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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Platoon

DOS1987 Ocean Software
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Zorro

DOS1995 Capstone
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Blood Money

DOS1990 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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Superstar Ice Hockey

DOS1987 DesignStar Consultants
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Xenocide

DOS1990 Pangea Software
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Surf Ninjas

DOS1994 Creative Edge Software
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Armor Alley

DOSMac OS1991
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Onslaught

DOS1990 Arc Developments
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Vengeance of Excalibur

DOS1991 Synergistic Software
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Blade Warrior

DOS1991 Image Works
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NCAA Road to the Final Four

DOS1991 Bethesda Softworks
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International Ninja Rabbits

DOS1991 Flair Software
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Seymour Goes to Hollywood

DOS1993 The Big Red Software Company
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Caveman Ugh-Lympics

DOS1989 Dynamix
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Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun

DOS1989 Gray Matter
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Safari Guns

DOS1989
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Boot Camp

DOS1989 Konami
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African Trail Simulator

DOS1990 Positive
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Thomas the Tank Engine

DOS1992 Peakstar Software
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Realms of Chaos

DOSMac OSLinux1995protected Apogee Software
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Zyclunt

DOS1995 Phantagram
Zyclunt is a side-scrolling action game developed and published by Phantagram in 1995. The game is set in a dystopian future where incurable diseases and a rise in criminal activities have brought society to the brink of collapse. In this setting, advanced genetic engineering has led to the creation of cybernetic organisms, or cyborgs, which have b...
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Street Sports Soccer

DOS1988 Epyx
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Ninja Gaiden

DOS1990 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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Tubular Worlds

DOS1994
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Monty Python's Flying Circus

DOS1991 Core Design
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Night Breed

DOS1990
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Beethoven 2

DOS1993 Rozner Labs Software Group
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BC's Quest for Tires

DOS1984 Sydney Development
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Kaeon

DOS1992