platform games
Side-scrolling jump adventures
Platform games are video games where players navigate a character by jumping between suspended platforms, avoiding obstacles, and defeating enemies.
The genre emerged in arcades with games like Donkey Kong and dominated home consoles through the 1980s and 90s with Super Mario Bros. and Sonic the Hedgehog.
She spent hours playing platform games as a kid.
Also called platformers.
- enemiesHostile opposing parties
- levelsHeights or ranked stages
- obstaclesThings in the way
- collectingGathering items over time
- jumpingPropelling oneself airborne
wall jump · scrolling · speedrunning · Sonic the Hedgehog · Super Mario Bros. · gameplay · time trials · verticality · Crash Bandicoot · pixel perfect · checkpoints · gap · Metroidvania · environmental hazards · collectible items · hazards · hit points · extra lives
platform gamesvisual novels
Text-heavy illustrated games
puzzle games · idle games · simulation games · card games · text adventures
platform gamestext adventures
Games played through words
interactive fiction · slot machines · trivia games · rhythm games · side-scrollers
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