Category description: Today more often referred to as a "platformer" or "platform game", Super Mario inspired countless other games where the primary mechanic involves running, jumping, and sometimes even flying around the levels. Commander Keen, the unofficial mascot of the site, was an early example on the PC.
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Cool Cat Part 1

Views: 9,6701992FreewareSidescrolling Fran Vong
Cool Cat is an obscure platforming game where you play as some sort of robotic cat. The gameplay is somewhat similar to … VIEW

Cool Spot

Views: 15,4541994DemoSidescrolling Virgin Interactive
Cool Spot, the former mascot for the 7UP soft drink, starred in his own video game which appeared on several computer … VIEW

Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure

Views: 41,2881992Shareware (Full version available)Sidescrolling Apogee Software
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure is one of Apogee's great EGA sidescrollers. Having been apparently abandoned by his parents, … VIEW

Crazy Drake

Views: 17,7311996SharewareSidescrolling One RealityNeurotech Software
Crazy Drake is a duck / superhero who clearly is aspiring to be Earthworm Jim. The SNES / Genesis game starring an … VIEW

Crazy Sue

Views: 12,2911991FreewareSidescrolling MC Publications
Crazy Sue is a platforming game, which is a conversion (apparently for a German magazine in the early 90's) of an Amiga … VIEW

Crystal Caves

Views: 33,6701990Shareware (Full version available)Sidescrolling Apogee Software
An interesting (although in many ways average) EGA sidescroller created by Apogee right around the same time as the … VIEW

Crystal Jane

Views: 9,7462004FreewareSidescrolling Upr00ted Tree Software
This platforming game is as basic as it gets. It seems like a "first game" sort of project that, while incredibly … VIEW

Cukeland Adventure

Views: 7,5891994FreewareSidescrolling Hugo Windisch
Cukeland Adventure is a virtually unknown EGA platforming game with decent graphics and controls. Its design is a bit … VIEW

Cyril Cyberpunk aka Cyberboard Kid

Views: 14,7341996SharewareSidescrolling Reality Studios
Cyril Cyberpunk (aka Cyberboard Kid in some areas) is a platforming game along the lines of mid/late 90's platformers … VIEW

Dangerous Dave

Before creating Keen, Wolfenstein, and Doom, John Romero was programming small games for SoftDisk, which back then … VIEW

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