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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2022

Next, a video we found showing Rittenhouse as a video game character on a platform game.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2020

That means that it’s a charming, if not particularly challenging, side-scrolling platform game, where the main hook is Kirby’s ability to eat enemies and steal their powers.

From The Verge • Jun. 30, 2016

Ostensibly an old-school platform game, Limbo manages to mix emotion – sadness and frustration, mainly – with stunning art design.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2010

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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