Platform game

Platform game is a video game genre characterized by the player having to climb up and down, or jump from and to, platforms and ledges, while fighting enemies and collecting objects required to fully complete the game. A game of the genre is known as a platformer. Often, the player has the ability to gain powers or weapons, called power-ups. Generally, platform games, due to their unrealistic nature, have cartoon-like graphics, and with the recent advent of cel-shaded animation may appear to be hand-drawn; in addition, platformers' character and adversaries are usually legendary creatures (e.g. dragons and goblins) or anthropomorphic animals (E.g. a gorilla who rolls barrels).

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Video game genre - Power-ups - Cartoon - Graphics - Cel-shaded animation - Legendary - Dragons - Goblins - Anthropomorphic - Gorilla

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Platform games originated in the early 1980s and made the transition to 3D in the mid-1990s. Sometime after the genre's inception, the term came to describe games where jumping on platforms, as opposed to shooting, was the main gameplay focus. However, many platform games feature projectile weapons, including the Mario and Castlevania franchises.

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1980s - 3D - 1990s - Jumping on platforms - Gameplay - Mario - Castlevania

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