Sega console exclusive
Bug!
1995Realtime Associates · Sega Saturn, Windows
Bug! is a platformer where you play as a bug who must go through 6 worlds in order to rescue his family who has been kidnapped.
76 rating4 listsOften paired


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265 games like Congo Bongo · 1980 – 2023
Sega console exclusive
Realtime Associates · Sega Saturn, Windows
Bug! is a platformer where you play as a bug who must go through 6 worlds in order to rescue his family who has been kidnapped.
76 rating4 listsOften paired


Konami · Arcade, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +6
An action/platform game in which the player controls a clown named Charlie who partakes in various circus attractions.
70 rating5 listsOften paired


Konami · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +20
The object of the game is to direct frogs to their homes one by one. To do this, each frog must avoid cars while crossing a busy road and navigate a river full of hazards. Skillful players may obtain some bonuses along the way.
68 rating29 lists1 h main storyOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Nintendo · Arcade, Game & Watch series, NES +1
Stanley is a bugman. Donkey Kong has taken refuge in his greenhouse and it is now up to Stanley to stop the ape from stirring up any more insects that will soon destroy his flowers. Stanley saves the flowers by spraying bug spray on Donkey
60 rating14 listsOften paired


Interactive Television Entertainment · Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, Legacy Mobile Device +2
The evil witch Scylla has trapped Hugo in a mirror, and now it's up to you to rescue him. In Hugo and the Evil Mirror, you must save Hugo in three different worlds, each guarded by dangerous monsters. Use the freeze gun to turn enemies into
55 rating3 listsOften paired
PlayStation console exclusive
Another Axiom · Android, Meta Quest, Oculus VR +3
Reject humanity. Run, climb, and jump in VR using a unique locomotion method that only needs the movement of your hands and arms. No buttons, no sticks, no teleportation. Push off of surfaces to jump and squeeze them with both hands to cli
62 rating1 list998 h main storyOften paired
Atari exclusive
APh Technological Consulting · Intellivision, Atari 2600
Frog Bog is a video game released by Mattel Electronics in 1982, developed by APH Technological Consulting. Players control a frog on a lily pad, competing to catch the most insects within a three-minute time limit. The challenge involves u
70 rating1 listOften paired


Atari · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari System +3
The player maneuvers Peter, a cartoon rodent, through various environments to collect objects and take them back to his nest within a designated time. Enemies, referred to as "The Gang", include cats, dogs, owls, and spiders, and must be av
4 listsOften paired


Data East · Arcade
A fast moving platform game in which the player controls the Indiana Jones-esque and unfortunately named 'Edward Randy'. The levels are an inventive mix of standard platform action and 3-D scrolling levels; the latter usually having the pla
1 listOften paired


Microids Studio Lyon · Switch, PS4, PS5 +2
The acclaimed sci-fi side-scroller that became a retro gaming classic returns, with modern graphics and gameplay! After overcoming the Death Tower, Conrad and his allies must once again face the Morphs, the alien race that threatens all civ
35 rating3 lists6 h main storyOften paired


Gonzalo Suárez Girard · Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari ST +6
Players control historical explorer, Henry Morton Stanley, as he searches for Dr. David Livingstone.
3 listsOften paired


Apple II, Commodore VIC-20, Texas Instruments TI-99 +1
You have to reach the flag at the top of each level while evading the oncomming cannonballs.
2 listsOften paired


Grandslam Entertainments · Amiga, Amiga CD32
Base Jumpers was the second release by Aaron and Adam Fothergill's Shadow Software outfit for publisher Rasputin and was very simple in concept. In a 2D platform gaming style, players run up to the top of towers, trying to combine 3 letter
1 listOften paired
Atari console exclusive
Arcade, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit +3
Originally available for home computers in the '80s, developer First Star Software has ported Bristles to the Atari 5200. Featuring eight different game screens and six levels of platforming action, players must attempt to paint a house whi
2 listsOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Chunsoft · FM-7, MSX, NEC PC-6000 Series +5
Door Door is a single-screen platformer first released in 1983 for the NEC PC-6001.
1 listOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Brainchild Design · Linux, MS-DOS, Wii +2
Jump! is an Xbox Live Indie platformer, developed by Arkedo Studios, in which the player must collect bombs before they explode.
2 listsOften paired




Magnavox · Magnavox Odyssey 2, Odyssey, Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000
You play a miner named Pickaxe Pete, and you start off in the middle of the screen with a pick-axe. There are three doors from which boulders are coming, bouncing down the mine-shafts; every time Pete destroys one of these he gains 3 points
1 listOften paired




Apple II, Atari 8-bit, NEC PC-6000 Series +1
Try to climb to the top of the Grand Canyon, while avoiding various obstacles.
2 listsOften paired


English Software · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Atari 400 +4
Music notes have escaped throughout the world, and Jet-Boot Jack must collect them up. There are ten levels, the first five of which can be played from the main menu. Gameplay is platform-based, and largely involves progressing down the lev
1 listOften paired


Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit +2
Music notes have escaped throughout the world, and Jet-Boot Jack must collect them up. There are ten levels, the first five of which can be played from the main menu. Gameplay is platform-based, and largely involves progressing down the lev
1 listOften paired
Atari console exclusive
Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit +4
Deep inside a long-lost diamond mine is the secret Temple Chamber of a forgotten civilization. There, a priceless Golden Crown sits high on a pedestal, vulnerable to plundering explorers seeking to control its power. but this treasure is je
4 listsOften paired


Mass Creation · Android, PlayStation Vita, Xbox +1
A tropically themed runner where the player must escape hordes of hungry cannibals.
4 listsOften paired


Vectrex
The evil Spud has taken Spike's girl, Molly, and Spike must make his way through various levels on platforms and ladders to rescue Molly. You must move the ladder from platform to platform and jump gaps to retrieve the key that will set Mol
1 listOften paired


MSX, ZX Spectrum
Bug Byte's Turmoil is a platform game where Mick The Mechanic steals the sheik's cars, collecting oil while avoiding Arabian bodyguards. Through 26 screens with hazards like springboards and disappearing walls, Mick's goal is to pour oil in
2 listsOften paired


Imagine Software · Commodore VIC-20, VIC-20
Using the elevators and platforms in each level you have to serve your customers on the other side of the screen.
1 listOften paired


Gaelco · Arcade
Big Karnak is a scrolling platform "Hack and slash" arcade game released in 1991 by Gaelco. The game takes place in an Ancient Egypt setting. You control a pharoh that attempts to fight through several different levels fighting deadly enemi
1 list
Nintendo console exclusive
Codemasters · Amstrad CPC, NES, ZX Spectrum
Super Robin Hood is a side scrolling puzzle platformer developed by Codemasters, published by Camerica and was on the Quattro Adventure multicart released for the NES in 1993.
2 listsOften paired


Datasoft · Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit +3
The Goonies is based on the Steven Spielberg film of the same name. The game is divided into a series of eight screens based on scenes from the film, each of which contains puzzles that must be solved by coordinating the activities of two
3 listsOften paired


Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 Color Computer
Cuthbert has to find the exit to the mine in which he trapped before he runs out of oxygen.
1 listOften paired
Sega console exclusive
Arcade, Game Gear
The Berlin Wall is a platform arcade game. The player takes control of a boy who must use his hammer to break the blocks that form part of the platform levels that form each stage. These holes act as traps for the many patrolling monsters a
1 listOften paired


Taito · Arcade, Switch, Sega Genesis
Thunder Fox is a side-scrolling arcade action game created by Taito, starring Thunder and Fox as they fight through fast-paced stages. Built around simple controls (attack, jump, and a weapon button) its core combat stays fluid and punchy w
57 rating2 listsOften paired
Atari exclusive
Data Age · Atari 2600
The player is trapped in a crashed nuclear submarine which has begun taking on water. They need to escape by making their way up the levels of the submarine one at a time. Each floor has two hatch keys that need to be collected in order to
1 listOften paired


Synapse Software · Atari 8-bit, MS-DOS, PC-8800 Series
Alley Cat is an early video game in which the player controls a cat, navigating an alley screen and various challenge rooms. The player must enter a room and complete the objective inside, while avoid hazards such as objects being thrown ou
64 rating1 listOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Koichi Nakamura · FM-7, MSX, NEC PC-6000 Series +6
Door Door is a single-screen platformer first released in 1983 for the NEC PC-6001.
1 listOften paired
Nintendo exclusive
Game Boy
A police officer named Tony and his sister are forced to go inside an unidentified flying object by a group of aliens who are planning to invade the galaxy. They are later exiled to a distant planet after refusing to engage in espionage for
1 listOften paired


Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 +3
A action game written by Tony Ngo that was published for various 8-bit platforms. The player controls Sam who must climb to the top of a 48 story building and collect a suitcase full of money while avoiding being knocked off the building by
1 list
Nintendo exclusive
Nintendo Software Technology · Nintendo DS
Aura-Aura Climber is a DSiWare platformer, published by Nintendo. The goal is to climb back to the sky using Aura-Aura's grapple arm, while avoiding enemies and obstacles as fast and accurately as possible.
78 rating2 lists


Gremlin Interactive · Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Commodore 16 +5
The player controls a tennis ball which is used to navigate courses, composed of numerous tiles, which are suspended high above ground. The ball must be bounced past walls and over enemies; coming into contact with either, or plummeting ove
60 rating5 lists




Arcade
Pitfall Harry travels through the jungle and caverns to find all kinds of treasures including gold bars, silver bars, money bags and diamond rings. Pitfall Harry must avoid or jump over dangers such as logs, snakes, scorpions, fires, etc.
1 listOften paired


Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX +2
Lazy Jones is essentially a collection of fifteen smaller sub-games. The game takes place inside a hotel with three floors, connected by an elevator. The character is a lazy hotel employee who does not much care for his work, but prefers to
90 rating2 lists
Timed Atari exclusive
Nichibutsu · Arcade, Atari 2600, NES +8
Crazy Climber is a coin-operated arcade game produced by Nichibutsu in 1980. It was also released in North America by Taito America Corporation by UA Ltd. in 1982 for the Emerson Arcadia 2001 and other video game consoles. It is one of Nich
48 rating10 lists


This action platformer game is based on a fake NES tribute video for the John Wick movie for what might've looked like if a NES game was released back in the day.
1 list


Imagic · Intellivision
Horrible Hank has grabbed Tiny Mabel and climbed the old Mutton Building. Only Bashful Buford can save her. Help him scale the building - but watch out for those rolling boulders! birds and bats swoop down on Buford, and he leaps over scurr
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A&F Software · Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC +11
Chuckie Egg is an action platformer featuring a turn-based multiplayer mode. As Hen-House Harry, the player must collect the twelve eggs positioned in each level, before a countdown timer reaches zero. In addition there are piles of seed wh
82 rating5 lists
Nintendo exclusive
BubbleZap · SNES
A homebrew Donkey Kong clone for the SNES, released as an open-source game on the web and later released as a physical cartridge by Piko Interactive.
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