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PlatformDescriptionPlatform 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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Amiga (1992) and Amiga CD32 (1994) Six film reels have been stolen from your film studios by a rival company. In this platform game, your mission... |
Browser (2009) The Pretender is the story of Laurence, a 19th-century stage magician whose act has gone wrong: tampering with an artifact... |
Browser (2010) This game picks up where its predecessor left off, the stage magician Laurence sinking to the bottom of Davy Jones'... |
DOS (1991) Prigodi Pionerki Kseni (The Adventures of Ksenia the Young Pioneer) is an unofficial stand-alone total conversion of The Adventures of... |
PlayStation 2 (2003) and PlayStation 3 (2012) Jen is the girlfriend of a metal rocker named Lewis, who have both been through rough times in the past... |
PlayStation 2 (2003) The collector's edition of Primal contains a bonus audio CD featuring 5 combat tracks by 16Volt, a VIP Card that... |
ZX Spectrum (1990), Commodore 64 (1990), Amiga (1990) and Atari ST (1990) Like so many brave men before him, Prince Clumsy has been lured into a tough adventure to save the woman... |
DOS (1990), Game Boy (1992), Game Boy Color (1999), SNES (1992), Genesis (1993), Amiga (1990), NES (1992), SEGA Master System (1992), Atari ST (1990), Apple II (1989), SEGA CD (1992), Amstrad CPC (1990), TurboGrafx CD (1991), Game Gear (1992), Macintosh (1992), iPhone (2010), FM Towns (1992), Sharp X68000 (1991), Wii (2012), Nintendo 3DS (2012), iPad (2010) and SAM Coupé (1990) While the Sultan of Persia is fighting a war in a foreign country, his Grand Vizier Jaffar orchestrates a coup... |
DOS (1993), SNES (1995), Macintosh (1994) and FM Towns (1994) After having defeated the evil Grand Vizier Jaffar, the brave Prince claimed just one reward: the hand of the beautiful... |
Windows (1999) and Dreamcast (2000) The Sultan of Persia and his son-in-law are visiting the Sultan's brother, Assan. The friendly family meeting soon turns into... |
DOS (1995) and Macintosh (1995) The Prince of Persia CD Collection is a re-release of the original Prince of Persia and PoP 2: The Shadow... |
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DOS (1999), Windows (1998) and Macintosh (1998) The box contains both first two installments of 'Prince of Persia' action adventure platform game, and making of 'Prince of... |
J2ME (2003) In the first Prince of Persia game to appear on cellphones, an evil vizier has kidnapped the sultan's wives from... |
Windows (2003) This box release contains:
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Thrustmaster Gamepad Firestorm Dual Analag 3 with "Prince of... |
PSP (2005) Prince of Persia: Revelations is an enhanced port of Prince of Persia: Warrior Within for PSP. It contains all the... |
Browser (2003) A cross-promotional game intended to build buzz for the then-upcoming Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time, this mini-game puts... |
Browser (2010) In this promotional tie-in game for The Forgotten Sands, the Prince of Persia is running, running, running through a steadily-scrolling... |
Game Boy Advance (2003) Based on the console series of the same name, the Prince of Persia has been tricked into unleashing the Sands... |
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J2ME (2005) and BlackBerry (2009) In the mobile version of the last game in the trilogy, the prince returns to Babylon after the events of... |
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Linux (2008), Macintosh (2008) and Windows (2008) Players explore the depths of true love and adventure in the medieval realms of Florin and Guilder in this collection... | |
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