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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Titus the Fox

DOS1992protected4.2/5 Titus Interactive

Titus the Fox is a DOS horizontal scrolling platform game developed by Titus Interactive in 1992. As Titus, you have to advance through 15 levels to rescue your beloved Suzy who has been kidnapped. The player can interact with objects by throwing them at foes, or jumping higher. There are bosses at the end of each level and secret rooms spread acro...

Zorro

DOS19953.3/5 Capstone

Karateka

DOS19864.1/5 Broderbund

Karateka is a martial arts themed action / fighting game released by Broderbund in 1986 for DOS. Karateka is the first game designed by Jordan Mechner, the father of the Prince of Persia franchise. Karateka was also published for Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, C64, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum.

Yie Ar Kung Fu 2: The Emperor Yie-Gah

DOS19853.9/5 Konami

Tubular Worlds

DOS19943.5/5

Day of the Pharaoh

DOS19893.1/5 Chip

Last Action Hero

DOS19933.5/5 Psygnosis

Ulises

DOS19893.5/5 Opera Soft

Monty Python's Flying Circus

DOS19913.8/5 Core Design

Ninja Rabbits

DOS19923.6/5 Villa Crespo Software

Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword of Chaos

DOS19904.1/5 Tecmo

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...

Barbie

DOS19923.4/5 Imagineering Inc.

Captain Comic 2: Fractured Reality

DOS1990freeware4/5

Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone

DOS19924.2/5 East Technology Corp.

Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes

DOS1990protected4/5 id software

Obliterator

DOS19892.9/5 Psygnosis

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

DOS19893/5 Tynesoft Computer Software

Jazz Jackrabbit Holiday Hare

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Epic MegaGames

Night Breed

DOS19903.9/5

Artura

DOS19893.2/5 Arcadia Systems

Armor Alley

DOSMac OS19913.9/5

Road Runner

DOS19894/5 Atari

Road Runner is a video game based on the popular Looney Tunes cartoon series featuring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. The game was originally developed by Atari Games and released in arcades in 1985. It was later ported to various home gaming platforms, such as the Atari 2600, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MS-DOS and others. Yo...

Captain Comic, The Adventures of

DOS1988freeware3.8/5

Zyclunt

DOS19953.5/5 Phantagram

Zyclunt is a side-scrolling action game developed and published by Phantagram in 1995. The game is set in a dystopian future where incurable diseases and a rise in criminal activities have brought society to the brink of collapse. In this setting, advanced genetic engineering has led to the creation of cybernetic organisms, or cyborgs, which have b...

Carl Lewis Challenge

DOS19923.7/5 Teque

Carl Lewis Challenge is a sports simulation video game that was released in 1992 by Psygnosis for various platforms, including the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. Named after the famous American track and field athlete Carl Lewis, the game aims to simulate several athletic events in which Lewis excelled. The game features multiple track and field ev...