Multi-direction scrolling games sorted by release date

Multi-directional scroller games

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  Grand Theft Auto 2

  Windows XP/98/9519994.2/5 DMA Design

  Grand Theft Auto 2 is the second chapter in the successful Grand Theft Auto series. GTA 2 is an abandoned top-down action-adventure / driving hybrid game developed by DMA Design and released by Rockstar Games in 1999 for Windows. In GTA 2 you are a wannabe criminal roaming the streets of a fictional city, stealing and driving vehicles while escapin...

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  Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia

  Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 New World Computing
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  Jagged Alliance 2

  Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac1999protected4.2/5 Sir-tech Software

  I'm a fan of the original X-COM. I think it's one of the best turn-based tactics games ever released for DOS. Unfortunately, games like X-COM are not many. Jagged Alliance 2 has a similar tactical component: you give turn-based orders to a team of mercenaries, mission after mission. There's no management component (at least not as extensive as in t...

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  Roller Coaster Tycoon

  Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 Chris Sawyer Productions
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  Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator

  Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5
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  SimCity 3000

  Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5 Maxis
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  Total Annihilation Kingdoms

  Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 Cavedog Entertainment
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  Arrakis

  DOS20003.9/5
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  Dark Reign 2

  Windows XP/98/952000protected4.4/5 Pandemic Studios
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  Ground Control

  Windows XP/98/952000protected4.2/5 Massive Entertainment

  Ground Control is a strategy game developed by Massive Entertainment and released by Sierra On-Line in 2000. More precisely Ground Control is a real time tactical game with a sci-fi setting.

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  Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

  DOS2001protected4.2/5 Troika Games
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  Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel

  Windows XP/98/952001protected4/5 Interplay Productions
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  NetHack - Falcon's Eye

  Windows XP/98/952001freeware3.8/5
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  Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

  Windows XP/98/95Mac2001protected4.1/5 LucasArts

  Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds is a science fiction real-time strategy game set in the Star Wars universe, focused both on the first and the second Star Wars trilogy. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds was developed by LucasArts Entertainment in 2001. SWGB was developed using the Genie engine, the same used for Age of Empires.

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  Hooligans: Storm Over Europe

  Windows XP/98/9520024.2/5 DarXabre
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  Industry Giant 2

  Windows XP/98/952002protected4/5 JoWooD Entertainment
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  Roller Coaster Tycoon 2

  Windows XP/98/952002protected4.1/5 Chris Sawyer Productions
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  Sid Meier's SimGolf

  Windows XP/98/9520024.1/5 Firaxis Games

  Sid Meier's SimGolf is a golf simulation developed by Firaxis Games in 2002, different from other golf games. In SimGolf, the player is tasked with running a golf course, designing holes, taking care of golfers and even playing. It's an underrated game that deserves a place among the best of its genre.

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  Lyle in Cube Sector

  Windows20063.8/5
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  Carser

  DOS2023freeware3.6/5 Rodisoft

  Carser is a top-down view single player retro racing game. The goal is to go through all checkpoints and get the fastest time possible rewarded by silver, gold and diamond badges. Nitro boosts, jump ramps, ferry boats, rail level crossings, road blocks, cows, oil spills, gates and traffic will make this challenging.