platform game

British

noun

a type of computer game that is played by moving a figure on the screen through a series of obstacles and problems

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Penny's Big Breakaway, made by Evening Star, is a platform game with a distinctively 1990s look.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024

But when that platform game was released in 2021, it was regarded as a critical failure.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2022

On the top of that list is Astro Bot: Rescue Mission, the endlessly clever and inventive 3D platform game from Sony’s own storied Japan Studio.

From The Verge • Dec. 20, 2018

Ms Splosion Man Ms Splosion Man was a puzzle and platform game in which the protagonist blew himself up to jump, kill enemies and activate switches.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2011

But not the fifty-year-old, 2-D, side-scrolling platform game that I had mastered.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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