The best 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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James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod

DOS19933.7/5 Millennium Interactive

The Ancient Art of War in the Skies

DOS19923.7/5 Evryware

Predator 2

DOS19913.7/5 Arc Developments

Ninja Gaiden

DOS19903.6/5 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...

Stargate

DOS19833.6/5 Williams Entertainment

Street Sports Soccer

DOS19883.6/5 Epyx

BC's Quest for Tires

DOS19843.6/5 Sydney Development

Platoon

DOS19873.6/5 Ocean Software

Freddy Hardest

DOS19883.6/5 Dinamic Multimedia

Flightmare

DOS1984freeware3.6/5

Alcatraz

DOS19923.6/5 221B Software Development

Fox Ranger

DOS19923.6/5 Soft Action

Rolling Ronny

DOS19913.6/5 Starbyte Software

Dark Ages Volume II - The Undead Kingdom

DOS1991freeware3.6/5 Scenerio Software

International Ninja Rabbits

DOS19913.6/5 Flair Software

Strider

DOS19893.6/5 Capcom

Ninja Rabbits

DOS19923.6/5 Villa Crespo Software

Wizball

DOS19873.5/5 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 rides a magical green ball. The wizard's mission is to restore color to the world, which has been drained of its vibrant...