The most popular 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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Horror Zombies from the Crypt

DOS19903.8/5 Astral Software

Nicky Boom

DOS19924/5 Microids

Gateworld

DOS19933.1/5 HomeBrew Software

The Amazing Spider-Man

DOS19903.9/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises

Dark Ages Volume I - Prince of Destiny

DOS1991freeware4/5 Scenerio Software

Side Arms Hyper Dyne

DOS19883.8/5 Capcom

Dark Ages Volume III - Dungeons of Doom

DOS1991freeware3.9/5 Scenerio Software

Face Off!

DOS19894.1/5 MindSpan

Face Off! is an abandoned hockey sports game developed by MindSpan (known for their Hardball series) and released by Gamestar in 1989 for DOS and also for Commodore 64. Face Off supports multiplayer in competitive or cooperative modes.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

DOS19914/5 Syntetic Dimensions

Terminator 2: Judgment Day is one of the many adaptations of the Terminator franchise. This one is based on the movie of the same name, but it's not as good as the movie, according to critics. Terminator 2 is an action game developed by Syntetic Dimensions and released by Ocean Software in 1991 for DOS. It was also published for C64, ZX Spectrum, A...

Alcatraz

DOS19923.6/5 221B Software Development

Risky Woods

DOS1992protected4/5 Dinamic Multimedia

Glider 4.0

Windows 3.xMac OS19943.8/5

The Blues Brothers 2: Jukebox Adventure

DOS19933.8/5 Titus Interactive

Zool 2

DOS19943.7/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive

4th & Inches

DOS1988protected3.2/5 Accolade

Captain Comic 2: Fractured Reality

DOS1990freeware4/5

Xatax

DOS19944/5 Pixel Painters Corporation

Disney's The Jungle Book

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 Virgin Interactive

Revenge of Defender

DOS19893.5/5 Epyx

Beats of Rage

DOS2003freeware3/5

Ghosts 'n Goblins remake

Windows2004freewareremake4.1/5

Platoon

DOS19873.6/5 Ocean Software

Project-X

DOS19943.8/5 Team 17

Time Slaughter

DOS1996freeware4.1/5 Bloodlust Software

Colorado

DOS19903.9/5 Silmarils

Eye of Horus

DOS19894.1/5 Denton Designs

Doofus

DOS19944.1/5 X-ample Architectures

Joe and Mac Cavemen Ninja

DOS19914.2/5 Data East

Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja is a side-scrolling platformer video game developed and released by Data East in 1991. Known as "Joe & Mac" in North America and "Caveman Ninja" in other regions, the game gained popularity for its humorous take on prehistoric themes, cooperative gameplay, and challenging levels.The game is set in a colorful and car...