A genre of video games that never sets is that of horizontal scrolling platforms, those that were very fashionable, once, in arcades, where there is not much to think about strategies or tactics but you have to jump to not fall on deaf ears and, in some cases, even shoot enemies. The undisputed master of the 2D scrolling platformer genre is Nintendo's Super Mario Bros, followed by games like Sonic della Sega and many others.
Modern Platforms are 3D games, with a subjective view, very engaging but also more demanding.
The 2D horizontal scrolling platforms were and are equally fun, true essence of video games with action, ability to move the character and reflexes.
Below, we see a free, old-fashioned platform game to download and install on the computer to have fun without engaging the mind and 4 other multiplayer platformers of the MMO type, where adventures are played by playing online against other people.
A free two-dimensional, horizontal scrolling, very nice and fun platform game is Frogatto and Friends, available for Windows PC, for Linux, for Mac and for iPhone .
It is inspired and reminiscent of those video games for Amiga or for 16-bit Nintendo and Sega consoles, with a frog to blow up avoiding obstacles and enemies that it encounters along its path.
The view is lateral, in profile and playing is very simple, both with the keyboard and with the joypad, always going forward from left to right, jumping and eliminating enemies.
The graphics are made in pixel-art and are very colorful and pleasant to see.
During the game you meet characters who indicate the objectives of each mission and who make the history of the game.
The frog can perform multiple jumps, it can kill enemies by throwing its tongue and it can make special moves.
I can assure sure fun for an old school undemanding game.
A second platform to download for free for Windows and Mac is Mighty jill Off where there is no scrolling but only platforms to jump on.
They are therefore static scenarios where the goal is to get to the exit and jump to the upper floor.
Other platforms to play on the computer are also the different types of free Super Mario Bros games for PC and those that take another famous character, Sonic protagonist of the very fast game Sega: Sonic The Hedgehog .
Who wants to find Sonic, the fastest platformer of the century, can play:
- Sonic lost in Mario World would be Super Mario with Soni
- Ultimate Flash Sonic very fast.
Other platforms to play on the computer, for free, are the 2D scrolling arcade shooter games like Metal Slug .
Great free platform games to play on the pc and to download for free are also:
- Tagap 2, a platformer shooter with penguins, fun, fast and demanding suitable for everyone, of the horizontal scrolling shooter platformer genre, similar to Metal Slugs.
The main features of TAGAP 2 are high-quality graphics, a fast platformer where you have to shoot against all the enemies that appear on the screen and where you also need to study the situation to get out of dangerous situations and find the way out of the picture.
- Stealth Bastard is a completely 100% free game one of those rare simple pc games to learn, which can however take up hours and hours.
With the game download of just 20 MB, there are 28 levels and the possibility to download hundreds more to continue having fun and facing new challenges.
It is an escape game, where a thief impersonates himself who has to escape by moving with the arrows that can bend or jump.
In each level, the goal is escape so you have to search and reach the exit trying to escape and hide, avoiding obstacles, jumping traps, climbing along walls and without being discovered.
The 5 best free, 2D, horizontal scrolling platform games of the MMO-RPG type, then multiplayer with games to play online, are:
1) Elsword is a very fun manga fighting game for all those looking for a free, multiplayer online game that is also fast and old school, with 2D side scrolling .
After the initial tutorial, you immediately set off on the adventure to fight against brightly colored beasts and end-of-level bosses.
From the beginning you play immediately, without boring preparations and without having to put up with too easy initial levels.
2) Online Dragonica and Rappelz are side scrolling games with a fantasy theme.
The gameplay is fast and fun but, above all, it stands out because in Italian.
3) MapleStory 2 is a 2D game with Japanese manga graphics suitable especially for children.
4) LaTale is a 2D horizontal scrolling MMORPG similar to MapleStory but with a more serious style.
I have already written about this game in another article dedicated to the best free online role-playing games.
These games all require free registration of an account but, in some cases, to compete at high levels against other players, you will have to pay small amounts for upgrades.
