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294 games like Xargon · 1980 – 2020

  • Why 82Form.30World.25Curated.91Lists.00Arcade · Platformer · Often paired

    Synapse Software · Atari 8-bit, MS-DOS, PC-8800 Series

    ArcadePlatformerPixel artClimbingUnderwater gameplay

    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

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 81Form.31World.27Curated.88Lists.00Platformer · Pixel art · Often paired

    Konami · MSX, Wii U

    PlatformerPixel artClimbingSide viewDancing

    Players must climb to the top of the tree while avoiding obstacles.

    2 listsOften paired

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  • SNK console exclusiveWhy 69Form.30World.00Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Platformer · Often paired

    Ganryu

    1999

    Visco Corporation · Arcade, Neo Geo

    ActionArcadePlatformerPixel artSide view

    Musashi Ganryuki, known outside Japan as Ganryu, is a platformer and hack and slash video game developed by Visco Corporation and published by SNK in 1999 on Neo Geo MVS. It is loosely based on Miyamoto Musashi's fight with Sasaki Kojirō. S

    1 listOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 68Form.17World.29Curated.69Lists.00Arcade · Platformer · Often paired

    NMK · NES

    ArcadePlatformerRobotsActionSide view

    They struck without warning, wiping out the Earth's defenses in one master stroke. Cities were crushed, and the invading aliens showed no mercy! A small resistance force of Ninja, refusing to be conquered, still remained to fight the evil I

    80 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 63Form.22World.25Curated.59Lists.00Arcade · Platformer · Often paired

    MS-DOS, Windows

    ArcadePlatformerRobotsPixel artAction

    Electro Man seeks revenge against the robots which wronged him.

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 63Form.17World.41Curated.58Lists.00Arcade · Platformer · Often paired

    Konami · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +20

    ActionArcadePlatformerSurvivalBird view / Isometric

    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

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  • Why 61Form.19World.25Curated.58Lists.00Arcade · Platformer · Often paired

    Data East · Arcade

    ActionArcadePlatformerSide view

    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

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusiveWhy 60Form.17World.25Curated.57Lists.00Arcade · Platformer · Often paired

    Capcom · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +11

    ArcadePlatformerPixel artActionSide view

    Pang, originally released in Japan as Pomping World and in North America as Buster Bros., is a 1989 arcade action game developed by Mitchell Corporation. Its core gameplay is similar to the 1983 Japanese MSX game Cannon Ball, also released

    77 rating5 listsOften paired

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 53Form.11World.25Curated.50Lists.00Platformer · Robots · Often paired

    PlatformerRobotsActionAdventure3d

    Astro and his crew lead you on a magical introduction through PS5 in this fun platformer that comes pre-loaded on PS5. Explore four worlds, each based on PS5’s console components. Each area showcases innovative gameplay that taps into the n

    82 rating3 lists1.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 45Form.28World.25Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Gaelco · Arcade

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide viewHistorical

    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

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  • Why 45Form.27World.28Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 +3

    ActionArcadePlatformerClimbingSide view

    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

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  • Why 44Form.15World.39Curated.30Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 Color Computer

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide viewDeclarative title

    Cuthbert has to find the exit to the mine in which he trapped before he runs out of oxygen.

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 41Form.11World.36Curated.30Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Data Age · Atari 2600

    ActionArcadePlatformerSide viewEscape room

    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 list

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 41Form.36World.25Curated.15Lists.00Platformer · Pixel art

    Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +2

    ActionPlatformerPixel artClimbingSide view

    Your objective is to help Eddie capture as many floating prizes as he can jump up and grab. You must keep Eddie hopping over the pesky little Sneakers while guiding him up, down and around the screen.

    1 list

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 41Form.09World.25Curated.33Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    APh Technological Consulting · Intellivision, Atari 2600

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide viewRetro

    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 list

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 41Form.09World.25Curated.33Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Brainchild Design · Linux, MS-DOS, Wii +2

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide viewRabbit

    Jump! is an Xbox Live Indie platformer, developed by Arkedo Studios, in which the player must collect bombs before they explode.

    2 lists

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  • Why 41Form.08World.25Curated.33Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Mass Creation · Android, PlayStation Vita, Xbox +1

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide viewHorror

    A tropically themed runner where the player must escape hordes of hungry cannibals.

    4 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 41Form.14World.25Curated.30Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Codemasters · Amstrad CPC, NES, ZX Spectrum

    PlatformerArcadeActionSide viewUnlicensed game

    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 lists

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 41Form.14World.25Curated.30Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Arcade, Game Gear

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide viewTime limit

    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

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 41Form.12World.72Curated.20Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    X-Men

    1994

    Game Gear

    ActionArcadePlatformerSide viewSuperhero

    X-Men is a sidescrolling beat'em up/platform game, much like its homonymous Mega Drive/ Genesis counterpart. Several X-Men characters are playable throughout the game. The player can choose from two characters from the start, Cyclops and Wo

    1 list

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 40Form.19World.25Curated.25Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Nintendo Software Technology · Nintendo DS

    ActionArcadePlatformer

    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

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 40Form.10World.28Curated.30Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide viewPost-apocalyptic

    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 list

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  • Why 39Form.16World.25Curated.25Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Gremlin Interactive · Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Commodore 16 +5

    ActionArcadePlatformerStrategyThird person

    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

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 39Form.09World.25Curated.30Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Nichibutsu · Arcade, PS4

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide viewGravity

    Crazy Climber 2 (クレイジークライマー2?) is a 1988 arcade game developed and published by Nichibutsu. It is the sequel to the 1980 arcade game Crazy Climber. The gameplay is mostly identical to that of its predecessor, but there some significant diff

    1 list

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  • Why 39Form.14World.25Curated.25Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX +2

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide viewMinigames

    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

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  • Why 38Form.10World.25Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Michael Abrash · MS-DOS

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide viewCircus

    You are an acrobat in a big top.

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  • Why 38Form.05World.25Curated.30Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +13

    ArcadePlatformerActionIsometric platformerGravity

    Congo Bongo is an isometric platform arcade game released by Sega in 1983. The game has come to be seen as Sega's answer to the highly successful Donkey Kong game that was released two years prior. The player takes the role of a red-nosed s

    70 rating11 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 38Form.14World.25Curated.24Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Nintendo Research & Development 1 · Virtual Boy

    ActionArcadePlatformerHigh scoreThird person

    Mario Clash is the first 3D stereoscopic Mario game released for the Virtual Boy. The game is a return to the style of the original Mario Bros. To progress through the game, Mario must knock enemies off platforms using Turtle Shells. There

    5 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 37Form.15World.25Curated.22Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Tose Co. · Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 3DS

    ActionArcadePlatformerSide viewNinja

    The Master Traveler takes on the Monsters of the World. Play as the ninja Maru in this action-packed side-scrolling game that will take you on a journey across the world. While Maru is out for a walk with his girlfriend Cori, an evil samur

    59 rating3 lists

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  • Why 37Form.48World.25Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Mayan

    Blitz Games · PS2, Wii

    PlatformerMayanActionAdventureComedy

    While cleaning up a shrine, Tak removes a giant crystal and inadvertently releases the four Big G's, four of the nastiest, most disgusting Titans to terrorize Tak's village: Trashthulu the landfill giant, Slopviathan the slime giant, Gorgon

    70 rating2 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 37Form.30World.25Curated.13Lists.00Platformer · Pixel art

    Core Design · Game Boy Color

    PlatformerPixel artMayanActionSide view

    Tomb Raider is an action-adventure video game released for the Game Boy Color. This release is significant as it is the first portable game in the Tomb Raider series. This version has the standard Tomb Raider gameplay of running, jumping an

    83 rating1 list

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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 36Form.28World.25Curated.12Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

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

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide view

    The planet Raguy was once a beautiful place, until the evil Daruma tribe invaded, bringing pollution that corrupted the land. You, as Blue, are a specialist of the Leaf Dump, and you love Princess Fa of the Raguy family. Unfortunately, Prin

    70 rating5 lists

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 36Form.28World.25Curated.12Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Bug!

    1995

    Realtime Associates · Sega Saturn, Windows

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide view

    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 lists

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  • Why 36Form.11World.25Curated.24Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    A&F Software · Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC +11

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide viewChicken

    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

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 36Form.25World.25Curated.14Lists.00Platformer · Pixel art

    Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Commodore 64 +5

    PlatformerPixel artClimbingActionSide view

    "Monty Mole was imprisoned due to his coal theft in Wanted: Monty Mole, and rescued by Sam Stoat in Monty is Innocent. Now he has to get out of Britain while he still can. Like the original, the game is a flick-screen platformer with puzzl

    69 rating4 lists2 h main story

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 36Form.45World.25Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Mayan

    Game Boy Color

    PlatformerMayanActionHigh score

    An evil force known as Scourge is manipulating the Red Lucense in order to take over the jungle. Now it is up to Pitfall Harry Jr. to use the Blue Lucense to restore peace to the land. You control Harry as he battles through 15 levels that

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  • Why 36Form.12World.25Curated.22Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +1

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide viewRabbit

    A Frogger or Freeway clone written by Vic Leone and published by Datamost for the Apple II, C64 and Atari 8-bit home computers.

    1 list

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  • Why 35Form.07World.25Curated.25Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Imagic · Intellivision

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide viewDonkey kong clone

    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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  • Timed Atari exclusiveWhy 35Form.09World.25Curated.24Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Nichibutsu · Arcade, Atari 2600, NES +8

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide viewParkour

    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

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusiveWhy 35Form.21World.73Curated.05Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    NG:DEV.TEAM · Switch, PS4

    PlatformerArcadeActionShooter

    Gunlord X is a platformer action game with an emphasis on exploring huge worlds and blasting off enemies. This game features 9 stages of exciting 2D gameplay with over 45 unique enemy types. Blast yourself through giant landscapes, explore

    84 rating2 lists

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 34Form.06World.25Curated.24Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Grip Games · PS3, PlayStation Vita, Windows +1

    ActionArcadePlatformerNinja2.5d

    Atomic Ninjas is a colorful and funny multiplayer action game, in which you control super-powered ninjas in frantic online matches against other players. However, you are unable to directly kill other players. Instead, you must outsmart an

    4 lists

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  • Why 34Form.22World.25Curated.13Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Interactive Television Entertainment · Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, Legacy Mobile Device +2

    ArcadePlatformerActionThird person

    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 lists

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  • Why 34Form.07World.25Curated.24Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Sunsoft · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +2

    ArcadePlatformerActionSide viewGravity

    Kangaroo is arcade game that was released in 1982. It was manufactured by Sun Electronics and distributed by Atari. The gameplay and plot of Kangaroo resemble that of Donkey Kong. The player takes the role of a mother kangaroo wearing boxin

    41 rating5 lists

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  • Why 33Form.42World.14Curated.00Lists.00Mayan

    Apple II, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +5

    MayanAdventureRole-playingIncaFantasy

    Expedition Amazon follows four team members on an expedition to navigate the ruins of the Incan civilization.

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  • Why 33Form.21World.25Curated.11Lists.00Arcade · Platformer

    Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, Windows

    ArcadePlatformerRobotsTalking animalsAction

    Action-adventure game released in 2000 by Tate Interactive. During development it was known as Denis the Kangaroo.

    69 rating2 lists5 h main story

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  • Why 32Form.22World.66Curated.00Lists.00Platformer

    Antony Crowther · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW +6

    PlatformerActionSide view

    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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  • Why 32Form.13World1.00Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Pixel art · Described alike

    Chasm

    2018

    Bit Kid · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4

    PlatformerPixel artActionSide viewAction role-playing

    Chasm is a procedurally-generated RPG Platformer for PC (Win, Mac, & Linux), Playstation 4, and Nintendo Switch. Taking equal inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, it will immerse you in a proce

    69 rating2 lists9 h main storyDescribed alike

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