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Pitfall! has been holding it down as the grandfather of the modern day platformer since its release in 1982. The premise of the game is to avoid falling down pits.
Kim Kim Dan Dan was a shoot-'em-up released by dB-Soft for Sharp X1, Bandai Gundam RX-78, and Mitsubishi Multi-8.
Control Bounty Bob as he avoids mutants and attempts to catch Yukon Yohan in this classic platformer.
Pick Axe Pete! is a single-screen platformer starring the titular miner.
In Frisky Tom, players struggle to repair a shower's pipeline while defending against mice.
A Pac-Man variant written by Dan Illowsky and published by Datamost for the Apple II.
Control Jumpman (later known as Mario) and save his girlfriend, Pauline, from the evil barrel-tossing gorilla known as Donkey Kong. Designed by Shigeru Miyamoto, this was the game that set the template for the platformer genre.
One of the most popular arcade games of all time, Pac-Man was released in arcades in 1980 and became a pop culture icon for the decade.
Manbiki Shounen is widely credited as being the first stealth game. It was developed by Hiroshi Suzuki and debuted in November of 1979.
1979 arcade shooter by Nintendo where the player must fight sixteen surrounding desperadoes. A precursor to Donkey Kong, it was designed by Genyo Takeda, with assistance from Shigeru Miyamoto, working on his first video game. Possibly the first run & gun shooter, it also introduced the damsel-in-distress trope to gaming as well as continuous background music.
Gun Fight, also known as Western Gun, is a 1975 arcade shooter. Set in the Wild West, Western Gun was the first on-foot shooter, introduced human combat, was the first open-world action-adventure video game, and the first real-time tactical cover shooter. Gun Fight was also the first microprocessor video game.
A sports game released by Taito in 1974. A landmark title, it was notable for being the first video game to use sprites, and the first to represent human characters. It was licensed to Midway as TV Basketball in the United States.
They is a unique First Person Shooter where cyborgs, aliens and terrorists have consumed modern day England, and it's up to the player to discover why they came. Development of the game is currently halted.
Revealed at TGS 2008, little is known about this game. It has since become vaporware.
An obscure platformer for the Amiga. Players control peter on his quest through 20 levels in which he much collect hearts to save his girlfriend Daphne.
Adult action game developed by Redfire Soft in 2008.
Players control Brad Stallion as he competes against his arch-nemesis, Dr. Dildo to see who can score with the most females, be they human or otherwise.
Lolicon/Shotacon-themed pornographic card battle game developed by Pony Tail in 1995.
2 Days to Vegas is an action game being developed by Steel Monkeys for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Advergame for the Omo brand, where a boy (Max) and his dog (Sparky) must survive in another dimension without getting too dirty.
This unreleased entry to the Castlevania saga featured 3D graphics and the ability to play as either Victor or Sonia Belmont in a quest to vanquish a countess who sought to bring count Dracula back from the dead once again.
A platformer from Magnussoft.
The sequel to Jump Jack.
An educational adventure game designed to test children's knowledge of German and Scandinavian fairytales.
A fantasy rogue-like RPG.
A dual-joystick action-adventure game with upgrades and procedurally-generated levels. It is the debut project from Dead Alien Cult, an indie studio whose members have worked on many Sony-published games.
A retro-style JRPG made by a small group of students and led by Ryan Harmon that are getting funding from Kickstarter.com.
A game combining a remake of detective visual novel Mystereet: Fukagyaku Sekai no Tantei Shinshi and the brand new sequel Mystereet 2: Farewell Encounter.
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