The best side-scroller games
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Heroes of the Lance
DOS1989protected3.9/5 U.S. Gold
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
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
Castlevania
DOS19903.9/5 Distinctive Software
Crystal Caves
DOS1991protected3.9/5 Apogee Software
Super Cauldron
DOS19923.9/5 Titus Interactive
Uridium
DOS19883.9/5 Graftgold
Uridium is a classic shoot 'em up video game that was originally developed by Andrew Braybrook and published by Hewson Consultants in 1986 for various home computer platforms (including MS-DOS). In Uridium, players control a spaceship known as the Manta, and the objective is to destroy a series of enemy spacecraft, as well as ground-based inst...
Dark Ages Volume III - Dungeons of Doom
DOS1991freeware3.9/5 Scenerio Software
Cougar Force
DOS19903.9/5 Coktel Vision
Elvira: the Arcade Game
DOS19913.9/5 Flair Software
Jazz Jackrabbit Holiday Hare
DOS1994protected3.9/5 Epic MegaGames
Secret Agent
DOS1992protected3.9/5 Apogee Software
First Samurai
DOS19923.9/5 Vivid Image
Pac-in-Time
DOS19933.9/5 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.
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...
Mega Man
DOS19903.9/5 Capcom
Dalek Attack
DOS19923.9/5 Alternative Software
The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge!
DOS19893.9/5 Paragon Software
The Amazing Spider-Man
DOS19903.9/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises
Armor Alley
DOSMac19913.9/5
European Championship 1992
DOS19923.9/5 Tecmo
Dragons of Flame
DOS1989protected3.9/5 U.S. Gold
Creatures Village
Windows XP/98/95Mac2001protected3.8/5 Creature Labs
Soccer Kid
DOS19953.8/5 Krisalis