The best side-scroller games
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Super Solvers: Treasure Mountain!
DOS19904/5 The Learning Company
The Untouchables
DOS19894/5 Ocean Software
Ultimate Body Blows
DOS1994protected4/5 Team 17
Xargon
DOS1993freeware4/5 Epic MegaGames
Mario Teaches Typing
DOSMac OS19924/5 Interplay Productions
R-Type
DOS19894/5 Irem Software Engineering
R-Type is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed and published by Irem in 1987. The game quickly gained popularity for its challenging gameplay and impressive graphics at the time. R-Type is known for its tough and memorable enemy designs, as well as challenging boss battles. The game features various power-ups that enhance the player...
Bio Menace Episode 1: Dr. Mangle's Lab
DOS1993freeware4/5 Apogee Software
Sorcerian
DOS19904/5 Nihon Falcom
Mega Man X
DOS1995protected4/5 Capcom
Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle
DOS1991protected4/5 id software
Mortal Kombat 3
DOS1995protected4/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
Mortal Kombat 3 is a fighting action game developed by Midway Manufacturing Company and released by GT Interactive Software in 1995 for DOS and Windows as well as for many other platforms. Mortal Kombat 3 is the third chapter of the acclaimed Mortal Kombat series that spawned many sequels, a few TV series and even movies (with various degree of suc...
Nicky Boom
DOS19924/5 Microids
Asterix: Operation Getafix
DOS19894/5 Coktel Vision
Dangerous Dave
DOS1990protected4/5 Softdisk Publishing
Shinobi
DOS19893.9/5 Sega
Colorado
DOS19903.9/5 Silmarils
Super Mario Fusion: Revival
Windows2011freewareremake3.9/5
Super Mario Fusion: Revival is a freeware fan-made game project that aims to combine elements from various classic video games, primarily the Super Mario series and the Sonic the Hedgehog series, into a single game. It's essentially a crossover fan game where players can experience levels and gameplay mechanics inspired by both franchises. The...
Stormlord
DOS19893.9/5 Hewson Consultants
Stormlord is an abandoned DOS platform game set in a fantasy world, developed and published by Hewson Consultants in 1989 and designed by Raffaele Cecco. There was some controversy about the scantily clothed fairies in the game.
Xenophage: Alien BloodSport
DOS1996freeware3.9/5 Argo Games
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