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252 games like Vectorman · 1983 – 2016

  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 82Form.23World.40Curated.89Lists.00Adventure · Platformer · Often paired

    Ristar

    1995

    Sonic Team · Android, Linux, Sega Genesis +4

    AdventurePlatformerSide-scrollingClassicBoss fight

    Ristar is a platform game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis in 1995. A Sega Game Gear game, of the same name and genre, Ristar, was also released, which shared similar themes while possessing different level design and ga

    71 rating5 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 79Form.23World.25Curated.86Lists.00Adventure · Platformer · Often paired

    Novotrade · Game Gear, Linux, Master System +7

    AdventurePlatformerScienceSide-scrollingClassic

    Life was an adventure for Ecco, the young dolphin. The ocean seemed endless with rolling breakers to race through! At high speed Ecco could burst through the waves leaping through the air – almost flying! Until one day, all of that changed.

    52 rating7 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 77Form.16World.25Curated.85Lists.00Action · Adventure · Often paired

    Novotrade · Game Gear, Linux, Master System +5

    ActionAdventurePlatformerSide-scrollingClassic

    Ecco must stop the Vortex! He is “the stone that splits the stream of time.” He now faces his most dangerous quest yet. For it is not just his dolphin pod at stake, but the Earth and all living beings!

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 74Form.17World.25Curated.78Lists.00Adventure · Side-scrolling · Often paired

    Appaloosa Interactive · Linux, Sega Genesis, Sega Pico +3

    AdventureSide-scrollingNon-humanoid protagonistWater levelAction

    Somewhere there is a place called the Endless Sea. There lives a giant whale named Big Blue. To find Big Blue, you have to open the Crystal Doors called Glyphs. To open the Crystal Doors, you must satisfy their wish. Guide Ecco and his frie

    69 rating4 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 72Form.11World.25Curated.80Lists.00Platformer · Shape-shifting · Often paired

    Sonic Team · Android, Linux, Sega Genesis +4

    PlatformerShape-shiftingActionScience fictionSide view

    Kid Chameleon is a 1992 platform game released for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. The premise of the game is that the main character, Casey, can use masks to change into different characters in order to use different abilities. It was later r

    83 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 71Form.11World.25Curated.76Lists.00Platformer · Shape-shifting · Often paired

    Sega Technical Institute · Android, Linux, Sega Genesis +4

    PlatformerShape-shiftingActionScience fictionSide view

    Kid Chameleon is a 1992 platform game released for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. The premise of the game is that the main character, Casey, can use masks to change into different characters in order to use different abilities. It was later r

    83 rating4 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 65Form.29World.25Curated.57Lists.00Adventure · Platformer · Often paired

    HAL Laboratory · Nintendo DS, Wii U

    AdventurePlatformerSide-scrollingBoss fightIce stage

    Your DS stylus has been infused with the power to paint! When Kirby gets turned into a ball by an evil witch, your hand-drawn rainbow paths become the only way he can find power-ups and reach the gates of each world. Draw loops to make him

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 64Form.13World.31Curated.62Lists.00Action · Arcade · Often paired

    Treasure · Linux, Sega Genesis, Wii +2

    ActionArcadePlatformerScience fictionSide view

    The planet Sierra is being attacked by Scarlet, a terrorist group lead by a vicious creature named Xi-Tiger who is plotting to destroy the human race. With vengeance, our hero Epsilon-Eagle will fight against Xi-Tiger as well as the terrori

    75 rating5 listsOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 61Form.29World.29Curated.50Lists.00Adventure · Platformer · Often paired

    Capcom · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable +2

    AdventurePlatformerRobotsBoss fightIce stage

    Mega Man, Roll, and all your favorites are back in this all new 3-D adventure! Far away, in an isolated wasteland, a mysterious girl and an infamous treasure have been discovered. It's the legendary "Sealed Key," rumored to unlock an even g

    82 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 59Form.17World.25Curated.55Lists.00Adventure · Platformer · Often paired

    HAL Laboratory · SNES, Wii, Wii U

    AdventurePlatformerSide-scrollingShape-shiftingAction

    That mean old King Dedede is at it again! He's causing his mischief and Dreamland's in trouble! Kirby, the resident hero of Dreamland, sets out to teach Dedede a lesson, this time with the help of many of his good friends! But wait! Someth

    82 rating10 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusiveWhy 59Form.25World.25Curated.50Lists.00Adventure · Arcade · Often paired

    Riot · Switch, PS4, PS5 +2

    AdventureArcadePlatformerSide-scrollingBoss fight

    Psycho Dream is a side-scrolling action platform game developed by Riot, a division of Telenet Japan, for the Super Famicom. Set in a virtual-reality medium called D-Movie, the story follows two agents, Ryō Shijima and Maria Tobari, who ent

    70 rating4 lists1 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 58Form.23World.28Curated.50Lists.00Action · Adventure · Often paired

    Poncho

    2015

    Linux, PS4, PlayStation Vita +3

    ActionAdventurePlatformerRobots2.5d

    A Platformer like nothing seen before in games, explore this open-world puzzler in multiple dimensions on a journey to find your maker. Humanity has been extinct for centuries, leaving their robotic creations behind to fend for themselves.

    63 rating2 lists3.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 41Form.17World.27Curated.24Lists.00Adventure · Science

    Appaloosa Interactive · Dreamcast, PS2

    AdventureScienceSide-scrollingCollectiblesNon-humanoid protagonist

    At the dawn of the 30th Century, dolphins and humans had been together in a cross-species society for 500 years. Together, they had set out to explore space, offering peace and friendship to all who would welcome it. But space had its dange

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 37Form.34World.25Curated.09Lists.00Adventure · Platformer

    Visual Concepts · SNES

    AdventurePlatformerRobotsSide-scrollingNon-humanoid protagonist

    From the creators of Clay Fighter comes a game about a shape-shifting ball of clay. You play as a boy named Clayton, whose father has developed a serum to turn humans into animals. However, an evil shaman desires this serum, and when he is

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 37Form.11World.32Curated.21Lists.00Arcade · 2.5d

    Sega AM2 · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Android +11

    Arcade2.5dBoss fightActionScience fiction

    A call for help comes from deep in the universe. Fantasyland has been taken over by destructive forces. Quick on the scene is Space Harrier equipped with his laser, who must attempt to outwit and outmanoeuvre the hoards and prevent Fantasyl

    66 rating9 lists

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 36Form.18World.13Curated.18Lists.00Adventure · Classic

    Ancient · Android, Linux, Sega Genesis +3

    AdventureClassicSilent protagonistBoss fightAction

    Prince Ali has excavated a gold armlet which belonged to a powerful sorcerer. As soon as Ali tried on the armlet, a strange fire with a face appeared and spoke to him. “The power of the gold armlet is now your’s to wield. Find the four spir

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 36Form.15World.37Curated.15Lists.00Science · Side-scrolling

    Linux, Sega Genesis, Wii +2

    ScienceSide-scrollingBoss fightWater levelAction

    During the first global biowar, a powerful retrovirus filled the planet Avaron with new and deadly forms of life. Only a few survivors remain in O.P. Odysseus, an orbiting platform circling Avaron. Hundreds of years after the biowar, condit

    70 rating4 lists

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 36Form.21World.41Curated.13Lists.00Action · Platformer

    Capcom · PS2, Windows

    ActionPlatformerCyberpunkRobotsBoss fight

    Mega Man X7, known as Rockman X7 in Japan, is a 2003 platform game developed by Capcom for the PlayStation 2. It is the seventh main game in the Mega Man X series and the first in the series to appear on the sixth generation of gaming conso

    40 rating4 lists

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 35Form.08World.25Curated.21Lists.00Arcade · 2.5d

    Sega AM2 · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +11

    Arcade2.5dActionScience fictionShooter

    The peaceful and prosperous solar system Junos was located at the end of the Milky Way. Those who called its five planets home had no idea what was about to happen... Halcyon, ruler of the Fourth Empire, had Junos marked as its final target

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 35Form.15World.25Curated.20Lists.00Action · Platformer

    Codemasters · NES

    ActionPlatformerRobotsSide-scrollingBoss fight

    Too hot to handle? Or can you take up the challenge? Equipped with a dazzling range of weapons and skills, travel through scores of different action scenes, battling against the hottest, meanest, mechanized maniacs ever dreamed up! Rescue t

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 34Form.17World.13Curated.15Lists.00Adventure · Platformer

    Sega Wow · Linux, Sega Genesis, Wii +2

    AdventurePlatformerRobotsSide-scrollingWater level

    The whole Kidd family is upset! Alex’s father, King Thor, is missing, and they suspect he has been kidnapped by Ashra, the mean ruler of the planet Paperock. Alex speeds to Paperock to investigate, but the creatures of Paperock decide to hi

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 34Form.12World.25Curated.20Lists.00Action · Platformer

    Givro · SNES

    ActionPlatformerSide-scrollingBoss fightWater level

    The storyline of E.V.O.: Search for Eden follows the same patterns as modern Evolution theories. The players first controls a prehistoric sea organism, and fights to gain evolution points with which he can improve his fish's body parts and

    70 rating2 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 34Form.27World.25Curated.10Lists.00Platformer · Cyberpunk

    Interplay Entertainment · NES

    PlatformerCyberpunkRobotsClassicAction

    The Adventures of Rad Gravity is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Interplay and published by Activision in 1990. The game is a platformer with a wacky storyline in which the eponymous main character explored m

    50 rating2 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 33Form.20World.13Curated.15Lists.00Adventure · Platformer

    Flagship · Nintendo DS, Wii U

    AdventurePlatformerBoss fightShape-shiftingAction

    "Kirby: Squeak Squad", known in Europe as "Kirby: Mouse Attack" and in Japan as "Kirby of the Stars: Calling on the Dorotche Gang", is a 2006-07 platforming video game developed by HAL Laboratory, Flagship and Natsume, and published by Nint

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 33Form.30World.13Curated.09Lists.00Action · Adventure

    ActionAdventurePlatformerSide-scrollingBoss fight

    The game is a side-scroller which is divided into six stages. The player starts with a three-heart life gauge and one spell attack. The player can increase Princess's lives by collecting golden tokens (which look like the Princess's face),

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  • Why 33Form.27World.25Curated.08Lists.00Adventure · Platformer

    Renegade Kid · Nintendo 3DS, Switch, PS4 +3

    PlatformerAdventureSide-scrollingBoss fightCollectibles

    There is only one game mode, and it is Super Challenge! With your trusty water-cannon and jetpack, guide Max through 40 levels and 5 bosses to reach your ultimate destination: the alien meteorite and source of all the mutant mudd malarkey!

    74 rating2 lists7.5 h main story

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 32Form.35World.25Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Water level

    Audiogenic · Amiga, Amiga 1200, Amiga CD32 +1

    PlatformerWater levelActionSide view

    Bubble and Squeak starts off similarly to many other platform games. Controlling a bald child, you move through a scrolling array of ledges, avoiding contact with nasties who release coins when shot. There are hidden areas to find as well.

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 32Form.06World.25Curated.18Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Treasure · Android, Game Gear, Linux +7

    ArcadePlatformerScienceBoss fightAction

    The Gunstar family are the protectors of the planet Gunstar 9. After many years of peace, vicious dictator Colonel Red kidnapped the Gunstar twins’ older brother and used mind control to make him his slave.

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  • Why 32Form.30World.42Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Science

    SNK · Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD +3

    ArcadeScienceCyberpunkRobotsBoss fight

    In a futuristic city named Neo-Detroit, a scientist named Jeed kidnaps two police officers, Maxima and Rocky, and transforms them into cyborgs, but failed to implant on them a chip that would make them obey his will. They eventually escape

    60 rating4 lists0.5 h main story

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  • Why 32Form.31World.13Curated.05Lists.00Platformer · Robots

    Konami · SNES, Sega Genesis

    PlatformerRobotsSide-scrollingBoss fightCollectibles

    He's courageous! He's clever! He's one good lookin' opossum. It's Sparkster the Rocket Knight, the heroic jet pack jockey with warp speed, quick wits and pumped up personality. After all, who else do you know can get a grip with his tail? R

    79 rating3 lists

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 32Form.37World.25Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Platformer

    Crocodile Entertainment · PS3, Windows

    AdventurePlatformerScience2.5dBoss fight

    Zack Zero takes you on an action-packed platform adventure with incredible 3D graphics and the playability and entertainment of classic 2D games. Help Zack Zero save his beloved Marlene, kidnapped by the evil Zulrog in an effort to obtain t

    65 rating4 lists4 h main story

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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 31Form.34World.25Curated.00Lists.00Action · Platformer

    Linux, Windows, Xbox 360

    ActionPlatformerScienceRobots2.5d

    A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda is the first chapter in a full featured episodic hardcore action packed side scrolling platformer, in the traditions of retro classics, where you play as Ares, a combat robot created for the sole purpose of savin

    46 rating3 lists2.5 h main story

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 31Form.32World.25Curated.00Lists.00Action · Arcade

    General Computer Corporation · Arcade, Atari 7800, Atari XEGS

    ActionArcadePlatformerClassicRetro

    Food Fight (also styled as Charley Chuck's Food Fight) is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in March 1983. The player guides Charley Chuck, who is trying to eat an ice cream cone before it melts, while avoiding four chefs bent on stopp

    63 rating3 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 31Form.34World.25Curated.00Lists.00Action · Platformer

    Odyssey Software · NES

    ActionPlatformerScienceSide-scrollingScience fiction

    Moon Ranger is an Action game, developed by Odyssey Software Inc. and published by Bunch Games, Inc., which was released in 1990.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 31Form.32World.25Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Shape-shifting

    Morph

    1993

    Alchemy · SNES

    PlatformerShape-shiftingScience fictionPuzzle

    A puzzle game where the player morphs between different objects like cannonballs, a cloud and water. It was released in 1993 in Europe.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 31Form.32World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Side-scrolling

    Hot B · NES

    ScienceSide-scrollingBoss fightIce stageWater level

    Over Horizon is a Shoot-'Em-Up game, developed by Pixel and published by Hot-B, which was released in Europe in 1991.

    70 rating2 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 30Form.30World.25Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Platformer

    Hudson Soft · Wii

    AdventurePlatformer2.5dSide-scrollingAction

    Master Higgins, the skateboard-riding, grass skirt-wearing hero, is back for more classic platforming action! ADVENTURE ISLAND: The Beginning comes to the Wii console with exciting new skills and elements! Learn how to use new skills while

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  • Why 30Form.37World.00Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Side-scrolling

    Acclaim Studios London · Game Boy, SNES, Sega Genesis

    PlatformerSide-scrollingCollectiblesIce stageShape-shifting

    Jelly Boy is a 1995 Europe-exclusive action platformer video game developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Ocean Software for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Nintendo Game Boy. The game was released exclusively in Europ

    50 rating5 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 30Form.09World.25Curated.14Lists.00Adventure · Platformer

    Namco · Game Boy Advance, Wii U

    AdventurePlatformerSide-scrollingActionSide view

    A colorful and fun puzzle game with inventive level design, filled with great ideas that bring joy and delight to any gamer that enjoys a challenge.

    74 rating8 lists

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 30Form.30World.29Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Platformer

    Capcom Production Studio 2 · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable +2

    PlatformerAdventureRobotsBoss fightIce stage

    Mega Man, Roll, and all your favorites are back in this all new 3-D adventure! Far away, in an isolated wasteland, a mysterious girl and an infamous treasure have been discovered. It's the legendary "Sealed Key," rumored to unlock an even g

    82 rating5 lists

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  • Why 30Form.29World.25Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Side-scrolling

    Ocean Software · Game Boy Advance, SNES, Sega Genesis

    PlatformerSide-scrollingBoss fightCollectiblesIce stage

    You are the cool squirrel of the title, and you must defeat the evil Yeti before he freezes the entire world. Your quest will make you explore many areas such as a forest, a witch's cottage, a volcano, the clouds, a circus... Mr. Nutz is a

    60 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 30Form.31World.25Curated.00Lists.00Robots · Ice stage

    Vortex

    1994

    Argonaut Games · SNES, Windows

    RobotsIce stageShape-shiftingActionScience fiction

    Vortex is a retro styled physics driven local multiplayer top down shooter where the goal is to fly around in neat looking spaceships and kill your opponents by making their lives miserable.

    2 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 30Form.26World.41Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Irem · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeScienceSide-scrollingScience fictionSide view

    Is a side-scrolling shooter published by Irem, and similar in style to their earlier R-Type. The game centers around an unusual alien invasion against a colony planet in the year 2249 where the aliens themselves are microscopic creatures th

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 29Form.16World.62Curated.00Lists.00Action · Platformer

    Nippon Computer Systems · Sega Saturn

    ActionPlatformerSide-scrollingSide viewRun and gun

    The colonies are waging war over the remaining fossil fuels and minerals left on earth, and a team of rebellious warriors go into battle to settle the score once and for all.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 29Form.27World.25Curated.00Lists.00Action · Science

    Rare Ltd. · Game Boy, Windows

    ActionScienceSide-scrollingScience fictionSide view

    Battletoads for the Game Boy (not to be confused with Battletoads in Ragnarok's World, which is a port of the NES game) is the second game in the Battletoads series.

    69 rating1 list

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 29Form.27World.25Curated.00Lists.00Action · Adventure

    Sega Saturn

    ActionAdventureScience2.5dScience fiction

    After the great galactic war ends, the planet Blau and its citizens are oppressed and discriminated against by the victors. Former military chief Alois Gardona enacts a coup d'état, to bring Blau back to power, and so a coalition of planets

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  • Why 29Form.26World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Cyberpunk

    Chaser

    2003

    Cauldron · Linux, Windows

    CyberpunkScienceClassicWater levelAction

    Chaser is a first-person shooter action video game that takes place in the future, when humanity has inhabited Mars. The gameplay is fast pace, featuring 12 maps that make up the gameplay over four different game modes.

    67 rating2 lists14 h main story

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 29Form.21World.44Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · 2.5d

    Rare Ltd. · Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, NES +5

    Platformer2.5dSide-scrollingSilent protagonistBoss fight

    Donkey Kong Country is a side scrolling platformer by British developers Rare in 1994. It featured revolutionary pre-rendered 3D graphics that give the game a very unique look compared to most other games on consoles at the time. The two pl

    83 rating22 lists1.5 h main story

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