The Attic Archive presents a curious collection of forgotten games from the 1980s.

Originally published for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer systems, these games are authentically reproduced in all their 8-bit glory. Featuring classics from Ocean Software, Artic Computing, Imagine Software, and Atlantis.

With platformers, shooters, exploration games, and more, whether you’re a seasoned retro fan, or a newer gamer curious about the games of yesteryear, the Attic Archive has you covered.

This nostalgic collection includes 13 quirky classics, across 3 original systems:
• Ah Diddums (for C64 and ZX Spectrum) - Escape a dangerous toybox as a teddy bear
• Arcadia (for C64 and ZX Spectrum) - Shoot down waves of deadly attackers
• Armageddon (for C64 and ZX Spectrum) - Protect cities from falling missiles
• B.C. Bill (for C64 and ZX Spectrum) - Experience life as a cartoon caveman
• Gilligan’s Gold (for C64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum) - Gather gold in a hazardous mine
• Mutant Monty (for C64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum) - Make your way through surreal environments to find precious treasure
• Mutant Monty and the Temple of Doom (for ZX Spectrum) - Delve the temple and grab artifacts
• Mutants (for C64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum) - Battle bizarre mutant strains to assemble a machine
• N.O.M.A.D. (for C64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum) - Control an advanced attack droid to destroy a criminal tyrant
• Paws (for Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum) - Rescue your kittens from dangerous dogs
• Superkid (for C64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum) - Become a superhero and save the city
• Skatin’ USA (for C64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum) - Save the city again, this time on a skateboard
• Superkid in Space (for C64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum) - Save the world from alien invasion

Luppy is a 2D platformer featuring 32 handcrafted levels filled with traps, enemies, and platforming challenges. Players collect coins to unlock a hidden trophy in each stage in order to progress, while making use of special abilities such as umbrella gliding and winged flight. The game emphasizes precise controls, varied mechanics, and a lighthearted, character-driven presentation.

Play as a greedy little goblin with an oversized sack and an even bigger hunger for loot! Dash, jump, and snatch every coin, chest, and shiny treasure in sight as you chase your dream of becoming the richest goblin in the world. Fortune favors the bold—and the gold-hungry! But watch out! Taking damage or dying will make you lose coins! Try your best to reach the end with the maximum amount of coins and show to the world the your greediness know no bounds!

With the SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance Digital Deluxe Edition, you can play the game three days early and receive the Ghost Outfit, Medic Lite Amulet, in-game currency, digital artbook and soundtrack, and the SEGA Villains Stage, featuring bosses based on iconic SEGA villains.

It includes:
• Base Game
• Play the game 3 days early
• Digital Deluxe Season Pass:
o Starter Pack: the Ghost Outfit, the Medic Lite Amulet, and In-Game Currency
o SEGA Villains Stage (Coming Early 2026)
o Digital Art Book + Soundtrack

The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.

Play as Cobra, the space pirate, in an action platformer adapted from the famous anime series. Along with Lady Armaroid, your loyal partner, and equipped with your iconic Psychogun, you must solve a mysterious threat hanging over the entire universe.

Run, Elric! is a 2D pixel-art platformer set in a mysterious forest filled with danger. You play as Elric, a quick-witted courier whose wagon was ambushed, scattering his coins. Unarmed, he must dash, jump, and outsmart monsters while avoiding traps and reclaiming his treasure. From eerie clearings to caverns with slimes, skeletons, and zombies, each step is a challenge. With tight controls and retro spirit, can Elric survive and recover his fortune?

Particle Hearts is a 3rd-person adventure game where you explore a world made entirely of particles. Use special abilities to manipulate those particles, solve puzzles, avoid detection, and navigate this sinister and beautiful land.

Follow Calyssa on her quest to find the entrance to ancient ruins!

Journey of Johann is an action adventure platformer with puzzle elements.
Make your way through levels and a boss with different challenges and obstacles.
Collect goblets, secrets and beat time trials.
Use your weapons as tools such as climbing, blocking hits, and defeating enemies.

The Rogue Prince of Persia is a 2D action-platformer developed by Evil Empire in collaboration with Ubisoft. The game combines fast-paced parkour movement with roguelite combat and progression systems. Players control the Prince as he battles enemies and explores procedurally generated levels filled with traps and hazards.
Each run offers new weapons, upgrades, and choices that influence gameplay and replayability.

Knight of the Keep is a retro-style 2D action platformer where you play as Sir Peter, the last knight defending Castle Keep from waves of corrupted foes. With only his skill, timing, and courage, he must clear each room to unlock the gates and move forward. Dodge traps, fight monsters, and survive a collapsing world. With crisp pixel art and tight controls, it's a brutal, no-shortcuts challenge. Can one knight protect the last gate to the light?

Shantae is back in an adventure 20 years in the making! The nefarious pirate Risky Boots has a “groundbreaking” new plan that will leave Sequin Land spinning — by rotating the continent, she can move any town right to the coast for easy plundering! As Shantae, turn the tectonic tables on Risky by taking control of the land itself: shift, twist, navigate, and explore by swapping between mix-and-match multilayered levels! Hair-whip and belly-dance your way through scrambled lands, misplaced towns, monster-filled crypts, and daunting labyrinths. Six creature transformations, fierce boss battles, and a 4-player versus mode await!

INAYAH - Life After Gods is a thrilling action-platformer with metroidvania elements. Immerse yourself in a story with multiple choices, explore diverse biomes, face more than 20 bosses, and develop your character with a unique progression system.

Steam-powered adventure in forgotten ruins

A cute puzzle-platformer with a unique mechanic of moving the world itself to create new paths. Play solo or with a friend in local co-op mode to help Ben & Abi navigate this mysterious world. Engage in clever puzzles & overcome obstacles to help them re-unite & find their way back home

An atomic war has reduced the world to a heap of ruins. However, there are still those who refuse to give up and seek to bring justice even in this chaos. Use your blade, granades and shotgun to fight your way through this post-apocalyptic scrolling action-platformer in pure 80s arcade style.

Treetop Trials is a 2D hand-drawn platformer where you can walk on walls and ceilings using your gravity boots! Your mission is to fix the treetop security systems to protect everyone from the gnomes's magical mischief.

Play through 40 colorful mind-twisting levels inside the trees in a forest. You'll need spacial awareness and platforming skills to overcome the ever-increasing challenges each level presents!

Midnight Cat Heist is a 2D pixel-art platformer where players control a sneaky cat stealing shiny treasures to bring home to its human. Across 25 compact urban levels, players must avoid hazards, grab a specific item in each stage, and then reach the exit—leaving without the item results in failure. The game focuses on simple mechanics, light stealth, and playful feline charm.

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

A small and hard-headed dinosaur sets off on an adventure to break obstacles, defeat enemies and gather all the lost dinossaur eggs lost after the eruption started. Help our little friend continue the mighty dino lineage by saving all the eggs and avoiding total extinction!

ZombMe is a 2D platformer based on old-school platformers with influences and callbacks to Mario, Sonic, Bonk, Bionic Commando, MetalStorm, and Mega Man. The hook with ZombMe, though, is that you're a zombie who is trying to stay DEAD--so the traditional gameplay mechanics of needing health is reversed: catching fire and jumping on spikes is good, and getting health packs is bad!

Alien Breakout is a precision platformer where you control an alien that has been captured and must escape from the laboratory.

Best Xbox Series X|S Platformer Games

Attic Archive

Luppy

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

Goblin Gold Hunt

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance - Digital Deluxe Edition

Space Adventure Cobra - The Awakening

Run, Elric!

Particle Hearts

Calyssa

Shaman's Mask of the Rune Magic

Journey of Johann: Snowy Mountain

Boned Again: Survivors

The Rogue Prince of Persia

Knight of the Keep

Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution

INAYAH - Life after Gods

Steampunch: Lost Tombs

Lost Twins 2

1989 After the War

Treetop Trials

Midnight Cat Heist

Viewfinder

Bonk 'N Bash

ZombMe

Alien Breakout

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