Abandonware DOS title

The best 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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The Simpsons

DOS1991 Konami
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Xenophage: Alien BloodSport

DOS1996freeware Argo Games
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Baby Joe in: Going Home

DOS1991 Loriciels
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Renegade

DOS1988 Technos Japan
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Jazz Jackrabbit

DOS1994protected Epic MegaGames
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Project-X

DOS1994 Team 17
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Seymour Goes to Hollywood

DOS1993 The Big Red Software Company
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Pac-in-Time

DOS1993 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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Night Hunter

DOS1988 UBI Soft
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BC's Quest for Tires

DOS1984 Sydney Development
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Monty Python's Flying Circus

DOS1991 Core Design
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Vynil Goddess from Mars

DOS1995 Six Pound Sledge Studios
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Glider 4.0

Windows 3.xMac OS1994
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Krusty's Super Funhouse

DOS1993 Audiogenic
Krusty's Super Funhouse is an abandoned action game developed by Audiogenic and released by Acclaim Entertainment in 1993 for DOS and for many other platforms, both consoles and home computers. Krusty's Super Funhouse is based on the popular character from The Simpson animated TV series.
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Diggers 2: Extractors

DOS1995 Millennium Interactive
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Horror Zombies from the Crypt

DOS1990 Astral Software
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Luigi and Spaghetti

DOS1992 Topo Soft
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Mighty Bomb Jack

DOS1990 Tecmo
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Thomas the Tank Engine

DOS1992 Peakstar Software
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P47 Thunderbolt

DOS1990 NMK Co.
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Zool 2

DOS1994 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
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Xenocide

DOS1990 Pangea Software
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James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod

DOS1993 Millennium Interactive
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Dylan Dog: Murderers

DOS1992 Simulmondo
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In The Hunt

Windows XP/98/951993 Irem Software Engineering
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Crime Wave

DOS1990 Access Software
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Wizball

DOS1987 Sensible Software
Wizball is a  shoot 'em up video game developed by Sensible Software and originally released for various home computer platforms in 1987. The game was published by Ocean Software.In Wizball, players control a wizard who rides a magical green ball. The wizard's mission is to restore color to the world, which has been drained of its vibrant...
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Ninja Gaiden

DOS1990 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...