Abandonware DOS title

Side-scrolling games sorted by year, newest first

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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Altered Beast

DOS19904.1/5 Sega
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Beverly Hills Cop

DOS19903.2/5 Tynesoft Computer Software
The Beverly Hills Cop video game by Tynesoft is an action-adventure game based on the popular film franchise starring Eddie Murphy. It was released in 1990 for various home computer platforms, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.In the game, players take on the role of Axel Foley, the wise-cracking detective played by Murphy in...
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Billy The Kid

DOS19903.8/5 Level 9 Computing
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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...
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Castlevania

DOS19903.9/5 Distinctive Software
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Colorado

DOS19904.1/5 Silmarils
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Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars

DOS19904.2/5 id software
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars is a platform video game developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software in 1990 as shareware for MS-DOS. The game follows the adventures of an eight-year-old genius named Billy Blaze, who uses his homemade spaceship to travel to various alien planets to save the Earth from alien invaders known as V...
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Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes

DOS1990protected4/5 id software
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Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!

DOS1990protected4.1/5 id software
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Cougar Force

DOS19903.9/5 Coktel Vision
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Crime Wave

DOS19903.7/5 Access Software
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Dangerous Dave

DOS1990protected3.9/5 Softdisk Publishing
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Double Dribble

DOS19903.8/5 Novotrade Software
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch

DOS19903.4/5 Elite Systems
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Horror Zombies from the Crypt

DOS19903.8/5 Astral Software
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Lorna

DOS1990NSFW4.1/5 Topo Soft
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Mega Man

DOS19903.9/5 Capcom
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Netherworld

DOS19902.9/5 Hewson Consultants
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Night Breed

DOS19904/5
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Ninja Gaiden

DOS19903.7/5 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...
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Omni Play Basketball

DOS19904/5 DesignStar Consultants
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Onslaught

DOS19904/5 Arc Developments
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P47 Thunderbolt

DOS19903.7/5 NMK Co.
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Prince of Persia

DOSMac19904.2/5 Broderbund
Prince of Persia is an abandoned DOS platform game set in Middle East, developed and released by Broderbund in 1990. Designer Jordan Mechner created a game that made a lasting impression of gamers thanks to a clever use of a tecnique called rotoscoping which makes the animation of the protagonist very realistic.
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Ranx: The Video Game

DOS19903.8/5 UBI Soft
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Rastan

DOS19903.5/5 Taito
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Shadow Knights

DOS19903.7/5 Softdisk Publishing
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Sirwood

DOS19903.3/5 Opera Soft