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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Electro Man

Views: 17,8851994Full versionSidescrolling xLand GamesEpic Megagames
Originally published in Poland under the name "Electro Body" and sometimes styled as "Electroman" (no space), this is … VIEW

Elfland

Views: 14,1971992SharewareSidescrolling Bog Turtle Games
Elfland is a neat little EGA platform game, seemingly inspired by games like Captain Comic and Commander Keen; it looks … VIEW

Fantastic Roboworld

Views: 11,6461997FreewareSidescrolling Pegtop Entertainment
Fantastic Roboworld is a game which appears at first to be quite simple, but it has, in addition to its tremendous … VIEW

FBI Fred

Views: 2,3211992SharewareSidescrolling Richard Spezzano
FBI Fred is a strange EGA platforming game starring "FBI Fred" who looks a little like the OG Duke Nukem and spends his … VIEW

Fire & Ice

A VGA run'n'jumper with nice graphics and a neat premise: You ("Cool Coyote"?) throw ice balls at enemies to freeze … VIEW

Flashback: The Quest for Identity

Flashback is a rotoscope-animated sci-fi action/adventure game no doubt influenced by Jordan Mechner's Prince of Persia … VIEW

Flynn Sprint

Views: 8,0441996SharewareSidescrolling TicsoftImagiSOFT Inc
Flynn Sprint is a game clearly inspired by Lode Runner and other similar games, but it adds its own unique gameplay … VIEW

Framed

Views: 12,9681995SharewareSidescrolling Machination
Framed is an unusual platforming / adventure game. The story is that you have been FRAMED, and your mission is to escape … VIEW

Fury of the Furries

Views: 3,5051993DemoSidescrolling KalistoMindscape Inc
Fury of the Furries (also re-skinned / re-branded as the Pac-Man game Pac-in-Time on some systems in some regions) is an … VIEW

Game With No Name

Views: 12,6421995FreewareSidescrolling Darren Heaton
This is a quite interesting and unique text-mode game. (That is, a game created using only the ASCII character set.) … VIEW

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