Abandonware DOS title

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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Glider 4.0

Windows 3.xMac19943.8/5
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Artura

DOS19893.2/5 Arcadia Systems
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Ninja Rabbits

DOS19923.6/5 Villa Crespo Software
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Super Solvers: Treasure Mountain!

DOS19904/5 The Learning Company
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Side Arms Hyper Dyne

DOS19883.8/5 Capcom
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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.
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Strider

DOS19893.6/5 Capcom
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Jazz Jackrabbit Holiday Hare

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Epic MegaGames
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Ninja Gaiden

DOS19903.7/5 Tecmo
Ninja Gaiden, released in 1988 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and later to other platforms, is a side-scrolling action-platformer developed by Tecmo. It follows the story of Ryu Hayabusa, a skilled ninja on a quest for vengeance and justice.In the game, players control Ryu as he battles through six acts, each divided into several stage...
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Super Cauldron

DOS19923.9/5 Titus Interactive
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Dylan Dog: Murderers

DOS19923.7/5 Simulmondo
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Creatures Village

Windows XP/98/95Mac2001protected3.8/5 Creature Labs
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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...
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Barbie

DOS19923.4/5 Imagineering Inc.
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Horror Zombies from the Crypt

DOS19903.8/5 Astral Software
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Obliterator

DOS19892.9/5 Psygnosis
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Gateworld

DOS19933.1/5 HomeBrew Software
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Nicky Boom

DOS19924/5 Microids
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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...
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Bad Street Brawler

DOS19874/5 Beam Software
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European Championship 1992

DOS19923.9/5 Tecmo
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Dangerous Dave: Risky Rescue

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Softdisk Publishing
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Zorro

DOS19953.3/5 Capstone
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Monty Python's Flying Circus

DOS19913.8/5 Core Design
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Dalek Attack

DOS19923.9/5 Alternative Software
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Revenge of Defender

DOS19893.5/5 Epyx
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Karnov

DOS19873.4/5 Data East
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Menace

DOS19882.8/5 DMA Design
Menace is a classic shoot 'em up video game that was developed by DMA Design, a company later known as Rockstar North, and initially released in 1988. The game was originally released for the Amiga and Atari ST home computer systems and for DOS. The player's objective is to navigate their spacecraft through various levels filled with enemy ships, o...