1980s Platformer games

34 Platformer classics first released 1980 to 1989, in release order, and 215 games looking back to them.

Games looking back to them

• Darkula: Free retro arcade game.
• Donkey Kong 500: Amiga port of arcade Donkey Kong.
• Donkey Kong Craze: Arcade-faithful Donkey Kong remake.
• Donkey Kong Junior (Boolean Games remake): PC remake of the arcade sequel.
• Trapeze: A circus platformer
• Chuckie Egg: The Next Batch: Updated PC version of the A&F platformer.
• Jumpman Zero: Remake of Randy Glover's Jumpman, also ported to many systems.
• Micro Mages: Four-player NES platformer squeezed into a 40 KB cartridge, also on PC.
• Jet Set Willy (Andy Noble remake): Updated PC remake of Matthew Smith's mansion platformer.
• L'Abbaye des Morts: Free ZX Spectrum-style platformer about a fleeing Cathar monk, shared from the author's own site.
• Manic Miner PC: Updated PC remake of Manic Miner.
• La-Mulana (original freeware): Freeware MSX-style ruins exploration game released on the developers' own site before the remake.
• Spelunky Classic: Free original Game Maker version of Spelunky, distributed from the author's site.
• Viriax: Free retro arcade minigame from the author's site.
• Implauseable Mission: Remake of Epyx's Impossible Mission.
• Impossible Mission 3: New Commodore 64 sequel in the style of Epyx's Impossible Mission.
• Impossible Mission III: New Commodore 64 sequel to Impossible Mission sold from Psytronik's store.
• Ghosts 'n Goblins (Steve remake): PC remake of Capcom's arcade platformer.
• Ghouls 'n Ghosts Remix: Remix remake of the Capcom sequel.
• Maldita Castilla: Free arcade action game in the Ghosts 'n Goblins mold; the paid EX version came later.
• Maldita Castilla EX: Expanded commercial release of Maldita Castilla on stores and consoles.
• Odallus: The Dark Call: 8-bit dark fantasy action exploration game.
• A Hat in Time: Kickstarted 3D collectathon platformer.
• Attempt at a Normal Hack (Super Mario World ROM hack): A 40-exit standard hack in the Hall of Fame with hard but fair new levels.
• Baby Kaizo World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A beginner kaizo hack that teaches kaizo techniques.
• Bunbun World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A kaizo hack inspired by Quickie World with a full set of new levels.
• Celeste.smc (Super Mario World ROM hack): A kaizo hack that brings Celeste's mechanics, elements and visuals into Super Mario World.
• Despair Mario's Gambit 64 (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 120-star story-driven game with original worlds.
• Eternal Realm (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 47-star kaizo hack known for its precise, demanding movement challenges.
• Eureka (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 100-star game with original worlds and a new hub.
• Eversion: Free horror platformer that starts as a cute Mario-like; the HD version came to Steam later.
• Grand Poo World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A kaizo game dedicated to speedrunner Grand Poo Bear, built to challenge skilled kaizo players.
• Grand Poo World 2 (Super Mario World ROM hack): The sequel with instant retry and a save block, one of the most streamed kaizo hacks.
• Grand Poo World 3 (Super Mario World ROM hack): The third Grand Poo World kaizo game.
• I Wanna Be the Guy: Freeware NES-style platformer of brutal traps, only offered from the author's site.
• Invictus (Super Mario World ROM hack): A 20-level kaizo hack mixing kaizo tricks with vanilla charm, among the most played on SMW Central.
• JUMP (Super Mario World ROM hack): A collab that grew into a full mostly-vanilla-style game with modern ASM, headed by worldpeace.
• JUMP½ (Super Mario World ROM hack): The sequel to JUMP, with storehouses, hint movies, new bosses and hidden puzzles; often called one of the best SMW hacks.
• Kaizo Mario 64 (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A punishing kaizo take on Super Mario 64 with 120 stars of redesigned trap-filled courses.
• Kaizo Mario Bros. 3 (Super Mario Bros. 3 ROM hack): Brings the kaizo style to Super Mario Bros. 3 with new trap-filled levels.
• Kaizo Mario World (Super Mario World ROM hack): The hack that gave kaizo its name: trap-filled new levels that need frame-perfect play.
• Kaizo Mario World 2 (Super Mario World ROM hack): The sequel to Kaizo Mario World with another set of trap-filled levels.
• Kaizo Mario World 3 (Super Mario World ROM hack): The third Kaizo Mario World game.
• King Boo's Revenge 2 (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 182-star kaizo game where King Boo takes over the castle.
• Krack The Hack (Super Mario World ROM hack): A short standard hack where you play as a Koopa collecting keys across 14 exits.
• Little Mario World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A full Super Mario World hack with a new set of levels.
• Lost Universe 2: Curse of Eternity (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 130-star kaizo game set in a cursed universe.
• Love Yourself (Super Mario World ROM hack): A kaizo hack with a personal theme of self acceptance.
• Lug's Delightful Dioramas (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 74-star game of small hand-built diorama levels, made with modern SM64 tools.
• Luigi and the Forest Ruins Rebooted (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 40-star Luigi adventure through overgrown ruins.
• Mari0: Super Mario Bros. recreated in LOVE with a Portal gun, co-op and a level editor.
• Mario Forever: Popular freeware Mario remake made in Clickteam tools; Godot Community Edition in 2024.
• Mario in the Dreamscape (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 145-star dream-themed adventure for experienced players.
• Mario in the Multiverse (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A large collab where each world borrows the look and mechanics of another game series, 123 stars.
• Mario on Indigo Island (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 111-star island adventure with new courses.
• Mario Party 64 (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 70-star game whose courses are themed after Mario Party boards.
• Mario's New Earth (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 125-star game where Mario explores a newly made planet.
• Masterpiece (Super Mario World ROM hack): A Hall of Fame kaizo hack with a black switch palace challenge after the ending.
• Mini Kaizo Bros. 3 (Super Mario Bros. 3 ROM hack): A shorter Super Mario Bros. 3 kaizo hack.
• Mushroom Kingdom Fusion: Huge Mario crossover fan game, cancelled and revived several times.
• Nonsense (Super Mario World ROM hack): A Hall of Fame variety collab focused on classic platforming that grows very hard near the end.
• Nova the Squirrel: NES platformer with ability copying and puzzles.
• Omega Mario 64 (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 121-star advanced platformer with original worlds.
• Phenomena 64 (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 120-star collab of strange, atmospheric new levels.
• Quickie World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A short kaizo hack that many players use as an introduction to kaizo.
• Quickie World 2 (Super Mario World ROM hack): The sequel to Quickie World with longer kaizo levels.
• Riff Bros. 3 (Super Mario Bros. 3 ROM hack): A Super Mario Bros. 3 kaizo hack.
• Sam's Journey: Large scrolling platformer for the Commodore 64 with costume powers, sold on disk and cartridge.
• Shining Stars 3: Sanctuary of the Star Comet (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): The third Shining Stars game, 132 stars across a comet sanctuary.
• Shining Stars 4: Another Dimensional Incident (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 72-star dimension-hopping sequel in the Shining Stars series.
• SM64 Decades Later (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 150-star game set years after the original, with a new kingdom, new story and new mechanics.
• SM64 Royal Legacy: Definitive Edition (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 31-star castle adventure built with modern decomp tools.
• SM64 Sapphire (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A short, polished 30-star adventure set in brand new levels.
• SM64 Shining Stars Repainted (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 151-star overhaul of the Shining Stars hack with new art and courses.
• SM64 The Green Stars (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 130-star game with an all-new castle hub and courses built around collecting green stars.
• SM64: Beyond the Cursed Mirror (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 120-star adventure with a new story, new hub, original bosses and badges that change Mario's abilities.
• SM64: Last Impact (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): An advanced 130-star game with new worlds, custom enemies and engine changes.
• SM64: Ocarina of Time (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): Rebuilds the world of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as a 171-star Mario platformer.
• SM64: The Mushroom Cup (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 130-star advanced game themed around a Mushroom Cup tournament.
• SM64: Through The Ages (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 95-star game whose worlds each recreate a different era of video game visuals.
• sm64ex: PC port of Super Mario 64 from the decompilation.
• smw: C reimplementation of Super Mario World.
• Star Revenge 0: Galaxy of Origins (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A space-themed prequel in the Star Revenge series with 122 stars of new worlds.
• Star Revenge 1.5: Star Takeover Redone (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A remake of the first Star Revenge game with 125 stars and a full new story.
• Star Revenge 2 Act I: To the Moon (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): An 85-star chapter of the Star Revenge saga that takes Mario to the moon.
• Star Revenge 2.5: Remnant of Doom (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A kaizo-difficulty Star Revenge entry with 115 stars of precision challenges.
• Star Revenge 3.5: Vacation of Cursed Dreams (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 133-star vacation-themed entry with new resort worlds and custom bosses.
• Star Revenge 4.5: The Kedama Takeover Rewritten (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A rewritten 100-star game where the villain Kedama takes over the kingdom.
• Star Revenge 4.9: Adulterated Reality (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 150-star kaizo game set in a warped version of the Star Revenge world.
• Star Revenge 5.5: Destroyed Memories (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A darker, harder 70-star Star Revenge chapter.
• Star Revenge 5: Neo Blue Realm (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A relaxed 70-star adventure through a blue-themed realm of new levels.
• Star Revenge 6.25: Luigi's Adventure DX (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A huge 216-star adventure starring Luigi with its own hub and story.
• Star Revenge 7: Park of Time (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 121-star game built around a time-themed amusement park.
• Star Revenge 8: Scepter of Hope (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 121-star quest for the Scepter of Hope across new worlds.
• Storks and Apes and Crocodiles (Super Mario World ROM hack): A Super Mario World hack with Donkey Kong Country style themes.
• Super "Sonic Saves the World" World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A master-level kaizo hack in the SMW Central Hall of Fame.
• Super Barb Bros (Super Mario Bros. 3 ROM hack): A Super Mario Bros. 3 kaizo hack honoring Barbarian.
• Super Dram World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A 19-level kaizo hack with unlimited lives that helped popularize kaizo speedrunning.
• Super Luigi 64: The Flower Cup (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 166-star Luigi sequel to The Mushroom Cup.
• Super Mario 63: Flash 2D game based on Super Mario 64 with a level designer, from the author's own site.
• Super Mario 64 Land (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 131-star game in the spirit of Super Mario 3D Land, with level-based worlds instead of a castle hub.
• Super Mario 74 (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): Two complete games in one: a normal edition and a much harder Extreme Edition, 151 stars of new courses.
• Super Mario 74 Extreme Edition (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): The kaizo-difficulty second half of Super Mario 74 with 157 stars of remixed, brutal courses.
• Super Mario and the Cursed Castles (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 121-star easy-going game with a set of new cursed castles to explore.
• Super Mario Blue Twilight: Mario fan game.
• Super Mario Bros. 3: Mario Adventure (Super Mario Bros. 3 ROM hack): A full new game on the Super Mario Bros. 3 engine with new worlds, power-ups and an overworld story.
• Super Mario Bros. Crossover: Flash remake of SMB1 that lets you play as Mega Man, Link, Samus and other NES heroes.
• Super Mario Bros. Remastered: Open-source Godot remake of SMB1, Lost Levels and Special with a level editor; needs your own ROM.
• Super Mario Bros. X: Mario fan game and level editor mixing assets from the NES and SNES games.
• Super Mario Bros. X2: Expanded SMBX with Lua scripting and much new content.
• Super Mario Fusion: Crossover Mario fan game, later Mushroom Kingdom Fusion.
• Super Mario in The Final Kaizo (Super Mario Bros. 3 ROM hack): A Super Mario Bros. 3 kaizo hack with all-new levels.
• Super Mario Odyssey 64 (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): Brings Super Mario Odyssey's kingdoms and Cappy-style moves into the Super Mario 64 engine.
• Super Mario Rainbow Road (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 60-star game set along a sky-high rainbow world of new courses.
• Super Mario Star Road (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A full replacement adventure with 15 new courses, new bosses and 130 stars, the hack that set the standard for SM64 hacking.
• Super Mario Treasure World (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 182-star kaizo game of treasure-hunting challenge levels.
• Super Mawaru World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A kaizo hack where Mario can only spin-jump, with levels built around that rule.
• Super Orb Bros. (Super Mario Bros. 3 ROM hack): A Super Mario Bros. 3 kaizo hack with a new set of levels.
• Super Panga World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A kaizo hack made in tribute to PangaeaPanga.
• Takua 64 (Bionicle64) (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): Turns Super Mario 64 into a LEGO Bionicle adventure starring Takua on the island of Mata Nui.
• TheXTech: Open-source port of the SMBX engine to many platforms, fully compatible with SMBX episodes.
• Things.smc (Super Mario World ROM hack): A Hall of Fame kaizo hack with MSU-1 enhanced audio.
• We Like It Here (Super Mario World ROM hack): A kaizo hack made by Super Mario Maker creators with a steep difficulty curve.
• World of Jumps (Super Mario World ROM hack): A newer kaizo-style hack built around jump challenges.
• Ztar Attack 2: A Blast to the Past (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 90-star sequel where Mario fights the Ztar army through new themed courses.
• Ztar Attack Rebooted (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A rebuilt 170-star version of the original Ztar Attack.
• Alex Kidd 3: Curse in Miracle World (Alex Kidd in Miracle World ROM hack): A fan sequel in which Alex Kidd explores the Hananotani Kingdom to lift a curse on the royal family, with all-new stages built in the Master System original.
• Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Hamster remake): PC remake of the Master System platformer.
• Alex Kidd in Nightmare World (Alex Kidd in Miracle World ROM hack): A dark rework of Alex Kidd in Miracle World with rebuilt stages.
• The Bub's Brothers: Networked multiplayer Bubble Bobble remake in Python.
• All Hell Unleashed: Ultimate Edition: NES horror platformer fighting icons let loose by a cult.
• Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit: NES-style platformer that also got a real NES cartridge.
• Blasphemous: Kickstarted dark Metroidvania.
• Blasphemous 2: Sequel to Blasphemous.
• Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon: 8-bit style stretch-goal spin-off modeled on Castlevania III.
• Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2: Second NES-style Bloodstained side game.
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night: Kickstarter Metroidvania by the Symphony of the Night producer.
• Castlevania Fighter: Fighting game built from Castlevania sprites.
• Castlevania Labyrinth (The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle ROM hack): Turns Kemco's Crazy Castle puzzle game into a Castlevania tale, with Simon Belmont working through Dracula's hidden crypts.
• Castlevania V: Legacy (Castlevania ROM hack): A fan sequel starring Simon's son Daniel, 35 years later, with a rebuilt castle in the original Castlevania.
• Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow: Persephone (Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow ROM hack): An original story after Aria of Sorrow's bad ending: you play Persephone, working with Carmilla and Olrox to revive Dracula, with her own abilities.
• Castlevania: Baleful Sonata (Castlevania ROM hack): Simon returns, cursed, to a risen Castlevania seven years after the original, through a newly built castle.
• Castlevania: Blood Moon (Castlevania ROM hack): An expert-level overhaul of Castlevania that builds new stages around barely used mechanics such as water, breakable walls and traps.
• Castlevania: Chorus of Mysteries (Castlevania ROM hack): A new hero, Armund DeNasty, explores Count Olrox's castle in 1800 Romania through all-new maps, weapons, music, enemies and bosses; often called the best Castlevania total conversion.
• Castlevania: Dark Century: Freeware Castlevania fan game.
• Castlevania: Dawn of Symphony (Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow ROM hack): Rewrites Aria of Sorrow as a sequel to Symphony of the Night, with returning Symphony characters, new weapons and rebalanced enemies.
• Castlevania: Hell's Lullaby: Castlevania fan game.
• Castlevania: Hollow Souls (Castlevania ROM hack): A 2026 rebuild of the first Castlevania with new level design, graphics, music and boss fights, and kinder rules such as infinite lives and kept upgrades.
• Castlevania: Orchestra of Despair (Castlevania ROM hack): A sequel story ten years on, where a cult revives Dracula, told through reworked graphics and new levels in the first Castlevania.
• Castlevania: Revenge of the Findesiecle (Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance ROM hack): A large rework of Harmony of Dissonance that adds new playable characters, from Julius and Maxim to guest stars, and reworks the originals.
• Castlevania: Serenade Under the Moon (Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow ROM hack): Rebuilds Aria of Sorrow's castle map in the image of Symphony of the Night, with Alucard as the hero and Symphony's music.
• Castlevania: The Bloodletting (fan game): Castlevania fan game.
• Castlevania: The Lecarde Chronicles: Linear classic-style Castlevania fan game starring Efrain Lecarde.
• Castlevania: The Lecarde Chronicles 2: Nonlinear Castlevania fan sequel set in 18th century France, voiced by official series actors.
• Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight Ultimate (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night ROM hack): The most complete Saturn Symphony of the Night: full English, restored effects, a Hard Mode, faster loading and 4MB cartridge support.
• Eternal Daughter: Freeware Metroidvania from the team's own site.
• Hollow Knight: Kickstarted hand-drawn Metroidvania.
• Hollow Knight: Silksong: Sequel to Hollow Knight, also a Kickstarter stretch goal.
• Infernax: Gory NES-style action adventure with branching moral choices.
• Knight 'n' Grail: Metroidvania-style adventure for the Commodore 64.
• Mina the Hollower: Game Boy Color-styled action adventure from the Shovel Knight team.
• Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth: Licensed Metroidvania built in the Symphony of the Night style.
• Shovel Knight: Kickstarted NES-style platformer built on Capcom 8-bit design.
• Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove: NES-style action platformer that set the bar for modern 8-bit throwbacks.
• Simon Belmont in 8 Eyes (8 Eyes ROM hack): Puts Simon Belmont, his whip and his subweapons into Seta's 8 Eyes, turning it into a Castlevania side story; last public release a 2008 beta.
• Soulless: Flick-screen action platformer for the Commodore 64.
• Soulless II: The Armour of Gods: Sequel to Soulless for the Commodore 64.
• The Curse of Issyos: Free MSX-styled action game based on Greek myth.
• Timespinner: Kickstarted Metroidvania in the Symphony of the Night style.
• Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (Vile1011 remake): Fan remake of the Master System adventure.
• Dizzy 3D: 3D take on the Oliver Twins' egg adventurer.
• Dizzy Yolkfolk Adventure: Fan-made Dizzy adventure.
• Treasure Island Dizzy (Peter Teal remake): Treasure Island Dizzy remake.
• 20XX: Roguelike take on Mega Man X.
• 30XX: Sequel to 20XX with co-op and level editor.
• Gravity Circuit: Mega Man X-style action platformer built around a grappling hook and punches.
• Gravity Circuit 2: Announced sequel to Gravity Circuit, listed for 2027.
• Lizard: NES exploration platformer about a lizard costume, sold as ROM and cartridge.
• Mega Maker: Free Mega Man level editor with online level sharing, using assets from the first six games.
• Mega Man 1: The New Lands (Mega Man ROM hack): New Robot Masters and new stages in the first Mega Man, with faster firing, no knockback and tighter controls.
• Mega Man 2.5D: 2.5D Mega Man fan game with online co-op, featured by Capcom.
• Mega Man 4: Voyage (Mega Man 4 ROM hack): A near-total overhaul of Mega Man 4 that keeps only the Robot Masters' names: original story, new areas, reprogrammed bosses and almost 40 original songs.
• Mega Man 7 EP (Mega Man 7 ROM hack): The Rockman 4 Minus Infinity author's SNES follow-up: Rockman 7 with new stage designs, bosses and attack patterns and on-the-fly weapon switching.
• Mega Man CX (Mega Man 2 ROM hack): Remakes Rockman 2 in the style of Mega Man X, with an intro stage, a dash and a new plot in which Rockman CX is the villain.
• Mega Man Rock Force: Classic-style Mega Man fan game with a darker story and a team of robot allies.
• Mega Man Ultra (Mega Man ROM hack): A new story set twenty years on, in which Wily steals the blueprints for Dr. Light's secret robot X, told through rebuilt stages in the first Mega Man.
• Mega Man Unlimited: NES-style Mega Man fan sequel that grew out of fake Mega Man 10 trailers.
• Mega Man X: Corrupted: Metroidvania Mega Man X fan game in development since 2007, with X and Zero playable.
• Mighty No. 9: Kickstarted Mega Man successor led by Keiji Inafune.
• Panzer Paladin: NES-style action platformer about a pilot and her mech.
• Prison City: NES-style action platformer with a chakram, inspired by Shatterhand.
• Project Blue: NES action platformer.
• Rockman 4: Burst Chaser X Air Sliding (Mega Man 4 ROM hack): Fast movement, long jumps and mid-air sliding on top of new stages, music, weapons and smarter Robot Masters.
• Rockman 4: Minus Infinity (Mega Man 4 ROM hack): Rebuilds Mega Man 4 with new stages, branching paths, hidden guest bosses from the whole series, new weapons, an arena mode and MMC5 music.
• Rockman Deus Ex Machina (Mega Man 2 ROM hack): An expert-level Rockman 2 rebuild with reworked gameplay and very aggressive new boss fights.
• Rockman No Constancy (Mega Man 2 ROM hack): A Japanese rework of Rockman 2 with new music, graphics, bosses, weapons and stage layouts, plus a hard mode.
• Street Fighter X Mega Man: Fan crossover that Capcom backed and released as official freeware.
• Super Bat Puncher: NES and Famicom platformer; a demo is available.
• Tower Toppler: Open-source remake of the rotating-tower platformer.
• Cyber Shadow: Solo-made NES-style ninja action game.
• Deadpool (Ninja Gaiden ROM hack): Reworks nearly all of NES Ninja Gaiden into a Deadpool game, with new stages, enemies, weapons, music and story cutscenes.
• Ninja Gaiden VI: The Beginning (Ninja Gaiden ROM hack): A prequel story starring Ken Hayabusa and young Ryu, the last survivors of a village overrun by demons.
• Ninja Gaiden: Dark Reborn: Ninja Gaiden fan remake.
• Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Scroll (Ninja Gaiden ROM hack): A prequel adventure for Ryu Hayabusa, chasing a rival clan that stole a sacred relic, with new stages and story scenes.
• Oniken: 8-bit ninja action game, JoyMasher's debut.
• The Joylancer: Legendary Motor Knight: Fast 8/16-bit hybrid action platformer.
• The Messenger: Ninja Gaiden-style action game that shifts from 8-bit to 16-bit.
• 4D Prince of Persia (Prince of Persia mod): 3D-rendered Prince of Persia remake from Russia.
• FreePrince: Free Prince of Persia engine.
• SDLPoP: Open-source port of DOS Prince of Persia from its disassembly.
• Rick Dangerous 2 (PJ Crossley remake): Rick Dangerous 2 remake.
• Rocky Memphis: Rick Dangerous-inspired platformer.
• xrick: Clone of Rick Dangerous distributed from its own site.
• Steel Assault: Short 16-bit action game with a zipline, in the Strider tradition.
• Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider: 16-bit ninja android action game in the Shinobi and Strider mold.

The classics

• Donkey Kong (1981)
• Pitfall! (1982)
• Big Top (1983)
• Chuckie Egg (1983)
• Jumpman (1983)
• Lode Runner (1983)
• Mario Bros. (1983)
• Miner Willy (1983)
• Spelunker (1983)
• Bomb Jack (1984)
• Impossible Mission (1984)
• Montezuma's Revenge (1984)
• Monty Mole (1984)
• Ghosts 'n Goblins (1985)
• Ice Climber (1985)
• Super Mario (1985)
• Adventure Island (1986)
• Alex Kidd (1986)
• Bubble Bobble (1986)
• Castlevania (1986)
• Kid Icarus (1986)
• Valis (1986)
• Wonder Boy (1986)
• Bionic Commando (1987)
• Dizzy (1987)
• Mega Man (1987)
• Nebulus (1987)
• The Great Giana Sisters (1987)
• Ninja Gaiden (1988)
• DuckTales (1989)
• Prince of Persia (1989)
• Rick Dangerous (1989)
• Shadow of the Beast (1989)
• Strider (1989)