Side-scrolling games sorted by release date

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.

Most popular side-scroller games

Mega Man X4

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Disney's Aladdin

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Super Mariio Bros

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Tubular Worlds

DOS19943.5/5
Ultimate Body Blows

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Team 17
Xatax

DOS19944/5 Pixel Painters Corporation
Zool 2

DOS19943.7/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
Dangerous Dave: Dave Goes Nutz!

DOS1995protected3.3/5 Softdisk Publishing
Disney's The Jungle Book

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 Virgin Interactive
Earthworm Jim

DOS1995protected4.1/5 Shiny Entertainment
Framed

DOS19954/5 Machination
Mega Man X

DOS1995protected3.9/5 Capcom
Mortal Kombat 3

DOS1995protected4/5 Midway Manufacturing Company

Mortal Kombat 3 is a fighting action game developed by Midway Manufacturing Company and released by GT Interactive Software in 1995 for DOS and Windows as well as for many other platforms. Mortal Kombat 3 is the third chapter of the acclaimed Mortal Kombat series that spawned many sequels, a few TV series and even movies (with various degree of suc...
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure

Windows XP/98/9519954.1/5 Activision

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is a platform video game that was originally released in 1994. It is a sequel to the classic 1982 game Pitfall! but features updated graphics and gameplay mechanics. The game was developed by Activision and initially released for various platforms, including PC, the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNE...
Pocahontas

DOS19953.2/5 Teeny Weeny Games
Savage Warriors

DOS19953.8/5 Kalisto Entertainment
Soccer Kid

DOS19954/5 Krisalis
Vynil Goddess from Mars

DOS19953.8/5 Six Pound Sledge Studios
Zorro

DOS19953.3/5 Capstone
Alien Rampage

DOS19964.1/5
Asterix and Obelix

DOS19964.2/5 Infogrames
Earthworm Jim 2

DOS1996protected4.4/5 Shiny Entertainment
Interpose

DOS19963.5/5 Twilight Zone Software
Iron Blood

DOS19964.1/5 Family Production
Pray for Death

DOS1996protected4.2/5 Light Shock Software
Stargunner

DOS19964/5 GT Interactive Software
The Smurfs

DOSWindows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Infogrames
Time Slaughter

DOS1996freeware4.1/5 Bloodlust Software
Xenophage: Alien BloodSport

DOS1996freeware3.9/5 Argo Games
Hercules

Windows XP/98/951997protected3.9/5 Eurocom Developments
Lucky Luke

Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 Infogrames
Darius Gaiden

Windows XP/98/9519984.4/5 Taito
Mega Man X4

Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 Capcom

Mega Man X4 is an abandoned side scrolling action-platform video game that was released for Windows, the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1997 and 1998. Mega Man X4 is part of the Mega Man X series, which is a spin-off of the original Mega Man series, and it was developed by Capcom. Mega Man X4 is set in a dystopian future where h...