Initial Research
A platform game (or platformer) is a video game which involves controlling an avatar allowing it to jump between suspended platforms, over obstacles, or both to advance the game. These challenges are known as jumping puzzles or freerunning, as the levels increases, the difficultly increases, making it harder and harder to reach higher platforms or get further in the game, each level has set dangers (or hazards) that are added to a game to make it increasingly harder to get past the level you're on.
The most " unifying element" of 2D games is the the "jump" command.
Jumping in this genre could include swinging from "extendable arms", or other things that my be identifiable as something you'd usually swing to or from, two example games that include this are: Ristar or Bionic Commando and other games may include bouncing off springboards or trampolines to progress to the next level. " These mechanics, even in the context of other genres, are commonly called platforming, a verbification of platform."
In games such as The Legend of Zelda, where jumping is done completely by the game or "automated" aren't included in the genre of Jumping, they fall just outside.
Platform games originate from as early as the 1980's, "The term itself describes games where jumping on platforms is an integral part of the gameplay and came into use after the genre had been established, no later than 1983"
Main Quoted Information Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_game
5 best Platformer Games (apparently in order):
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