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157 games like Monsters in Hell · 1977 – 2020
Nintendo exclusive
Danger Close Games · Game Boy Color
Antz is a side-scrolling platformer based on the movie of the same name. You take the role of Z, and you set out to win the heart of Princess Bala. Each of the 19 levels is based on situations in the movie. Your character has a variety of a
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Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, BBC Microcomputer System
3D Dotty is a maze video game written by J.L. Harris and published by Blue Ribbon for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro home computers in 1987. Each screen consists of vertically stacked mazes connected by ladders. The goal is to collect all
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GameFAQs · Commodore 16, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX
Mac must neutralise various single-screen vaults in this early platformer. He can climb ladders and safely fall any distance, as long as he lands on smooth ground. The puzzle aspect of the gameplay involves switches, which can remove walls,
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Human Code · Windows, macOS
Assume the role again as Jake Peril as you journey in the Evil Empire taking treasure away from the evil Mad Monks. As with the original Lode Runner, gameplay involves moving around screens full of platforms and ladders collecting treasure.
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Nintendo console exclusive
Empire Interactive · Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS +1
Join Magic Boy as he attempts to become a master wizard, and he does this by shooting enemies, putting them in a bag, and throwing them away. He also must get through four areas: Sand Land, Wet World, Plastic Place, and Future Zone. There a
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Nintendo exclusiveTose · Game Boy Advance
In an effort to seek revenge on Shrek, Princess Fiona and all of the fairy tale characters, The Ghost of Lord Farquaad has cast an evil spell! It is now up to you to play as Shrek or Princess Fiona and save your fairy tale friends!
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Nintendo exclusiveKonami · Game Boy
Here comes Montana Max the meanest movie maker to ever tarnish the silver screen. He's directed four new flicks that make Buster Bunny look like a villain! To defend his character Buster Bunny must leap into Max's movies and use attack move
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Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum
Finders Keepers is a video game written by David Jones and the first game in the Magic Knight series. It was published on the Mastertronic label for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Commodore 64, and Commodore 16 in 1985. Published in the
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BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Oric-1 +1
Mr. Wimpy is a platforming video game released by Ocean Software in 1984. The game was intended to be a promotional tie with Wimpy restaurants as their logos, company mascots, and theme tunes were reproduced. The game was released on the Or
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Nintendo exclusive
Prope · Legacy Mobile Device, Nintendo DS, Wii
Players of all ages are encouraged to aide Ivy on her journey, utilizing the Wii Remote or Nintendo DS stylus to create the stretchy and flexible vines that propel Ivy forward, over and through obstacles before her. Players encounter crows,
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Nintendo exclusive
Winning Entertainment Group · NES
Time to sharpen the blade! NOVA is suddenly called to take action against a cyborg army. The Delta Foundation has developed a line of fighting robots that pose a threat to national security. NOVA has been picked to eliminate the danger by d
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Sega console exclusiveTiertex Design Studios · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE +6
Strider II is a European-developed sequel to the original Strider, originally released for various computer platforms. The game is still plagued by shoddy programming and uninspired gameplay, product of the higher-ups being only interested
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PlayStation exclusive
Double Eleven · PlayStation Vita
In LittleBigPlanet for PlayStationVita, join Sackboy on a completely new adventure, filled with exploration and competition.
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Disney Interactive · Game Boy, Sega Genesis
When he morphs into a ninja, you better duck! Play as Maui. Play as the Ninja. Play as Maui. Play as the Ninja. Try not to get dizzy. Find the missing Shabuhm Shabuhm idol before your island paradise goes kaboom kaboom! 40 hours of intense
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Amiga, Amiga CD32, Commodore 64 +2
This platform game features the small blue-haired cutesy creatures that were popular around the time (although surely not with most computer game buyers?). You play a Troll roaming the levels in the hope of rescuing as many baby trolls as p
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Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro +1
Killer Gorilla is a Donkey Kong clone written by Adrian Stephens and published by Micro Power for the BBC Micro in 1983. It was ported to the Acorn Electron and Amstrad CPC computers in 1984. Stephens wrote Killer Gorilla at the age of 17 a
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Frontier Developments · GameCube, PS2, Windows +1
Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo is a platform video game developed by Frontier Developments and published by BAM! Entertainment (European distribution being handled by Acclaim Entertainment) for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox and Microso
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Nintendo exclusiveGame Boy Color
LOONEY TUNES: TAZ MUNCHING MADNESS features Taz from the timeless cartoons from Warner Brothers in his first adventure on Game Boy Color. Playing the game gives the player the same feel as watching the cartoon show with Taz's signature twis
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Universal Entertainment · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +6
Mr. Do!, that king of arcade clowns, is in a bit of a bind - again! This time, a pack of pesky unicorns is trampling the bricked hallways of his castle. Help Mr. Do! rid his dwelling of these crafty, quick-changing (and deadly) creatures wi
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Antony Crowther · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW +6
The game is divided into a series of single-screen levels. The goal of the player on each screen is manipulate Blagger, a burglar, to collect the scattered keys and then reach the safe. The keys must be collected and the safe opened in a se
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David H Schroeder · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +4
Early platform game
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Atari, Inc. · Arcade
Destroyer is a single player 1977 arcade game developed and published by Atari, Inc. The playfield displays your ship moving across the surface (displayed as a wavy line) and submarines moving across the screen. The target depth is set usin
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Atari exclusive
Atari 2600
As in Imagic's Atlantis, the city is under attack, but in this case, you are the invader. Destroy the installations while they try to stop you. Many of the installations are hidden in caverns, so you'll need a precision shot to hit them.
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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
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Acorn Electron
Elixir is a video game for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro released in 1987 by Superior Software. It is a platform game in which the player takes the role of a shrunken scientist.
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Crystal Computing · Arcade, ZX Spectrum
Basicly a Space Invaders clone in which the aliens are aligned on the far left and right side of the screen. They move into the middle of the screen in order to snatch their prey and bring them back to the far left or right side respectivel
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ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC
The object of the game is to perpetuate the race by introducing ten pods in the incubators which can be found all over the ship. The alien has an energy level which slowly decreases. The only way to restore the energy levels is dropping the
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Timed Sega exclusive
Capcom · Amiga, Arcade, Atari ST +5
The game takes the form of a side-scrolling platform game, with the players controlling the characters of the twins. The game can be played alone (in which case only one of the twins is present), or with two players together controlling one
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Atari 8-bit
Naturix is a platform game mixed with an adventure game. Player has to find four boxes and a navigation tool. His task is not easy as the game world is pretty large (124 screens) and full of enemies. Player can kill enemies with laser shots
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EA Seattle · Apple II, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
Pharaoh's Revenge is a puzzle-platform game developed by Ivan Manley and released by Publishing International in 1988 for the Apple II, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS. The game is similar in style to Lode Runner (1983).
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Apple II
The player controls a small craft, navigating it through a series of winding caverns and tunnels while shooting or avoiding obstacles. The caverns scroll from the bottom of the screen to the top at a fixed speed, so the player must always m
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Artic Computing · Sinclair ZX81, ZX Spectrum
Galaxians is a clone of Galaxian. The player's goal is to destroy a matrix of enemy spaceships which is gradually descending on the screen. Single ships will sometimes leave the formation and bombard the player with multiple shots. There's
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Arcade, MSX
A shooter where fleets of ships fly in from either of the screen and loop around in formation. The player may move around the screen in any direction.
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Nintendo exclusive
Bandai · Game Boy
Your objective is to gather gold that is scattered on the brick platforms, which are connected by ladders. You are chased by robots (cyborgs) that end your character's life if they catch him, though you can stand on their heads. Your main w
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Universal Entertainment · Arcade, ColecoVision
A game remarkably similar to Lode Runner, you play an astronaut with limited oxygen (time) chased around by various space aliens. Your only method of dealing with these multicolored threats from space is to dig a hole, lure it into a hole a
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Broderbund · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore VIC-20 +3
Apple Panic is a clone of the arcade game, Space Panic.
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Nintendo console exclusiveHudson Soft · Amiga, Game Boy Advance, NES
Challenger is a frantic single-screen shoot 'em up. The player is in their craft at the bottom of the screen, shooting bursts of three shots at 45 degree angles at flashing polygons. When hit, the polygons split into smaller ones. Your task
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Graeme Devine · ZX Spectrum
Firebirds is based on the the arcade game Phoenix. Your goal is to repel an invasion of an alien species related to birds. You command an armed spaceship which you can manoeuvre with right and left directions. In each level you have to dest
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Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4
The player uses a paddle to hit a metal ball down a long corridor. The player releases the ball (which is stuck to the paddle at the beginning of the game) and it will travel down the corridor until it hits a wall or similar obstacle and bo
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Ali Asaria · Amstrad CPC, BlackBerry OS, MSX +1
Our mission is to destroy all the walls on the screen for a total of 25. In principle, we can start the top 15, choosing the desired before starting the game. In each of these walls there are different pods of bricks, some of which you wil
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Midway Games · Commodore VIC-20, VIC-20, Windows
Clowns-2d shooter with platformer elements, where the player protects the circus tent from the incoming wave of mad clowns, picking up unique weapons and bonuses that will help in passing the levels and the final meeting with a huge clown.
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Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, BBC Microcomputer System +2
The game centers on the player's character of the Doctor (specifically his sixth incarnation), and his robotic programmable cat Splinx. The goal of the game is to halt the Master's production of Heatonite, retrieve stolen plans for the Time
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Atari exclusive
Atari 2600
A gang of gangsters has holed themselves up in an apartment building and taken some hostages. The player has to shoot the gangsters as they slowly creep up behind the windows but at the same time has to avoid shooting any hostages. After th
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Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
Wizard is a puzzle game with arcade action elements. The premise of the game is to run around the screen collecting various treasures for points, avoiding monsters. The player character must find the key, which gives him the ability to cast
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Atari console exclusive
Synapse Software · Atari 8-bit, Atari XEGS, Commodore 64 +1
The player controls the wizard Illuminar who attempts to grow an army of trees to attack Tetragorn the Necromancer and his evil minions who are attempting to take over a graveyard. The game is an arcade action title, but is unusual in that
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Tony Warriner · Amstrad CPC
Arcade exploration game released on the Amstrad CPC computer family.
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Superior Software · Acorn Electron, BBC Microcomputer System
Palace of Magic is a platform game. Combining platform elements with problem solving, it similar gameplay to the earlier Citadel. Both are early examples of the Metroidvania genre.
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Xbox console exclusive
Digital Chocolate · Android, BlackBerry OS, Browser +3
Build a skyscraper by stacking floors on top of each other. You do this by dropping them from a crane.
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