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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Strider

DOS1989 Capcom

Santa's Xmas Caper

DOS1993 Zeppelin Games

Vengeance of Excalibur

DOS1991 Synergistic Software

Safari Guns

DOS1989

Boot Camp

DOS1989 Konami

Jetstrike

DOS1994 Shadow Software

Ninja

DOS1986 Acclaim Entertainment

Zorro

DOS1995 Capstone

Striker

DOS1985

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

Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper

DOS1989 Probe Entertainment

Karnov

DOS1987 Data East

Karnov is a classic side-scrolling action arcade game developed by Data East in 1987. The game features a unique protagonist named Jinborov Karnovski, or "Karnov", a fire-breathing, muscle-bound, bald, shirtless strongman from the fictional land of Karnov. Initially released in arcades, Karnov was later ported to home consoles like the Nintend...

International Athletics

DOS1992 True Emotions Software

Asterix: Operation Getafix

DOS1989 Coktel Vision

Barbie

DOS1992 Imagineering Inc.

Cougar Force

DOS1990 Coktel Vision

Oliver & Company

DOS1989 Coktel Vision

Jammit

DOS1994 GTE Entertainment

Golden Eagle

DOS1991 Loriciels

Billy The Kid

DOS1990 Level 9 Computing

Platoon

DOS1987 Ocean Software

Wolfsbane

DOS1995 Midnight Software

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...