Platform games originated in the early 1980s. Most early examples of platform games were confined to a static playing field, generally viewed in profile, and were based on climbing mechanics between platforms rather than jumping.[1] Space Panic, a 1980 arcade release by Universal, is sometimes credited as the first platform game.[23] Another precursor to the genre from 1980 was Nichibutsu's Crazy Climber, in which the player character scales vertically-scrolling skyscrapers.[24]