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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In The Hunt
Windows XP/98/951993 Irem Software Engineering
Nicky Boom
DOS1992 Microids
Mega Man 3
DOS1992 Hi-Tech Expressions
Body Blows
DOS1993 Team 17
Body Blows is a 2D fighting game developed and published by Team17, released in 1993. It was initially launched for the Amiga and later ported to MS-DOS. Body Blows was one of the few fighting games to emerge from Europe during th...
Ghosts 'n Goblins remake
Windows 10/112004freewareremake
Ghosts 'n Goblins is an iconic arcade game developed by Capcom, first released in 1985. It’s widely remembered for its challenging gameplay and its distinct horror-fantasy aesthetic. This is a faithful remake.In Ghosts 'n Go...
4th & Inches
DOS1988protected Accolade
Before Madden became a household name, 1988 gave us this DOS football classic, where plays are drawn like cave paintings and players move like molasses in January. Yet, for its time, this was the real deal. You could call plays, m...
The Blues Brothers 2: Jukebox Adventure
DOS1993 Titus Interactive
The Blues Brothers 2: Jukebox Adventure is a video game developed by Titus Interactive and released in 1993. It is a sequel to the original The Blues Brothers game, which was based on the popular 1980 film of the same name. The ga...
Lucky Luke
Windows XP/98/951997 Infogrames
The Smurfs
DOSWindows XP/98/951996 Infogrames
Disney's Tarzan
Windows XP/98/951999 Eurocom Developments
Metal Mutant
DOS1991 Silmarils
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
DOS1992 Manley Associates
Wings of Fury
DOS1989 Broderbund
Zorro
DOS1995 Capstone Software
From the dusty archives of 1995 DOS gaming comes Zorro, a side-scrolling platformer that asks the question: what if the legendary masked hero had the reflexes of a hungover sloth? With clunky controls and combat that’s more ...
Bio Menace Episode 1: Dr. Mangle's Lab
DOS1993freeware Apogee Software
Mutants! Explosions! Green slime! Bio Menace kicks off with Dr. Mangle’s Lab, a side-scrolling blast of carnage where you, Snake Logan (yes, really), shoot your way through a monster-infested city with a machine gun and a ba...
Mega Man X
DOS1995protected Capcom
Lollypop
DOS1994
The Blues Brothers
DOS1991 Titus Interactive
The Blues Brothers is a platformer that follows the adventures of Jake and Elwood Blues as they try to put their band back together. The player controls one of the Blues Brothers through various levels, each filled with obstacles,...
Renegade
DOS1988 Technos Japan
Zool
DOS1992 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
Forget Sonic. Forget Mario. Zool is a ninja from the Nth Dimension, which is apparently a place where hyperactive insects fight sentient sweets. Speed is the name of the game, and Zool never walks—he zips, spins, and somersa...
Dangerous Dave
DOS1990protected Softdisk Publishing
Secret Agent
DOS1992protected Apogee Software
Ninja Rabbits
DOS1992 Villa Crespo Software
R-Type
DOS1989 Irem Software Engineering
R-Type is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed and published by Irem in 1987. The game quickly gained popularity for its challenging gameplay and impressive graphics at the time. R-Type is known for its tough and m...
Dark Ages Volume III - Dungeons of Doom
DOS1991freeware Scenerio Software
The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge!
DOS1989 Paragon Software
Prehistorik
DOS1991protected Titus Interactive
Shinobi
DOS1989 Sega
Zool 2
DOS1994 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
The ninja ant is back—and this time, he brought a friend. Zool 2 doubles down on the sugar-fueled mayhem of the first game with more levels, more enemies, and even more inexplicable candy-based architecture. Choose between Z...
Duke Nukem 2
DOS1993 Apogee Software