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.
Guimo
Views: 18,1051996DemoSidescrolling
Jack in the Box Computing
Guimo is an impressive looking game which seems to have a lot of promise, but the actual gameplay is a bit lacking. In … VIEW
Hamburger Hell
Views: 3,5821986FreewareSidescrolling
J. P. Jansen
Hamburger Hell looks like a text-mode version of Burger Time, but it's nowhere close to that arcade classic. Here you do … VIEW
Happyland Adventures
Views: 27,0892000FreewareSidescrolling
Free Lunch Design
With nice looking graphics and fun sound effects/music, this game is quite enjoyable to play. The object is to collect … VIEW
Happyland Adventures: X-mas Edition
Views: 57,4322000FreewareSidescrolling
Free Lunch Design
This version of Happyland Adventures includes more of the platforming and collecting action that the original game … VIEW
Hedgehog
Views: 7,9731984FreewareSidescrolling
Adrian and Benjamin Haas
This game is not good. Hedgehogs is a CGA action game where you press the J key to make a hedgehog jump. Yup it's a … VIEW
Heros: The Sanguine Seven
Views: 12,4311993Full versionSidescrolling
Jeffrey Fullerton
Yup, that's "Heros", not "Heroes" ... the full title is sometimes also written "Heros, A Super Hero Platform Game." … VIEW
Hocus Pocus
Simply a great platform game. Similar to Clyde's Adventure and Clyde's Revenge (also developed by Moonlite Software) but … VIEW
Hopy-ONE
Views: 1,8211996SharewareSidescrolling
Webfoot Technologies Inc
Hopy-ONE (or in some places at least, "Cyborg Hopy-ONE") is a strange single-screen platformer game. You control your … VIEW
Hubie
Views: 15,0391996SharewareSidescrolling
Serendipity Software
Hubie is not a well known game, but it probably should be. The game (slickly presented with smooth animations and sound … VIEW
Hunchback
Views: 4,2471988Full versionSidescrolling
Fireball Software
Hunchback is based on an old BBC Micro game. It was converted to PC in 1988 in glorious CGA! Originally a commercial … VIEW
