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GameSalad is used by consumers and creative professionals such as graphic designers, animators, and game developers [2] for rapidly prototyping, [3] building and self-publishing cross-platform games and interactive media. The application runs on both Mac OS X and Windows computers. Access to a Mac is required for publishing to iTunes, but all ...
Pages in category "Side-scrolling platformers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 296 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It combined the platform gameplay of Donkey Kong (1981) and Mario Bros. (1983) with side-scrolling elements from the racer Excitebike and the beat 'em up Kung-Fu Master, [28] [29] and was more expansive than earlier side-scrollers, [18] striking a balance between arcade-like action and longer play sessions suited for home systems. [18]
A platformer (also called a platform game, and sometimes a jump 'n' run game) is a subgenre of action game in which the core objective is to move the player character between points in an environment. Platform games are characterized by levels with uneven terrain and suspended platforms that require jumping and climbing to traverse.
Spark the Electric Jester is a side-scrolling platform game. [1] The player must guide Spark through a series of differently themed levels containing an assortment of obstacles, robot enemies, and boss fights. [1] [2] Fast-paced gameplay is emphasized, [2] as Spark is capable of running at high speeds. [3]
Parallax scrolling is a technique in computer graphics where background images move past the camera more slowly than foreground images, creating an illusion of depth in a 2D scene of distance. [1] The technique grew out of the multiplane camera technique used in traditional animation [ 2 ] since the 1930s.
In February 1983, [8] the isometric platform game arcade game Congo Bongo was released, running on the same hardware as Zaxxon. [14] It allows the player character to traverse non-scrolling isometric levels, including three-dimensional climbing and falling. The same is possible in the arcade title Marble Madness, released in 1984.
The Itchy & Scratchy Game is a side-scrolling platform game based on The Itchy & Scratchy Show, a show within a show in the animated television series The Simpsons. [2] There are seven levels in the game. The player controls Itchy, a mouse whose goal is to torture and kill the cat Scratchy.