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.
targhan-02

Targhan

DOS19893.5/5 Silmarils
platoon-1

Platoon

DOS19873.6/5 Ocean Software
onslaught-07

Onslaught

DOS19904/5 Arc Developments
iron-blood-02

Iron Blood

DOS19964.1/5 Family Production
frankenstein-02

Frankenstein

DOS19944.1/5 Junkyard
gremlins-2-01

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

DOS19903.4/5 Elite Systems
vengeance-excalibur-04

Vengeance of Excalibur

DOS19913.9/5 Synergistic Software
savage-warriors-04

Savage Warriors

DOS19954/5 Kalisto Entertainment
crime-wave-03

Crime Wave

DOS19903.7/5 Access Software
xatax-1

Xatax

DOS19944/5 Pixel Painters Corporation
pharaoh-3

Day of the Pharaoh

DOS19893/5 Chip
sirwood-1

Sirwood

DOS19903.3/5 Opera Soft
wizball-02

Wizball

DOS19873.5/5 Sensible Software
Wizball is an abandoned shoot'em up created by Jon Hare and Chris Yates, the guys behind Sensible Software. Wizball was published for PC by Ocean Software in 1987. The premise of Wizball is quite odd: the realm of Wizworld was deprived by all colors by an evil guy. You, as the titular wizard, in form of a... ball with a face (hence the title) must ...
netherworld-1

Netherworld

DOS19902.9/5 Hewson Consultants
boot-camp-02

Boot Camp

DOS19893/5 Konami
shadow-knights-02

Shadow Knights

DOS19903.7/5 Softdisk Publishing
fox-ranger-04

Fox Ranger

DOS19923.6/5 Soft Action
tubular-worlds-04

Tubular Worlds

DOS19943.5/5
dangerous-dave-goes-nutz-03

Dangerous Dave: Dave Goes Nutz!

DOS1995protected3.3/5 Softdisk Publishing
dragonsofflame-2

Dragons of Flame

DOS1989protected3.9/5 U.S. Gold
guldkorn-1

Guldkorn Expressen

DOS19914.1/5 SilverRock productions
ninja-rabbit-returns-02

International Ninja Rabbits

DOS19913.6/5 Flair Software
santa-xmas-caper-02

Santa's Xmas Caper

DOS19933.4/5 Zeppelin Games
streesportsbasketball-5

Street sports basketball

DOS19873.3/5 Epyx
bc-quest-for-tires-01

BC's Quest for Tires

DOS19843.6/5 Sydney Development
road-runner-01

Road Runner

DOS19894.1/5 Atari
mcdonald-land-06

McDonald Land

DOS19923.7/5 Visual Concepts Entertainment
surf-ninjas-07

Surf Ninjas

DOS19943.5/5 Creative Edge Software
trantor-last-stormtrooper-01

Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper

DOS19893.1/5 Probe Entertainment
interpose-03

Interpose

DOS19963.5/5 Twilight Zone Software