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A 1984 arcade classic where you pilot Roderick Hero with a prop pack through mine shafts, blasting walls with dynamite and rescuing trapped miners before your power runs out.
What defines H.E.R.O.:
The closest matches for H.E.R.O. are Pitfall!, Impossible Mission and Scramble. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes H.E.R.O. special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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A 1984 classic in which you play a secret agent searching rooms of Elvin's fortress for puzzle pieces, dodging robots and racing the clock to stop a missile launch.
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An early arcade side-scrolling shooter where you fly a jet over rough terrain, firing and dropping bombs while blowing up fuel tanks to keep flying. Its appeal is the constant fuel pressure and precise maneuvering around the landscape.
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The freeware classic sends you through randomly generated caves full of traps, monsters and treasure. Death is permanent, and you get deeper through experimentation, quick reflexes and smart item use.
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A classic 1993 run-and-gun platformer where you play Snake Logan, blasting mutants and robot guards with a machine gun and grenades on the way to Dr. Mangle's fortress.
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A classic Konami arcade run-and-gun in which you fight through an enemy military base as a lone soldier, relying on quick reflexes, a knife and pickup weapons.
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Lara Croft travels the globe through perilous ruins and temples, mixing tricky jumping and climbing sections with puzzles and gunfights. Controls are blocky and levels are sprawling and unforgiving, with hidden artifacts and secrets to find.
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An early 1980 arcade classic where you work a climber's arms with two joysticks to scale a skyscraper while dodging falling hazards. It is seen as a forerunner of the platformer genre.