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.
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
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