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Platform game, or '''platformer''', is a '', fall outside of the genre. Platform games originated in the early ''. As long as the platform mechanic remains a prominent part of the gameplay, it may still correctly be termed a platformer. Because of this, there are many diverse Sub-genres of platformers. The genre has been the result of a great deal of cross-pollination of ideas between platforms and across national borders. While commonly associated with Console Gaming , there are many important platform games released to Arcades , as well as for Handheld Systems and Home Computers . Europe , North America , and Japan have played major parts in the genre's evolution. Platformers are thematically diverse, ranging from cartoony " Mascot " games to Science Fiction and Fantasy epics. Platformers were, at one point, the most popular genre of video game. At the peak of their popularity, it is estimated that between one fourth and one third of console games were platformers.This figure is a rough estimate based on counting platform games released on specific systems. For example, on the Sega Master System 113 of the 347 games (32.5%) listed on vgmuseum.com are platform games, and 264 of the 1044 Sega Genesis games (25.2%) are platformers. While this may include some redundant games, and is not an exact figure, it is so far beyond any other genre that it can be considered a reliable indicator of the genre's dominance. No genre before or since has been able to achieve a similar market share. As of 2006, the genre is far less dominant, representing a 2% market share,3 but still commercially viable, with a number of games selling in the millions of units. HISTORY The single screen era '''s third level was focused on platform jumping]]Platform games initially appeared at the beginning of the 1980s, when many video game genres were just beginning to form. Because of the technical limitations of the day, early games were confined to a static playing field, generally viewed in profile. While platformers offered a new kind of gameplay, they still borrowed from earlier games. '' Frogs '', an Arcade Game released by Gremlin in 1978, was the first game to feature a jumping character, making it the genre's earliest ancestor. Players could not control the direction of the jump, however, nor was it possible to jump between different platforms, only to fall off either side of the one platform on screen.4 '' Space Panic '', a 1980 arcade release, is sometimes credited as the first platform game, |
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