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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Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!

DOS1990protected4.2/5 id software

Gateworld

DOS19933.1/5 HomeBrew Software

Horror Zombies from the Crypt

DOS19903.8/5 Astral Software

Dark Ages Volume I - Prince of Destiny

DOS1991freeware4/5 Scenerio Software

Zool 2

DOS19943.7/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive

Night Hunter

DOS19883.8/5 UBI Soft

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...

Dragons of Flame

DOS1989protected3.9/5 U.S. Gold

The Blues Brothers 2: Jukebox Adventure

DOS19933.8/5 Titus Interactive

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.

Disney's The Jungle Book

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

Beats of Rage

DOS2003freeware3/5

4th & Inches

DOS1988protected3.2/5 Accolade

Xatax

DOS19944/5 Pixel Painters Corporation

Captain Comic 2: Fractured Reality

DOS1990freeware4/5

Glider 4.0

Windows 3.xMac OS19943.8/5

Nicky Boom

DOS19924/5 Microids

Revenge of Defender

DOS19893.5/5 Epyx

Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword of Chaos

DOS19904.1/5 Tecmo

Ghosts 'n Goblins remake

Windows2004freewareremake4.1/5

Platoon

DOS19873.6/5 Ocean Software

Side Arms Hyper Dyne

DOS19883.8/5 Capcom

Dark Ages Volume III - Dungeons of Doom

DOS1991freeware3.9/5 Scenerio Software

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...