Platform

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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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Step Up MSX (1983) Step Up is a platform game in which you control an alien that has to reach his space ship at...
Steve no Daibōken: Chinmoku no Jishaku Xbox 360 (2010) Steve no Daibōken: Chinmoku no Jishaku ("Steve's Adventure: Silent Magnet") is a physics-based platform action game based around the concept...
Stick Death Windows (2001) Based on the site StickDeath.com, battle it out against other StickMen. Advance in levels and unlock new fields and characters....
Stick Soldiers Windows (2002) You play a pencil-drawn Stick Soldier and kill off any and all other (re-spawning) soldiers in the area before they...
Stickybear: Math CD-i (1994) Stickybear: Math is an educational title for children ages 6 and up based on Richard Hefter's Stickybear character. In the...
StixWorld DOS (1998) In StixWorld you control a stick-figure character created by a little girl in her notebook. It turns out she had...
Stone Protectors SNES (1994) Stone Protectors is a an action game where each character has different weapons, all from melée to long-range weapons such...
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Storm Warrior Commodore 64 (1984) You play as a Templar-style Knight, the Storm Warrior, through various different style levels (or mini-games) including an opening gladiatorial...
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Strider SEGA Master System (1991), DOS (1989), Genesis (1990), Amiga (1989), Commodore 64 (1989), Atari ST (1989), ZX Spectrum (1989), Amstrad CPC (1989), TurboGrafx CD (1994), Sharp X68000 (1992) and Wii (2011) The year is 2089 AD. In Russia, the evil Grand Master Meio has begun his insane plot to take over...
Strider NES (1989) The Striders are a global organization of infiltration specialists who work to combat villainy and keep the world safe. From...
Strip Poker Amstrad CPC (1985) You are a certain man, playing against a girl called Marilyn over 20 rounds of a poker game. In each...
Stryx DOS (1990), Atari ST (1989) and Amiga (1989) You star as half-robot operative Stryx. Dome City is under attack by KILLER CYBORG ASSASSINS! You navigate Stryx through numerous...
Stuart Little 2 Windows (2002) Help Stuart solve puzzles and explore action-packed scenes from the popular movie. Activities include mazes, skateboarding, flying, and driving. Approachable...
Stuart Little 3: Big Photo Adventure PlayStation 2 (2005) Stuart Little 3: Big Photo Adventure is a single-player children's game starring the talking mouse, Stuart Little.Stuart has accidentally ruined...
Stuart Little: Big City Adventures Windows (2002) Stuart Little: Big City Adventures is a software title for children.Stuart's adventure starts with him sailing his boat in the...
Stuntman Seymour Commodore 64 (1992), ZX Spectrum (1992) and Amstrad CPC (1992) Stuntman Seymour is a side-scrolling platform game. The protagonist, Seymour, as a stuntman must make his way through four movie...
Suburban Commando DOS (1993), Amiga (1993) and Commodore 64 (1993) Suburban Commando is a mix of space shooter, jump-and-run and beat-em-up.If you're a US American, the mention of the name...
Subway Surfers iPad (2012), iPhone (2012) and Android (2012) Subway Surfers is a third-person 3D arcade-style game with platforming elements, similar to Temple Run. The player controls a character...