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Platformer

One of the oldest genres of video games — the platformer — is characterized by a unique gameplay experience. The player controls a character that moves through levels, jumps on "platforms," climbs ladders, collects items, and battles enemies. The intelligence of opponents is usually either weak or completely absent. Some platformers focus on speed and reaction, others resemble puzzles more, while others require the player to execute the correct combination of movements to overcome obstacles. The genre diversity of platformers is very wide.

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Best Games in the Platformer genre of 1991 (Game released)

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Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)

Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Game Gear, SEGA Master System, Wii, Android, iOS → December 1991

Players: 6.7/10

Sonic the Hedgehog — side-scrolling action platformer. You'll race at lightning speed through seven classic zones as Sonic the Hedgehog. You'll be able to run...

Battletoads (1991)

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Sports game

Game released: Amiga CD32, Amiga, Game Gear, Genesis, NES, Game Boy → 1994

Players: 6/10

Super Mario World

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Mario Game

Game released: SNES, Wii → April 1992

Players: 7/10

Home Alone (1991)

Action, Horror, Platformer

Game released: Game Boy, SNES → November 1991

Steam: 77/100

Home Alone (1991) is an action game with horror and platform elements from developers from the Altron Corporation studio. The game is published by THQ Inc.. Home...

Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers: The Adventure in Nimnul's Castle

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer

Game released: NES → 12 December 1991

Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers: The Adventure in Nimnul's Castle is an arcade game with action, beat 'em all and platform games from the developers of Capcom...

Sonic the Hedgehog 2009

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: BlackBerry, Game Boy Advance, Genesis, iPhone, iPod Classic, J2ME, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 → 20 November 2009

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Sonic the Hedgehog 2009 is a third-person action game with a mixture of platforming and anime or manga games from the studios Sonic Team and Sega. The game is...

Wonder Boy in Monster World

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Side view, Role-playing game

Game released: Genesis, PlayStation 3, SEGA Master System, TurboGrafx CD, Wii, PC, Mac, Linux → 25 October 1991

Steam: 100/100

Monsters have overrun a fantasy land, leaving its citizens afraid for their lives as they wait for a hero to restore peace. Wonder Boy in Monster World is an action...

Dragon's Lair: The Legend

Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Game Boy → 23 April 1992

Dragon's Lair: The Legend is an action game with a mixture of platformer and fantasy game from developers from the Elite Systems Ltd. studio. The game is published...

Cadash

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Genesis, TurboGrafx-16, Wii → 1992

Players: 10/10

Cadash is an action RPG, platformer, anime/manga and fantasy game from the masters at Taito Corporation. The game is published by Working Designs. For some reason...

Exile (1991)

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Genesis, MSX, PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X1, TurboGrafx CD → 6 December 1991

Exile (1991) is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of action, platforming, anime/manga and fantasy games from the developers of Renovation Game. The...

Bubble Bobble

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM Towns, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, J2ME, MSX, NES, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000, Wii, ZX Spectrum → 1988

Players: 7.5/10

Bubble Bobble is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action and platforming from Taito Corporation. The game is published by Firebird Software Ltd.. Bubble...

Turrican

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, CDTV, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Genesis, TurboGrafx-16, ZX Spectrum → 1990

Turrican is an action game with a mixture of shooter and platformer from the developers from the Rainbow Arts Software GmbH studio. The game is published by Rainbow...

Gods

Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, Genesis, PC-98, SNES → 1992

Steam: 100/100

Gods is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer. Hercules strives to achieve immortality by completing the task given by the Gods themselves. You will go to...

Earnest Evans

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Genesis, SEGA CD, PlayStation 4 → 1992

Earnest Evans is an action platformer about adventurer Earnest Evans, who is hired by President Calvin Coolidge to find an ancient grimoire, the Necronomicon. Al...

Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge

Action, Horror, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Game Boy → August 1991

Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge is an action game with horror, platformer and fantasy elements from the Konami Co., Ltd. studio. The game is published by Konami...

Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Amiga, DOS, Game Boy, Genesis, NES, SNES, Zeebo → 1992

Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja — a long time ago, somewhere in Africa there lived 2 primitive tribes. One night, people from one of the tribes stole all the women...

Operation C

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Top-down view

Game released: Game Boy → 21 May 1992

Players: 9.4/10

Operation C is a third-person action game with a touch of shooter and platformer from developers from the Konami Industry Co. studio. Ltd.. The game is published by...

Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble 3

Action, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: Amiga, Atari ST, Game Boy, NES, TurboGrafx-16, Wii, PlayStation 4 → 1992

Players clear levels across eight planets, collect fruit and other items to build their score, and find power-ups ranging from bouncing energy balls to magic that...

Valis

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Genesis, TurboGrafx CD → 27 December 1991

Valis is a third-person action game with a mixture of platformer and anime or manga game from the developers of the studio Telenet Japan Co., Ltd.. The game is...

Werewolf: The Last Warrior

Arcade, Action, Horror, Platformer

Game released: NES → 28 June 1991

Werewolf: The Last Warrior is an arcade game with a mixture of action, horror and platformer from developers from the studios of Data East Corporation, Sakata SAS...

Toki

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Genesis, iPhone, Lynx, NES, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC → 1991

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This action platformer follows Toki, a warrior transformed into a chimpanzee by the sorcerer Vookimedlo and the demon Bashtar, who also kidnap his beloved Miho. To...

Metal Storm

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Combat robots

Game released: NES → 24 April 1992

Metal Storm is an action game with elements of a shooter, platformer and robot simulator from developers from the Tamtex studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Rastan

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Amstrad CPC, Apple IIgs, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Gear, MSX, SEGA Master System, ZX Spectrum → 1990

Rastan is a third-person arcade game with action, platformer and fantasy elements from the developers of Taito Corporation. The game is published by Tonka Corp...

Magic Pockets

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Atari ST, DOS → 1993

Magic Pockets is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the developers at Bitmap Brothers, The. The game is published by Renegade Software...

Doraemon: Nobita no Dorabian Night

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

Game released: TurboGrafx-16, TurboGrafx CD → 6 December 1991

Doraemon: Nobita no Dorabian Night is an action game with a mixture of platformer and game in the anime or manga genre from the masters from the studio Now...

Snow Bros. Nick & Tom

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Android, Game Boy, Genesis, NES → 7 April 2012

Players: 5.5/10

This arcade platformer follows snowman brothers Nick and Tom as they set out to rescue the princesses. It supports two-player co-op, with the pair navigating...

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer

Game released: Amiga, NES, Genesis, Atari ST → 1991

This arcade action game, based on the animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers, centers on fighting pollution and eco-villains. Its versions differ...

Ys 3: Wanderers from Ys

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Genesis, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC-98, SNES, TurboGrafx CD → 1 November 1991

Ys 3: Wanderers from Ys is an action role-playing game, platformer and fantasy game from the masters from the studio Nihon Falcom Corp.. The game is published by...

Magical Tarurūto-kun (1991)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Game Boy → 15 June 1991

Magical Tarurūto-kun (1991) is a third-person action game with a mixture of platforming and anime or manga games. The game is published by Bandai Co., Ltd...

Spider-Man (1992)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: Game Gear, Genesis, SEGA Master System → 1992

Spider-Man (1992) is a third-person action game with platform elements from developers from the studio SEGA of America, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is SEGA...

Genocide 2: Master of the Dark Communion

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Combat robots

Game released: Sharp X68000 → 7 December 1991

Genocide 2: Master of the Dark Communion is an action game with elements of a platformer and robot simulator from the studio Zoom, Inc.. The game is published by...

Mega Man 4

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

Game released: DoJa, NES, PlayStation, Wii → 2005

Players: 9.5/10

This futuristic platformer follows the robot Mega Man as he sets out to stop Dr. Cossack and an army of combat robots threatening the world. Sent by Dr. Light, Mega...

Myth: History in the Making

Action, Platformer

Game released: Amiga CD32, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, NES, ZX Spectrum → 1994

This 2D action platformer takes place across locations drawn from myths and legends. In Myth: History in the Making, the player travels through levels set in Hades...

Monte Carlo Baccarat

Simulation, Platformer, Board / Group Game, Card game, Casino

Game released: DOS → 22 November 1991

Monte Carlo Baccarat is a simulator with elements of a platformer, card game and casino game from developers from the studio Brian A. Rice, Inc.. The game is...

Two Crude Dudes

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk

Game released: Genesis → 28 February 1992

Two Crude Dudes is an action game with fighting and platformer elements from developers from the Data East Corporation studio. The game is published by Data East...

Kyatto Ninden Teyandee

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: NES → 19 July 1991

Players: 10/10

Kyatto Ninden Teyandee is a third-person action, platformer, anime/manga and fantasy game from Tecmo, Ltd.. The game is published by Tecmo, Ltd. In some circles...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Back from the Sewers

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: Game Boy → 21 May 1992

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Back from the Sewers — Shredder and Krang are developing a new plan to take over the world and kidnap April O'Neil. The...

Metroid 2: Return of Samus

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Game Boy, Nintendo 3DS → 21 May 1992

Metroid 2: Return of Samus — is a side-scrolling action-adventure game in which the player controls the protagonist Samus Aran on the fictional planet SR388...

Batman: Return of the Joker

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: Game Boy, Genesis, NES → May 1992

Batman: Return of the Joker — The main character of the game is a superhero named Bruce Wayne, who fights crime in the city of Gotham. He is better known as...

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Action, Platformer, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: NES → March 1991

Players: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a top-down action game with platforming and puzzle elements from the developers of Software Creations Ltd.. The main publisher...

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