The best side-scroller games

Side-scroller games

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  Hercules

  Windows XP/98/951997protected3.9/5 Eurocom Developments
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  Mega Man X

  DOS1995protected3.9/5 Capcom
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  Castlevania

  DOS19903.9/5 Distinctive Software
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  Super Cauldron

  DOS19923.9/5 Titus Interactive
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  Crystal Caves

  DOS1991protected3.9/5 Apogee Software
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  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.

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  Dark Ages Volume III - Dungeons of Doom

  DOS1991freeware3.9/5 Scenerio Software
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  Soccer Kid

  DOS19953.9/5 Krisalis
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  The Amazing Spider-Man

  DOS19903.9/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises
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  Shinobi

  DOS19893.9/5 Sega
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  Jazz Jackrabbit Holiday Hare

  DOS1994protected3.9/5 Epic MegaGames
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  P47 Thunderbolt

  DOS19903.9/5 NMK Co.
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  Yie Ar Kung Fu 2: The Emperor Yie-Gah

  DOS19853.9/5 Konami
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  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.

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  Asterix: Operation Getafix

  DOS19893.9/5 Coktel Vision
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  Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior

  DOS19893.9/5 Psygnosis
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  Cougar Force

  DOS19903.9/5 Coktel Vision
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  European Championship 1992

  DOS19923.9/5 Tecmo
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  Uridium

  DOS19883.9/5 Hewson Consultants

  Uridium is an abandoned DOS science fiction side-scrolling shoot'em up designed by Andrew Braybrook. It was developed by Hewson Consultants and published by Mindscape for DOS in 1988. The original C64 version of Uridium won the Golde Joystick Award in 1986.

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  Xargon

  DOS1993freeware3.9/5 Epic MegaGames
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  Dragons of Flame

  DOS1989protected3.9/5 U.S. Gold
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  Attack of the Mutant Camels

  DOS2001freewareremake3.8/5
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  Night Hunter

  DOS19883.8/5 UBI Soft
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  The Blues Brothers 2: Jukebox Adventure

  DOS19933.8/5 Titus Interactive
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  Mega Man

  DOS19903.8/5 Capcom
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  The Castle of Dr. Malvado

  DOS20013.8/5
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  The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge!

  DOS19893.8/5 Paragon Software
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  Creatures Village

  Windows XP/98/95Mac2001protected3.8/5 Creature Labs
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  Pac-in-Time

  DOS19933.8/5 Kalisto Entertainment

  Pac-in-Time is an abandoned action side-scrolling platformer game developed by Kalisto Entertainment and released by Mindscape in 1993 for DOS. Pac-in-time was but also published for other platforms such as Amiga, Game Boy, Mac, SNES. Pac-in-Time is essentially Fury of the Furries reskinned with Pac-Man as the main character.

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  Blood Money

  DOS19903.8/5 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...