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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Hercules

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

Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion

DOS1991protected4.1/5 id software

Mega Man 3

DOS19924/5 Hi-Tech Expressions

Defender

DOS19834.2/5 Williams Entertainment

Night Breed

DOS19904/5

Cool Spot

DOS19944.1/5 Virgin Interactive

Super Mario Fusion: Revival

Windows2011freewareremake4/5

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...

Double Dragon II: The Revenge

DOS19884.1/5 Technos Japan

Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!

DOS1990protected4.2/5 id software

Magic Pockets

DOS19924/5 Bitmap Brothers

Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior

DOS19893.9/5 Psygnosis

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

DOS19924/5 Manley Associates

Zool

DOS19923.9/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive

Zool was to Amiga what Sonic was for Sega consoles: a cool protagonist (a ninja of the Nth dimension!) for a high adrenaline action platformer. Zool was designed by George Allen and published by Gremlin in 1992 and it was an instant success. It was ported for many platforms, DOS included, and followed by Zool 2 in 1993.

Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate my Baby Sitter!

DOS19914.1/5 id software

Hocus Pocus

DOS1994protected4.2/5 Apogee Software

Mega Man X

DOS1995protected4/5 Capcom

Body Blows

DOS19934.1/5 Team 17

Stormlord

DOS19893.9/5 Hewson Consultants

Stormlord is an abandoned DOS platform game set in a fantasy world, developed and published by Hewson Consultants in 1989 and designed by Raffaele Cecco. There was some controversy about the scantily clothed fairies in the game.

Warriors of Legend

DOS19934/5 Synergistic Software

Lollypop

DOS19943.4/5

Beverly Hills Cop

DOS19903.2/5 Tynesoft Computer Software

The Beverly Hills Cop video game by Tynesoft is an action-adventure game based on the popular film franchise starring Eddie Murphy. It was released in 1990 for various home computer platforms, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.In the game, players take on the role of Axel Foley, the wise-cracking detective played by Murphy in...