Abandonware DOS title

The most popular 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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Boot Camp

DOS1989 Konami
Boot Camp (1989, DOS) is the game that turns military training into a button-mashing festival of pain. Ever dreamed of surviving basic training without breaking a sweat? This is it—if your definition of “not sweating&r...
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Thomas the Tank Engine

DOS1992 Peakstar Software
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Shadow Knights

DOS1990 Softdisk Publishing
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Billy The Kid

DOS1990 Level 9 Computing
Saddle up, pardner. Billy The Kid puts you in the dusty boots of the infamous outlaw himself. This is the Wild West, DOS-style — pixel pistols, wanted posters, and dialogue that might make a cactus wince. Whether you’r...
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Sorcerian

DOS1990 Nihon Falcom
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Guldkorn Expressen

DOS1991 SilverRock productions
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Viz

DOS1991
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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 ...
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Predator 2

DOS1991 Arc Developments
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Bad Dudes VS Dragon Ninja

DOS1988protected Data East
Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president? If that line doesn’t make you want to punch a ninja through a hotdog stand, nothing will. Bad Dudes VS Dragon Ninja is peak 80s: mullets, muscles, and more side-scrolling be...
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Iskib

DOS1989
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Side Arms Hyper Dyne

DOS1988 Capcom
Side Arms: Hyper Dyne is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up arcade game developed and published by Capcom in 1986 and later ported on various platforms. Players control a "mobilsuit," a futuristic combat robot, in a war against al...
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The Untouchables

DOS1989 Ocean Software
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Super Solvers: Spellbound!

DOS1991 The Learning Company
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Super Cauldron

DOS1992 Titus Interactive
Super Cauldron is a platforming game developed by Titus Interactive and released in 1993 for platforms like MS-DOS, Amiga, and Amstrad CPC. In the game, you play as a witch on a mission to restore peace to her land. Armed wit...
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Targhan

DOS1989 Silmarils
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Golden Eagle

DOS1991 Loriciels
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Magic Johnson's Basketball

DOS1989 Sculptured Software
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Thomas the Tank Engine 2

DOS1993 Peakstar Software
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Double Dribble

DOS1990 Novotrade Software
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Day of the Pharaoh

DOS1989 Chip
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Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine

DOS1991protected id software
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is a science fiction action oriented platform game designed by Tom Hall, developed by id Software and released by Apogee Software in 1991 for DOS only. Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Mach...
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Commander Keen: Keen Dreams

DOS1992 id software
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Revenge of Defender

DOS1989 Epyx
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Baby Joe in: Going Home

DOS1991 Loriciels
In 1991, DOS gamers were treated to the weirdest parenting simulator ever: Baby Joe in: Going Home. You play as Baby Joe, an infant inexplicably left to crawl through caves, forests, and other extremely child-unfriendly terrain. W...
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Stargunner

DOS1996 GT Interactive Software
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Vynil Goddess from Mars

DOS1995 Six Pound Sledge Studios
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International Athletics

DOS1992 True Emotions Software