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.

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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/98/9519984.3/5 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...

Extreme Shopper

Windows 3.x20002.5/5

Attack of the Mutant Camels

DOS2001freewareremake3.8/5

Creatures Village

Windows XP/98/95Mac2001protected3.8/5 Creature Labs

Mario and Luigi

DOS2001remake4.1/5

The Castle of Dr. Malvado

DOS20013.7/5

Beats of Rage

DOS2003freeware3/5

Ghosts 'n Goblins remake

Windows2004freewareremake4.1/5

Ardentryst

WindowsLinux20094.1/5

Super Mario Fusion: Revival

Windows2011freewareremake3.9/5

Super Mario Fusion: Revival is a freeware fan-made game project that aims to combine elements from various classic video games, primarily the Super Mario series and the Sonic the Hedgehog series, into a single game. It's essentially a crossover fan game where players can experience levels and gameplay mechanics inspired by both franchises. The...