Side-scrolling 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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Mega Man X

DOS1995protected Capcom

Mega Man X4

Windows XP/98/951998 Capcom

Mega Man X4 is a side-scrolling action-platformer video game released by Capcom for Windows, Sony PlayStation, and Sega Saturn in 1997 and 1998. It is part of the Mega Man X series, a spin-off of the original Mega Man franchise.Se...

Menace

DOS1988 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 syste...

Metal Mutant

DOS1991 Silmarils

Mighty Bomb Jack

DOS1990 Tecmo

Monty Python's Flying Circus

DOS1991 Core Design

Moon Patrol

DOS1983 Atarisoft

Mortal Kombat 3

DOS1995protected 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 t...

NCAA Road to the Final Four

DOS1991 Bethesda Softworks

Netherworld

DOS1990 Hewson Consultants

Nicky Boom

DOS1992 Microids

Night Breed

DOS1990

Night Hunter

DOS1988 UBI Soft

Ninja

DOS1986 Acclaim Entertainment

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 fo...

Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword of Chaos

DOS1990 Tecmo

Ninja Rabbits

DOS1992 Villa Crespo Software

Obliterator

DOS1989 Psygnosis

Oliver & Company

DOS1989 Coktel Vision

Omni Play Basketball

DOS1990 DesignStar Consultants

Onslaught

DOS1990 Arc Developments

Over the Net!

DOS1990 Genias

P47 Thunderbolt

DOS1990 NMK Co.

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, S...

Phantis

DOS1987 Dinamic Multimedia

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure

Windows XP/98/951995 Activision

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is a platform video game that was originally released in 1994. It is a sequel to the classic 1982 game Pitfall! but features updated graphics and gameplay mechanics. The game was developed by Activisio...