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.
Vinyl Goddess From Mars
The scantily clad and mildly provocative Vinyl Goddess from Mars will, for many gamers, bring to mind one of the early … VIEW
Volcano Hunter
Views: 9,6461991SharewareSidescrolling
Informative Technologies Corp.
Volcano Hunter is a port of a TRS-80 game from 1984. Therefore it's rather primitive in many ways, like its use of … VIEW
Willy the Worm
Views: 17,0131985SharewareSidescrolling
Alan Farmer
Back in 1985, when this game was released, it was probably quite decent. Today it seems very, very dated. The "graphics" … VIEW
Willy the Worm Part II: The Big Trip Home
Views: 11,7611987SharewareSidescrolling
Alan Farmer
Willy the Worm Part II: The Big Trip Home is the sequel to the mostly-unknown Willy the Worm. The gameplay in the second … VIEW
Xargon
Views: 28,4151994Full versionSidescrolling
Epic Megagames
Xargon is a side-scrolling platform / action / adventure game from Epic, it looks like it uses a modified version of the … VIEW
Yo! Joe: Beat the Ghosts
Yo! Joe is a game that was ported from its original home on Amiga computers, a fact which becomes obvious once you look … VIEW
Yogho Yogho
Yogho Yogho is a game released by European dairy foods company Campina. They apparently commissioned this game in 1995 … VIEW
Z-Tech ANSI Man
Views: 9,7401992FreewareSidescrolling
Anonymous / Unknown
Z-Tech ANSI Man is a simplistic textmode-based platforming game. It runs super fast on default DOSBox settings so the … VIEW
Zipman 3
Views: 10,0011994SharewareSidescrolling
Zipteam
Zipman 3 (no idea if episodes 1-2 ever were released) has the germ of a good game (decent sprite-based graphics and … VIEW
Zool
Views: 23,4391993DemoSidescrolling
Gremlin Graphics Software Limited
Zool ("Ninja of the 'Nth' dimension") is a colorful platforming game with prominent product placement for Chupa Chups … VIEW
