga OCS)
Nebulus
OCS 1988
Nebulus (Atari ST)
Nebulus
ST 1988
Rainbow Islands Extra Version (Mega Drive)
Rainbow Islands Extra Version
GEN 1990-10-05
Mr. Driller: Drill Land (GameCube)
Mr. Driller: Drill Land
GC 2002
Bomb Jack (Arcade)
Bomb Jack
ARCD 1984
Flip-it & Magnose: Water Carriers from Mars (Atari ST)
Flip-it & Magnose: Water Carriers from Mars
ST 1990
Classic NES: Ice Climber (Game Boy Advance)
Classic NES: Ice Climber
GBA 2004-02-14
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 Taito published most of these games.

Platforms

Arcade 13
NES 5
Amiga 4
Atari ST 4
iOS 4
Android 3
GBA 3
ZX Spectrum 2
C64 2
GBC 2
Amstrad CPC 2
Linux 2
PS 2
Windows 2
Nintendo DS 2
Master System 1
WonderSwan Color 1
Mega Drive 1
NEC PC8801 1
Mac OS X 1
Archimedes 1
Mobile 1
CD-I 1
Sharp X1 1
Apple II E 1
WonderSwan 1
MS-DOS 1
Enterprise 1
GP2X 1
Atari 7800 1

Most common companies

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