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1983

A 1983 arcade classic where you bump enemies from below and kick them off single-screen platforms. Played solo or with Luigi, cooperatively or competitively, it is all about timing and pace.

Jumping and platforming
Co-op or multiplayer
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
Action-packed real-time combat

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Best alternative overall: Joust 97% match – Jumping and platforming
To play together: Flat Heroes 91% match – with co-op
Without combat: Bob Was Hungry 91% match – calmer, no fighting
Newest alternative: Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition 93% match – released 2024

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Joust

97 %Match

1982PlayStationXbox

A 1982 arcade classic where you flap your way around as a knight on a flying ostrich, knocking rival buzzard riders out of the sky by striking from above. Simple but tricky flight mechanics make it a tense score-chaser, solo or with a friend.

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Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition

Jumping and platforming

A collection of short speedrun challenges drawn from 13 classic NES games, played for best times and scores online or on the couch. Precision and reflexes are key, and the leaderboards drive the competitive fun.

Flat Heroes

Jumping and platforming

A minimalist, fast-paced arcade platformer where you play as a square dodging waves of enemies. It shines in frantic local co-op and versus modes for up to four players.

Bloody Trapland

Jumping and platforming

A punishing platformer packed with deadly traps where you learn levels through trial and error, solo or with up to four players locally and online. Precise timing and plenty of deaths are part of the fun.

Capcom Arcade Stadium

Jumping and platforming

A compilation of 32 Capcom arcade classics spanning three decades, including Street Fighter II, Strider and 1942. Short, punishing quarter-muncher sessions that deliver nostalgic fun solo or with friends.

Bob Was Hungry

Jumping and platforming

A punishing precision platformer where you tackle many tricky levels solo or with up to eight co-op players, all to get your Bob fed.

Spitlings

Jumping and platforming

A cute but brutally tough arcade platformer built for local co-op, where one player's failure means everyone fails. Over a hundred levels and a level editor keep the challenges coming.

SpeedRunners

Jumping and platforming

A fast-paced multiplayer platformer-racer where up to four players swing, jump and use nasty pick-ups to push rivals off-screen. Tight controls and chaotic head-to-head matches keep every round tense.

Rivals of Aether

Jumping and platforming

A fast platform fighter in the vein of Super Smash Bros., with pixel art visuals and animal fighters tied to the elements of fire, water, air and earth. Precise movement, timing and local multiplayer brawls are the core of the experience.

DDraceNetwork

Jumping and platforming

A free cooperative platforming race born from a Teeworlds mod, where players work together using hook and movement skills to clear tricky maps. Thousands of community-made maps range from easy intros to punishingly hard runs.