Abandonware DOS title

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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Risky Woods

DOS1992protected4/5 Dinamic Multimedia
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Heroes of the Lance

DOS1989protected3.9/5 U.S. Gold
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Cosmo's Cosmic Adventures

DOS1992protected4.1/5 Apogee Software
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The Smurfs

DOSWindows XP/98/9519964.1/5 Infogrames
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Home Alone

DOS19913.9/5 Manley Associates
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Sorcerian

DOS19904/5 Nihon Falcom
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The Simpsons

DOS19913.8/5 Konami
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Xenophage: Alien BloodSport

DOS1996freeware3.8/5 Argo Games
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Altered Beast

DOS19904.1/5 Sega
Altered Beast is a classic side-scrolling beat 'em up arcade game developed and published by Sega. It was originally released in arcades in 1988 and later ported to various home consoles, including the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.Players control a resurrected centurion who battles through five levels filled with undead creatures and other mythical beas...
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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...
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Dark Ages Volume III - Dungeons of Doom

DOS1991freeware3.9/5 Scenerio Software
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Attack of the Mutant Camels

DOS2001freewareremake3.8/5
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Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone

DOS19924.2/5 East Technology Corp.
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Zool 2

DOS19943.7/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
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Doofus

DOS19944.1/5 X-ample Architectures
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Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior

DOS19893.9/5 Psygnosis
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Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle

DOS1991protected4/5 id software
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Mario Teaches Typing

DOSMac OS19924/5 Interplay Productions
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Hocus Pocus

DOS1994protected4.2/5 Apogee Software
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Crystal Caves

DOS1991protected3.9/5 Apogee Software
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Secret Agent

DOS1992protected3.9/5 Apogee Software
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James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod

DOS19933.7/5 Millennium Interactive
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Captain Comic, The Adventures of

DOS1988freeware3.9/5
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Nicky Boom

DOS19924/5 Microids
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Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!

DOS1990protected4.2/5 id software
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Elvira: the Arcade Game

DOS19913.9/5 Flair Software
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Fire and Ice

DOS19934/5 Graftgold
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Super Solvers: Spellbound!

DOS19914.3/5 The Learning Company
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

DOS19914/5 Syntetic Dimensions
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is one of the many adaptations of the Terminator franchise. This one is based on the movie of the same name, but it's not as good as the movie, according to critics. Terminator 2 is an action game developed by Syntetic Dimensions and released by Ocean Software in 1991 for DOS. It was also published for C64, ZX Spectrum, A...
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Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes

DOS1990protected4/5 id software