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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 1994 (Game released)

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Zool

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

Game released: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga CD32, Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, SEGA Master System, SNES → 1993

Zool is a third-person arcade game with action, shooter and platform elements from the studio Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is...

Battletoads (1991)

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

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

Players: 6/10

Donkey Kong Country

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, SNES, Wii → 12 December 2003

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 78/100

This platformer follows Donkey Kong and his sidekick Diddy Kong on an island adventure to recover their stolen banana horde from the reptilian Kremling tribe. The...

Flashback: The Quest for Identity

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Puzzle, Cyberpunk

Game released: 3DO, Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, CD-i, DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, iPhone, Jaguar, Mac, SEGA CD, SNES → 17 February 1995

Players: 7/10

Flashback: The Quest for Identity is an action game with a mixture of shooter, platformer and puzzle from the masters from the Delphine Software International...

Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Game Boy, Genesis, NES, SNES → декабрь 1993

Players: 6.8/10

Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team is an action game with fighting and platformer elements from the masters from the Rare Ltd. studio. The main...

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Genesis, Wii, PC → февраль 1994

Steam: 100/100

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron — in the previous part, ToyJam and Earl crashed on planet Earth, after which they were forced to look for a way to get...

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

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

Game released: Genesis, Wii, Xbox 360 → март 1994

Players: 7.6/10

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — The player will have to go through 6 game levels called zones (“Angel Island”, “Hydrocity”, “Marble Garden”, “Carnival Night”, “Ice...

Another World

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Side view

Game released: 3DO, Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, DOS, Genesis, SNES, Windows 3.x, Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PS Vita → 21 October 1994

Players: 8.8/10

Young physicist Lester Knight Chaikin is conducting a physics experiment at a synchrotron when suddenly lightning strikes the facility. As a result of the reaction...

Mega Man X

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

Game released: DoJa, DOS, iPad, iPhone, SNES, Wii, iOS → 2007

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 55/100

Mega Man X is a futuristic action platformer built around shooting and completing a series of stages. The player moves through levels, jumps, attacks enemies and...

Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and The Flame

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: DOS, FM Towns, Mac, SNES → 1993

Players: 8.8/10

Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and The Flame is an arcade game with platformer and puzzle elements from the developers of the studio Brøderbund Software, Inc...

Earthworm Jim

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Comedy

Game released: DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, Genesis, SEGA Master System, SNES, Wii, Nintendo DS, PC → 30 November 1995

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This science-fiction action platformer follows Jim, an ordinary earthworm who becomes an intelligent superhero after a strange suit lands on him. When he learns of...

Super Metroid

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

Game released: SNES, Wii → 28 July 1994

Players: 8.4/10

Super Metroid is a third-person shooter/platformer action game from Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. and Nintendo R&D1. The main publisher of the game is Nintendo...

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...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The HyperStone Heist

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: Genesis → июнь 1994

Players: 9.5/10

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The HyperStone Heist is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from Konami Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Konami...

Sonic & Knuckles

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Genesis, Wii, Xbox 360 → 28 October 1994

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Sonic & Knuckles — controlling the game character, the player goes through various levels, the structure of which is labyrinth-like and includes many steep...

Donkey Kong (1994)

Arcade, Action, Platformer

Game released: Game Boy, Nintendo 3DS → 29 September 1994

Donkey Kong (1994) is an arcade game mixed with action and platforming from developers from Nintendo EAD and Pax Softnica studios. The game is published by Nintendo...

Mega Man X2

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

Game released: DoJa, SNES, Wii → 2008

Mega Man X2 is a third-person action game with a mixture of shooter, platformer and anime or manga game from the studio Capcom Co., Ltd.. The game is published by...

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Point & Click, Adventure

Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, MSX, NES, SEGA Master System, ZX Spectrum, PC → 1989

Steam: 77/100

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game is a third-person action game with platforming elements from developers from the Tiertex Ltd. studio. The game...

Gex

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: 3DO, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, PC → 14 July 1995

Players: 9/10

Gex is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The events of the game will tell the story of a witty gecko named Hex, who by chance ends up in the Television...

Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Comics

Game released: Genesis, SNES → 26 May 1995

Players: 7.5/10

Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage — Cletus Kasady, aka the supervillain Carnage, is imprisoned in the Ravencroft Asylum psychiatric hospital. There he...

Ren & Stimpy Show: Fire Dogs

Arcade, Action, Platformer

Game released: SNES → июнь 1994

Ren & Stimpy Show: Fire Dogs is an arcade game with a mixture of action and platforming from the developers of Argonaut Games PLC. The main publisher of the...

Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars

Game released: Game Boy, Game Gear, SNES, Wii → 1 January 1995

Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action and platforming from LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC, Sculptured...

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Game Boy Advance, Genesis, Jaguar, SEGA 32X, SEGA CD, SNES, Wii, PC → 21 September 2001

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 58/100

This action platformer follows Harry Jr., who has been taken captive by the spirit of an evil Mayan warrior. He continues his journey through rainforests, mines...

Robocop vs. The Terminator

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

Game released: Game Boy → август 1994

Robocop vs. The Terminator is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the developers at Unexpected Development. The main publisher of the game is...

Blackthorne

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

Game released: DOS, Game Boy Advance, Mac, PC-98, SEGA 32X, SNES → 19 December 1994

Metacritic: 67/100

This fantasy action platformer with shooter elements follows warrior Kyle Blackthorne as he fights the evil Sarlac. Armed with a shotgun, he battles through hordes...

Umihara Kawase

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: SNES → 23 December 1994

Steam: 92/100

Umihara Kawase is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the developers at TNN studio. The game is published by TNN...

Bakushō: Yoshimoto no Shinkigeki

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga

Game released: TurboGrafx CD → 3 January 1994

Bakushō: Yoshimoto no Shinkigeki is an arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer and game in the anime or manga genre from the masters of the studio...

Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind

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

Game released: Genesis, SNES → 1993

Players: 6.5/10

Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the masters from the studio Accolade, Inc.. The game is...

Lemmings 2: The Tribes

Strategy, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, FM Towns, Game Boy, Genesis, SNES → 1994

Lemmings 2: The Tribes is a third-person strategy game with a dash of platforming and puzzle fun from the masters at DMA Design Limited. The game is published by...

Death and Return of Superman

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Comics

Game released: Genesis, SNES → 1994

Death and Return of Superman is an action game with fighting and platforming elements from the masters from the studio Blizzard Entertainment Inc.. The main...

Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues

Action, Shooter, Platformer

Game released: Game Boy, SNES → декабрь 1994

Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues — platformer with action elements. The plot of the game revolves around the competition between InGen and Biosyn. In...

Lion King

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Amiga, DOS, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES, PC → 1994

Players: 6.1/10

Lion King is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the developers at Westwood Studios, Inc.. The game is published by Virgin Interactive...

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Mario Game

Game released: Game Boy → 28 April 1994

McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Genesis → июнь 1994

Players: 8.5/10

McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the masters from the Treasure Co., Ltd. studio. The game is...

Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk

Action, Platformer

Game released: Game Boy → февраль 1994

Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk is an action game with platformer elements from developers from the studio Software Creations Ltd.. The game is published by...

High Seas Havoc

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

Game released: Genesis → 22 April 1994

High Seas Havoc is a third-person action game with platformer and fantasy game elements from developers from the Data East Corporation studio. The game is published...

Dynamite Headdy

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Game Gear, Genesis, SEGA Master System, Wii, PC, Mac, Linux → 1994

Steam: 100/100

A platform action game about Dynamite Headdy, a puppet caught up in a plot unfolding in the puppet world. His stage rival, Trouble Bruin, and the evil doll Dark...

Blue's Journey

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, Wii → 1 July 1991

Blue's Journey is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the developers of the Alpha Denshi Co., Ltd. studio. The game is published by Alpha...

Virtual Bart

Action, Platformer

Game released: Genesis, SNES → 31 December 1995

Virtual Bart is an action game with a dash of platforming from the studio Sculptured Software, Inc.. The game is published by Acclaim Entertainment Ltd.. For some...

Bubsy 2

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

Game released: Game Boy, Genesis, SNES → 1994

Bubsy 2 is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming and fantasy from the masters at Images Software Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is Telstar Fun...

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