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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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Game Boy Advance (2003) The heroes in a half shell are back in an all new adventure. The four turtles have been split up...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan Game Boy (1990) This game is the first in a series of Game Boy games by Konami based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers Game Boy (1991) The second TMNT game for the Game Boy brings more of the same action that we saw in the first....
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue Game Boy (1993) The third Ninja Turtle adventure on the Game Boy takes place one year after the events of the last game....
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The HyperStone Heist Genesis (1992) The Turtles' nemesis Shredder has acquired the HyperStone from Dimension X, and is using its powers to shrink down the...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters SNES (1993) The game features the original 4 turtles from the previous games in the series, as well as other fighters.The game...
Teenage Zombies: "Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys" Nintendo DS (2008) Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys is a puzzle/platformer in which the player controls three zombie teenagers.Alien Brains...
Teeworlds Linux (2007), Macintosh (2007) and Windows (2007) Teeworlds is a freeware online multiplayer game, designed as a crossover between Quake and Worms. Set on platform-based maps, players...
Tekkyuuman Windows (2007) Tekkyuuman is an action platformer by Ikiki, known for his line of controversial games featuring bloodbath, ninjas and outrageous violence,...
Temple Run Android (2012), iPad (2011) and iPhone (2011) In Temple Run the player takes on the role of an explorer name Guy Dangerous. He took the precious idol...
Tempo SEGA 32X (1995) Tempo is a grasshopper who lives on Planet Rythmia, the world of music. Unfortunately, the malevolent King Dirge is trying...
Tempo Jr. Game Gear (1995) Tempo Jr. is platforming game and sequel to Tempo on the Sega 32X. The player again takes control of the...
Temporal Windows (2008) Temporal is a puzzle-solving game set in a platform environment. Players control a quirky robot that awakens in an unknown...
Temptations MSX (1988) The Franciscan monk Noni wants to join the Vitigudina order. To judge his valor, the order asks for a test...
Terminator 2: Judgment Day Game Gear (1993), NES (1991) and SEGA Master System (1993) Terminator 2: Judgment Day is based on the movie of the same name. The player takes the role of the...
Terminator Revenge J2ME (2006) Terminator Revenge is an action platform game that takes place in 1984 A.D. where the Earth's military forces seized the...
The Terminator SEGA CD (1993) Similar to adaptations of The Terminator on other systems, the Sega CD game is a platformer where the player controls...
Terraria Windows (2011) Terraria is a two dimensional platform game of exploration and crafting. Players can use mines and picks to collect various...
Terraria (Collector's Edition) Windows (2012) This collector's edition is a retail release of a game that was previously only available as a digital download. It...
Terry's Big Adventure Amiga (1989), Atari ST (1989) and Commodore 64 (1989) Terry's Big Adventure looks and feels somewhat similar to Mario's, being a side-scrolling platform game using stylised block graphics and...
Tesla: The Weather Man Windows (2011) Tesla: The Weather Man is a puzzle platformer and a humorous take on the "War of the Currents". In the...
Tetra Horror Spectravideo (1984) In Tetra Horror the player takes on the role of an adventurer who has found a treasure map of the...
Tetris 4000 Windows (2002) Tetris 4000 is a 3D remake of Tetris. Some new bonuses such as the bombs, big blocks, rubber balls and...
Thalion: The First Year Amiga (1990) and Atari ST (1990) A compilation of four games from the Atari ST's most renowned publisher – Thalion: Chambers of Shaolin Leavin' Teramis Seven...
Thexder DOS (1987), Amiga (1987), Apple II (1987), NES (1985), MSX (1986), TRS-80 CoCo (1988), Macintosh (1990), Apple IIgs (1987), PC-88 (1985), PC-98 (1986), Sharp X1 (1985) and FM-7 (1985) A platform shooter from Japan, Thexder offers many levels and diverse enemies that gradually increase in difficulty. You pilot a...