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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 1997 (Game released)

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Super Mario 64

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Mario Game

Game released: Nintendo 64, Wii, Nintendo DS → 1 March 1997

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Super Mario 64 — One day, Princess Peach called Mario to her castle with an offer to eat the cake she baked and drink tea. Mario arrives at the castle and...

Tomb Raider 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Mac, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 1998

Players: 7/10

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Android, DOS, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 12 April 2012

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is a side-scrolling action platformer with puzzle elements. Chosen by the fickle finger of fate, Master First Class was catapulted into a...

Tomb Raider (1996)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: DOS, N-Gage, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, Windows Mobile, PC, Xbox 360 → 8 September 2000

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, Android, PlayStation → 21 March 2007

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 91/100

A direct sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, set four years later. Alucard appears as the main character who wakes up from his sleep and goes to explore...

Manic Miner

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, bada, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, DOS, Dragon 32/64, Game Boy Advance, iPad, iPhone, MSX, Oric, PC, ZX Spectrum → 1990

Manic Miner is a third-person action game with platforming elements. The game is published by Software Projects Ltd.. Manic Miner is also known as Manic Miner: ZX...

Dark Angael

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 31 March 1998

Dark Angael is an action game with elements of a shooter, platformer and fantasy game from the developers of the Vicarious Visions studio. The main publisher of the...

Pandemonium!

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: BREW, N-Gage, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, PC → 12 September 2007

Pandemonium! is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from Toys for Bob. The game is published by BMG Interactive Entertainment. In some circles...

Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii → 3 November 1998

Metacritic: 77/100

Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is a third-person action game with platforming elements from Namco Limited. The game is published by Sony Computer Entertainment...

Adventures of Lomax

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation, PC → 18 December 1997

Players: 8.8/10

Adventures of Lomax is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the developers at Psygnosis Limited. The game is published by Psygnosis Limited...

Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Platformer, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo 64, PlayStation → 8 December 1997

Players: 7.5/10

Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero is an arcade game with action, fighting and platform elements from developers from Avalanche Software LLC. The game is published...

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Android, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP → 1 April 2011

Players: 7.3/10

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back — Crash Bandicoot throws Dr. Neo Cortex from his airship into a cave filled with glowing crystals. Convinced that they...

Mega Man X4

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

Game released: PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, PC → октябрь 1997

Mega Man X4 is an arcade game with elements of action, shooter, platformer and game in the anime or manga genre from the developers from the studio Capcom Co...

Sonic & Knuckles Collection

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 20 March 1997

Sonic & Knuckles Collection is a third-person arcade game with action and platform elements from the developers of the Sonic Team studio. The main publisher of...

Disney's Hercules (1997)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Game Boy → июль 1997

Players: 10/10

Disney's Hercules (1997) is a third-person action game with platforming elements from Tiertex Design Studios. The game is published by THQ Inc.. For some reason the...

Mr. Bones

Action, Horror, Platformer, Top-down view

Game released: SEGA Saturn → 27 June 1997

Mr. Bones is a top-down action game with a dash of horror and platforming from the developers at Zono, Inc.. The game is published by SegaSoft, Inc.. Perhaps Mr...

Pocket Bomberman

Action, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: Game Boy, Game Boy Color → 12 December 1997

Pocket Bomberman is an action game with platformer and puzzle elements from the Hudson Soft Company, Ltd. studio. The game is published by Nintendo Co., Ltd.. The...

Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (1997)

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

Game released: Nintendo 64 → 16 April 1998

Metacritic: 67/100

Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (1997) is a third-person action game with platformer, puzzle and anime/manga elements from the developers of Konami Computer...

Kirby's Dream Land 3

Platformer, Isometric

Game released: SNES, Wii → 27 March 1998

Kirby's Dream Land 3 is an isometric platform game from the studio HAL Laboratory, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is Nintendo. Hoshi no Kirby 3 is an...

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (1997)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, PC → 18 December 1997

Bubsy 3D

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation, PC → август 1997

UmiharaKawase: Shun

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: PC, PlayStation, PSP → 24 November 2015

UmiharaKawase: Shun is a side view arcade game with platformer, puzzle and anime or manga elements from developers from Jackpot, Japan Clary Business and Studio...

Bug Too!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: SEGA Saturn, PC → 31 January 1997

Bug Too! is a third-person arcade game with action and platform elements from the masters of the studio Realtime Associates, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is...

Claw

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 24 October 2003

Claw is a third-person action game with platformer and sandbox elements from the masters from the studio Monolith Productions, Inc.. The game is published by...

Namco Museum Vol. 5

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Isometric, Top-down view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation → февраль 1998

Namco Museum Vol. 5 is an isometric action game with a mixture of shooter, platformer and fantasy game from Namco Limited. The game is published by Namco Limited...

Spawn: The Eternal

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation → 17 September 1998

Spawn: The Eternal is a third-person action game with a mixture of fighting and platforming from Sony Interactive Studios America. The game is published by Sony...

Ar'Kritz the Intruder

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: DOS → август 1997

Players: 10/10

Ar'Kritz the Intruder is a third-person arcade game with action and platform elements from Virtual Studio. The game is published by Microfolie's. In some...

Yoshi's Story

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo 64, Wii → 10 May 1998

Metacritic: 65/100

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

Norse by Norse West: The Return of the Lost Vikings

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: DOS, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, SNES, PC → 1997

Donkey Kong Land 3

Action, Platformer

Game released: Game Boy, Game Boy Color → 30 October 1997

Players: 1/10

Donkey Kong Land 3 is an action-platformer from Rare, Ltd.. The game's main publisher is Nintendo of America Inc.. In some circles, Donkey Kong Land 3 is also known...

Taz Mania 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Game Boy → январь 1997

Taz Mania 2 is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the developers of Beam Software Pty., Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is THQ Inc...

Mischief Makers

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

Game released: Nintendo 64 → 15 January 1998

Metacritic: 71/100

Mischief Makers is a third-person action game with a mixture of platforming and anime/manga games from Treasure Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Enix...

Billy Boy

Action, Platformer

Game released: Atari ST → апрель 1997

Billy Boy is an action game with platform elements from Stosser Software. The game is published by Stosser Software. But Billy Boy has not yet been released on PC...

Dr. Franken 2

Action, Horror, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Game Boy → 1 October 1997

Dr. Franken 2 is an action game with elements of horror, platformer and fantasy game from the masters from the studio Motivetime Ltd.. The game is published by...

Umihara Kawase: Shun

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation → 28 February 1997

Umihara Kawase: Shun is an action game with a mixture of platformer, puzzle and game in the anime or manga genre from developers from the studios Jackpot and Japan...

Farocar

Strategy, Platformer, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 26 November 1997

Farocar is a strategy with platformer, puzzle and sandbox elements from developers from the S.A.R.L studio. TLK Games. The game is published by Webfoot...

Bomberman 64

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Top-down view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo 64 → 1 December 1997

Bomberman 64 is a top-down arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer and anime or manga game from the masters of the studio Hudson Soft Company, Ltd.. The...

Elevator Action 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: SEGA Saturn → 14 February 1997

Elevator Action 2 is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming from the masters at Taito Corporation. The main publisher of the game is Ving Co., Ltd...

Firo & Klawd

Action, Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Isometric

Game released: DOS, PlayStation, PC, Windows 3.x → 1998

Players: 10/10

Firo & Klawd is a first-person action game with a mixture of shooter and platformer from Interactive Studios. The main publisher of the game is BMG Japan...

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