Platform
Description
Platform games (platformers) are action games in which the playfield is set up as a series of planes (floors, levels, or platforms) for the player to navigate.
Platform games often involve combat, but include additional challenges by making navigation hazardous. Often the challenges of overcoming environmental dangers surpass those posed by combat. The player character is usually required to jump over gaps and damaging areas, or to access a different platform. In many platform games the player character is very vulnerable and can die easily from falling damage, environmental traps, or enemy attacks.
Early platform games (e.g.
Donkey Kong) were confined to one screen and required the player character to climb in order to reach higher platforms. Later platformers, popularized by
Super Mario Bros., began to focus on traversing side-scrolling levels, often within an allotted time limit, fending off upcoming enemies and jumping. This style, commonly referred to as
jump-and-run, has preserved itself in many later platformers as well.
Other platform games, such as
Prince of Persia, emphasize exploration, combat, and problem-solving in addition to the usual platform challenges. Such games have become known as
cinematic platformers. This style has had a considerable influence on many 3D platformers (e.g. later
Prince of Persia games,
ICO, etc.), which incorporate extensive puzzle-solving.
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Game Boy (1993) In The Flintstones: King Rock Treasure Island, Fred Flintstone finds a treasure map during work. In order to find said... |
Genesis (1993) This is a platform game based on the famous Flintstones series. The game features many original Flintstones characters, such as... |
Game Boy (1994) In The Flintstones you play as Fred trying to save Pebbles and Bam Bam from the antagonist Cliff Vandercave. Features... |
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NES (1991) The Flintstones and the Rubbles were enjoying a fine day when suddenly, someone from the future called Dr. Butler arrived... |
NES (1994) Fred and Barney are searching for their children, Pebbles and Bam-Bam who got lost. When they finally find them, a... |
SNES (1994) The Great Poobah has retired and is looking for a successor. Since there are so many candidates, it is decided... |
Amiga (1990) and Atari ST (1990) Flip-it & Magnose, the title characters of this action game with strong puzzle elements, live on Mars. Unfortunately the planet... |
Wii (2010) Flip's Twisted World is a 3D puzzle platformer for the Wii, inspired by the "Relativity" lithograph by M. C. Escher.... |
Windows (2008) Floating Islands Game is a puzzle game, similar to Lemmings. The game centers around a "brainless, green clothed guy" who... |
PlayStation (1996) In the world of Floating Runner, its populace inhabit seven floating islands, living in peace and tranquility until one day... |
Amiga (1990) and Atari ST (1990) Flood is a side-scrolling platformer in which the player takes control of Quiffy, a strange amphibious creature, on his quest... |
Commodore 64 (1983) and Atari 8-bit (1982) In this game, you and two other men, George and Floyd, are on a mission to rescue a girl who... |
Atari 8-bit (1983) The game is a remake of original Floyd of the Jungle with the following changes:
Game is rewritten in machine... |
BREW (2005), DoJa (2004), ExEn (2004) and J2ME (2004) Flynn is a small dwarf protecting the world of dreams from evil creatures sent by a new pirate-tyrannic beast coming... |
Windows (2002) The game centers on a mining dragon, spelunking his way through a magical land. The caves he travels are full... |
Windows (2009) and Browser (2011) Focus is a fast-paced action platformer set in different non-scrolling rooms. Players control a small, white creature that is only... |
Browser (2007) In this game you play as Funshine Bear, trying to gather his friends. Funshine will automatically walk forward all the... |
Commodore 64 (1983) and Atari 8-bit (1983) This game is one of Paul Norman's first creations. You are in the middle of what is called the Forbidden... |
J2ME (2004) Forgotten Warrior is an action game which came pre-installed on certain models of Samsung mobile phones. The premise of the... |
DOS (1991), Genesis (1989), Commodore 64 (1989), Atari ST (1989), Amiga (1989), ZX Spectrum (1989), SEGA Master System (1991), Amstrad CPC (1989), TurboGrafx CD (1992) and Wii (2008) Forgotten Worlds features two characters known as The Nameless Ones, who both look like Arnold Schwarzenegger, one even has a... |
Commodore 64 (1991) The second version of F.1 Manager is an improved installment with two languages support (English/Italian), additional graphics and features, but... |
Amiga (1996) You can try your hand at managing a Formula 1 team of your choice in this simulation. First of all... |
Game Boy Color (2001) Based on the international game TV show of the same name which first became popular in France in the early... |
Game Boy Advance (2006) Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is based on the animated series of the same name on Cartoon Network, created by... |
