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Featuring aesthetics, gameplay, or themes reminiscent of classic video games. Often characterized by pixel art, chiptune music, or mechanics popularized in earlier gaming eras.

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Featuring gameplay that moves horizontally across a scrolling background, with characters typically walking, running, or jumping from left to right. Often includes platforming elements and side-view perspectives.

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Terra - A Terraria Demake
A demake of Terraria, in PICO-8!
cubee
Action
Play in browser
The Fallen Crown - GameBoy Color
A brand new metroidvania for the GameBoy Color!
AtavistGames
Adventure
Play in browser
Digimon: Digital Heroes
Help Agumon rescue his friends and memories in this platformer Digimon fan-game!
sette fan-games
Platformer
Ghosts'n Demons
Side-scrolling platforming game
BonusJZ
Platformer
Mega Man AGAIN
An old adventure... with new features!
SlingshotMage
Platformer
Elden Ring GB
What if Elden Ring released in 1993? Runs on real retro hardware!
shin
Adventure
Play in browser
Prototype N
A side-scroller shooting platformer! Starring Nadine, the prototype android!
Arrietty
Platformer
RETROKILL // an ULTRAKILL Demake // VER 1.01
ULTRAKILL with a dimension cut off
Pedroleum
Platformer
Shelled Shinobi
Parkour platforming as a shinobi tortoise
magu
Platformer
Play in browser
GIF
Anubis And The Buried Bone DEMO 2
Authentic retro adventure platformer!
harmarist
Platformer
Super Mario Maker 4 Advance
"Here we go! Super Mario!"
TomAndTheCats
Action
Play in browser
Hydraulic Bandits
A Side-Scrolling, Mech-Building Action platformer.
Nerys
Platformer
Sonic Maker Online
A Classic Sonic level building game
Aurora_Digital_
Platformer
Play in browser
GIF
XYDONIA / ザイドニア
Action-packed Japanese-inspired retro SHMUP
Breaking Bytes
Shooter
Spice Evaders
The Extra Hot Shooting Challenge
100 Credit Clear
Shooter
GIF
Bob&Dob
Relaxing fishing adventure.
Richard Lems
Play in browser
KING OF MACHINES
Face judgement.
CURSED BOOTLEG INC
Action
Juan Lumbreras y familia
Mata a toda tu familia.
Renato Meyer
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Green Beret
Famous arcade action classic, finally on the Commodore Amiga computers.
Dante Retro Dev
Action
Picofender
1980s-style arcade shooter. It's like a turbo-speed Defender with a shield.
protonperson
Action
Play in browser
GIF
Just Me and Only Me Against The World
It's just you, and your clones, in this chaotic run and gun action game.
adamgryu
Action
GIF
MangoMan
Action-Platformer about a man who is also a mango.
Joseph Gribbin
Platformer
GIF
VHS vs BETAMAX
Decide which is the superior format in this Vaporwave inspired 4 player fighting game!
adamgryu
Platformer
Super Gigadroid
A metroidvania action adventure game that will challenge your platformer skills!
ASECC
Platformer
AbsTRace-Demo
Minimalist Abstract Racing
R734
Racing
Chronicles of two Heroes
Chronicles of 2 Hereoes: Amaterasu’s Wrath is a 2D action platforming game with metroidvania elements.
Infinity Experience
Action
Fohh
Explore a mysterious world with a mysterious magical companion!
Ismael Rodriguez
Adventure
Play in browser
Open Surge: Play & Create
A fun 2D retro platformer inspired by Sonic games and a game creation system that lets you unleash your creativity!
alemart
Platformer
CLEAVING CALIBER
Arkanoid Rail Shooter with Anime Cops
CURSED BOOTLEG INC
Action
Boxx 4 (Amiga)
A jump and run platform game for Commodore Amiga
Lemming880
Platformer
Cyberpunk 3776
Cyberpunk Arcade Shoot em Up - Pilot Version
Peter Hann
Shooter
Rolling Bird
Endless Rolling Thunder clone.
hijong park
Action
GIF
Scrolling Survivor
Epic autoscrolling difficult platformer ! Can you survive the scrolling?
Zoglu
Platformer
GIF
Moonflight Classic
A Halloween sidescroller - fly across the night sky as Bel the witch!
sparrowhousegames
Action
Sheepwith
Who's afraid of the pink bad wolf?
Iiro Lindell
Action
Play in browser
GIF
Dragon Bros Demo
2D Pixel art run and gun
spacelizardstudio
Shooter
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