1. What is a platform game?

A type of video game featuring flattened graphics where the player controls a character jumping or climbing between solid platforms at different positions on the screen.

2. When did they appear?

3. Why is the platform game one of the most popular game genres?

They are visual or narrative differences. A video game genre is defined by a set of gameplay challenges. They are very classified and independent of their own setting or a game-world content, unlike the other works of fictions such as films or books. For example, a shooter game is still a shooter game, regardless of whether it takes place in a fantasy world or in outer space. The following is a listing of commonly used video game genres with brief descriptions and examples of each. This list is by no means complete or comprehensive. 

4. Do platform games have a specific target audience, what age range and demographics does the platformer appeal to?

 

5. Name and analyse 3 of the most popular Platform games, why are they so popular and what is the unique selling point of these games?

Sonic hedage :

It so popular because, it is aimed at any age.Anyone can play sonic ,as it fun to play on.
You make sonic go in a  fast speed and you  see funny character designs.Like Eggman he  looks fat & weird, sonic with big shoes,tail got helicopter  tail, and knuckles got big fist
.It sell really good because  been around  many years and some people who used to play the old sonic, now play new version  of sonic.

Pac-man:

Well you can get the app now and play it. It was one of the first games to played and that why it was popular in the 1970s .It simple but very ironic to play Pac man.

Naruto: Unlimited battle

It popular because of the anime series is popular  and people wanted to buy the game so they can play series . People would buy it because their load Naruto fans worldwide .