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16-bit

Projects inspired by the 16 bit console generation from the late 80s and early 90s. Including the consoles Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16.

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Side Scroller

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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Prototype N
A side-scroller shooting platformer! Starring Nadine, the prototype android!
Arrietty
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(95 total ratings)
Platformer
Dead Pixels II: Straight To Video
When the dead start walking, there's no where to run.
CSR-Studios
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Action
Green Beret
Famous arcade action classic, finally on the Commodore Amiga computers.
Dante Retro Dev
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Action
Digimon: Digital Heroes
Help Agumon rescue his friends and memories in this platformer Digimon fan-game!
sette fan-games
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(36 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
XYDONIA / ザイドニア
Action-packed Japanese-inspired retro SHMUP
Breaking Bytes
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(50 total ratings)
Shooter
Project Light Spirit - Christmas Patch 2019
Another metroidvania, featuring a light spirit maiden.
Paradoxigent
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Adventure
Forsaken Castle Demo
A 16-bit style, action exploration platformer, about a paladin and her fight against evil.
Duck Block Games
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(56 total ratings)
Action
GIF
KLOSTERTRIEKA
dogfight your way up to heaven
bonitāka
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Shooter
Blue
An experimental game about coping with mental illness.
danielvincenz
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
GIF
Dragon Bros Demo
2D Pixel art run and gun
spacelizardstudio
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
Rawal Rumble: Pre-Alpha Demo
Old-school beat 'em up set in a cyberpunk Neo-Barcelona (prototype demo)
Anarkade
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Action
Mechanical Playground
An action-platformer inspired by "Super Meat Boy" and "Hollow Knight".
EduYukio
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Nami
A game about a water girl
Damon Greenhalgh
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Platformer
Clockwind
Platform and Travel through time!
alesan99
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Platformer
GunMission
Run 'n gun secret agent Ruby through 8 heart-pounding, side-scrolling stages!
RyThom
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Eibas
Climb the tower to shut down the signal! A short platformer with simple combat.
BrokenRook
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Super Mario Maker 4 Advance
"Here we go! Super Mario!"
TomAndTheCats
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Porradaria Upgrade
Mate a saudade dos jogos dos anos 90 com o misterioso Ninja!
CleanWaterSoft
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Platformer
TentaCat: The Lost Lineage
Play as Aqua the TentaCat, who visits an mysterious island to find more of his own kind.
PKTORA
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Dream Arcade
2D Side scrolling platformer game with 27 unique artist-created levels.
Light Grey Art Lab
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Rising Runner
get your soul back from the Endless Sender!
Devlin
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Puzzle
Totally Shmup
Short and sweet little retro-style shoot 'em up
EldTheZombie
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
Chronicles of two Heroes
Chronicles of 2 Hereoes: Amaterasu’s Wrath is a 2D action platforming game with metroidvania elements.
Infinity Experience
Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Action
Ro_bit
Retro Metroidvania Side-Scroller
JESGRAD07
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Platformer
Porradaria 2: Pagode of the Night
O Ninja está de volta! Desta vez a procura do Lendário Saco de Batatas Fritas Infinitas!!
CleanWaterSoft
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Platformer
Manuee's Adventure
A small 2d platformer where you have to jump your way through the levels and avoid dangerous hazards.
Jampley Dev
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Digimon Chronicles: The Alpha Chosen
The first episode of a Digimon fan-game saga! Enhanced! #fangame #digimon
SE77E
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Platformer
Stellanova Demo
Stellanova is a fast horizontal action-arcade shooter with vibrant pixel art, and stunning action set-pieces!
Brandon Beauregard
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
REMOTE LIFE - Demo 1.5
Remote Life is a 2D Side scrolling space shooter (shmup) for PC.
nextgamelevel
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
Metanet Hunter CD
Suit up for this side-scroller.
NIGHT KAWATA
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Platformer
Abyssal Infants
kakoeimon
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
DALegacy: Goliath's Requiem - A DAGames Fangame
A new journey in The Block is about to begin...
Director Brian
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Action
GIF
Nebular Crush
Intense 80s style 2D shooter with a cyber psychedelic aesthetic
Sunamico
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Action
Umare Kawari
Pxl Dev
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Fighting
Play in browser
GIF
SABARAT
The Journey
Andrea Pignataro
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
Jewel Soul (Prototype 0.0.2)
A 16-bit furry game being developed in GDevelop, completely open-source. Still in an early prototype state.
NoirPhantom89
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
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