Platforming

Platforming refers to an environmental challenge that needs to be solved through a series of precise jumps and movements.

Importance for non-platforming games

 * Quake 3 Defrag: Control and Beyond (2017)
 * Counter-Strike Surfing

Early History

 * Space Panic (1980)
 * Crazy Climber (1980)
 * Donkey Kong (1981)
 * Pitfall! (1982)
 * Mario Bros (1983)
 * Lode Runner (1983)
 * Manic Miner (1983)
 * Pac-Land (1984)
 * Super Mario Bros (1985)
 * Ghost 'n Goblins (1985)
 * Wonder Boy (1986)
 * Alex Kidd in Miracle World (1986)
 * Athena (1986) - http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/athena/
 * The NewZealand Story (1988) - http://gaminghell.co.uk/TheNewZealandStory.html

Super Mario 64

 * first (?) open-world platformer
 * physics-based platforming!
 * catching the rabbits
 * chasing 1-up mushrooms
 * playing with mario's face
 * sliding
 * climbing trees
 * bowser spin
 * running around the wooden posts
 * making the eyes dizzy
 * jumping into paintings
 * flying
 * green shell surfing
 * losing your hat
 * the piano
 * tiny-huge island - reinterpreting super mushrooms?

Matt Makes Games

 * Celeste
 * Jumper
 * An Untitled Story
 * RunMan
 * FLaiL

Parkour

 * Prince of Persia
 * Assassin's Creed
 * Mirror's Edge

Other platform games

 * Earthworm Jim
 * Klonoa: The Door to Phantomile
 * Mischief Makers