Side-scrolling games sorted by release date

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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First Samurai

DOS19923.9/5 Vivid Image

Fox Ranger

DOS19923.6/5 Soft Action

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

DOS19924/5 Manley Associates

International Athletics

DOS19924/5 True Emotions Software

Kaeon

DOS19923.5/5

Luigi and Spaghetti

DOS19923.8/5 Topo Soft

Magic Pockets

DOS19924/5 Bitmap Brothers

Mario Teaches Typing

DOSMac19924/5 Interplay Productions

McDonald Land

DOS19923.7/5 Visual Concepts Entertainment

Mega Man 3

DOS19924/5 Hi-Tech Expressions

Nicky Boom

DOS19924/5 Microids

Ninja Rabbits

DOS19923.6/5 Villa Crespo Software

Risky Woods

DOS1992protected4/5 Dinamic Multimedia

Secret Agent

DOS1992protected3.9/5 Apogee Software

Super Cauldron

DOS19923.9/5 Titus Interactive

Super Star Wars

DOS19924/5 LucasArts

The Ancient Art of War in the Skies

DOS19923.7/5 Evryware

Thomas the Tank Engine

DOS19923.3/5 Peakstar Software

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...

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.