Commander Keen
Commander Keen is an Action, Retro, Side-scroll Platform, and Single-player video game developed and published by id Software for Microsoft Windows. The game is set in the 2D world and offers three episodes such as Marooned on Mars, The Earth Explodes, and Keen Must Die. In the game, the player plays the role of Commander Keen (the protagonist), an eight-year-old genius named Billy Blaze. When the player learns that the planet earth is in danger, he dons the football helmet of his brother and his interstellar spaceship to become the hero and embark on an epic adventure to save his homeland. The player navigates the environment from a side-scroll perspective, run, jump, and shoot his way through a set of levels to take down enemies and win points against each kill. Each level is set in a different environment and offer a set of enemies that the player has to kill at any cost to rescue the planet.
#1 Crystal Caves
Crystal Caves lets the player experience the old-school graphics and side-scroll platformer gameplay developed and published by Apogee Software. The game is the trilogy of platform games and comes with three different episodes such as Trouble with Twibbles, Mylo Versus the Supernova, and Slugging it Out. The first episode in the game is available for free, while the other two episodes need to be purchased to play. The plot follows the protagonist named Mylo Steamwitz, a space trader, who formulates his grand get-rich scheme by purchasing a farm rich in a famous species to meet the demand of the market. To collect enough money to pay off his creators and for his farm, the player flies to the caves in the Altair system to mine the valuable crystals. After having failed in his businesses due to miscalculations, the player decides to purchase a solar system and create it a vacation resort to earn money. To fulfil his dreams the player needs to go back to the dangerous caves for mine more crystals to trade and purchase his own solar system.
#2 JumpJet Rex
JumpJet Rex is a Platform, Side-scroll, and Single-player video game created and published by TreeFortress Games for Multiple Platforms. The game takes place in the 2D world, and it puts the player in control of an eponymous character, a tyrannosaurus armed with jet-propelled boots. The jet boots of the player give him the ability to dash, hover, and boost. It introduces hand-drawn 16bit graphics that takes the player back to the glory days of the early 90s. Dozens of items are scattered across the galaxy, and lots of secret areas are available to discover. The player explores the world from a side-scroll perspective with an aim to battle against enemies, hunt for treasure, and struggle to collect items in order to advance through the game. In Co-op mode, the player needs to rescue all dinokind from the massive asteroids barreling down on the planet Earth. To complete the task, the player can team up with his friend. JumpJet Rex includes prominent features such as Customization, Co-op Mode, Old-school Gameplay, Collectibles, and more.