The best side-scroller games

A side-scroller (or horizontal scrolling) is a video game in which the action is shown in a side perspective and the environment scrolls mainly on an horizontal axis. Characters usually have to move from the left to the right side of the screen to go on in the game.

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Heroes of the Lance

DOS1989protected3.9/5 U.S. Gold

Rush'n Attack

DOS19893.9/5 Konami

Vengeance of Excalibur

DOS19913.9/5 Synergistic Software

Home Alone

DOS19913.9/5 Manley Associates

Zool

DOS19923.9/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive

Zool was to Amiga what Sonic was for Sega consoles: a cool protagonist (a ninja of the Nth dimension!) for a high adrenaline action platformer. Zool was designed by George Allen and published by Gremlin in 1992 and it was an instant success. It was ported for many platforms, DOS included, and followed by Zool 2 in 1993.

Baby Joe in: Going Home

DOS19913.9/5 Loriciels

Yie Ar Kung Fu 2: The Emperor Yie-Gah

DOS19853.9/5 Konami

Castlevania

DOS19903.9/5 Distinctive Software

Hercules

Windows XP/98/951997protected3.9/5 Eurocom Developments

Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior

DOS19893.9/5 Psygnosis

Ultimuh MCMLXVII: Part 2 of the 39th Trilogy

DOS19933.9/5

Crystal Caves

DOS1991protected3.9/5 Apogee Software

Super Cauldron

DOS19923.9/5 Titus Interactive

Uridium

DOS19883.9/5 Graftgold

Uridium is a classic shoot 'em up video game that was originally developed by Andrew Braybrook and published by Hewson Consultants in 1986 for various home computer platforms (including MS-DOS). In Uridium, players control a spaceship known as the Manta, and the objective is to destroy a series of enemy spacecraft, as well as ground-based inst...

Dark Ages Volume III - Dungeons of Doom

DOS1991freeware3.9/5 Scenerio Software

Cougar Force

DOS19903.9/5 Coktel Vision

Elvira: the Arcade Game

DOS19913.9/5 Flair Software

Jazz Jackrabbit Holiday Hare

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Epic MegaGames

Secret Agent

DOS1992protected3.9/5 Apogee Software

First Samurai

DOS19923.9/5 Vivid Image

Blood Money

DOS19903.9/5 DMA Design

Blood Money is an abandoned classic sci-fi themed side-scrolling shoot'em up. Blood Money was designed by David Jones, developed by DMA Design and released by Psygnosis in 1990 for DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, C64. Blood Money features different vehicles for different levels, power ups and an energy bar that depletes when colliding with enemies or the env...