platformer

noun

platformer

noun

Etymology From platform + -er.

1

Video games Informal A platform game.

  • Conceptually speaking, the platformer may be the most archetypal video-game genre.2010, Tom Bissell, Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 97:
Derived terms
generic platformer

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