Those who have been playing video games since the 1980s should know the names Pacman, Mario Brothers, and Sonic the Hedgehog. These names are icons of their respective video game companies.
Games of such type are fairly easy to play because they come with just a simple storyline and do not have complicated controls. All the player has to do to win is to either fight enemies or avoid them by jumping from one platform to another, collect coins or gold which would be converted to another life when they reach a certain number, and reach the goals before the time runs out. They also provide shortcuts that a character can go through in order to make it to the goal at an earlier time.
When playing this type of game, one needs to have fast hands and alert eyes to keep their characters from dying, which could happen in several ways, like being captured by an enemy or falling into a precipice. Many of the new games made for mobile phones, flash game websites, and other media devices are platform games. This is because platform games are easy to create. There is no need for the designer to design a huge town or village. All he has to make are simple drawings. Although many platform games nowadays are made in 3d, the environment itself is still flat. Platform games unlike arcade games usually cannot be finished in one sitting. There are many stages in this game with different environments such as deserts, oceans, icebergs, dungeons, and many other. Platform games are great games to play to kill time, like when waiting for someone or taking a long trip on the road.