Side-scrolling games sorted by title, from Z to A

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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Soccer Kid

DOS19953.8/5 Krisalis

Sirwood

DOS19903.3/5 Opera Soft

Side Arms Hyper Dyne

DOS19883.8/5 Capcom

Shinobi

DOS19893.9/5 Sega

Shadow Knights

DOS19903.3/5 Softdisk Publishing

Seymour Goes to Hollywood

DOS19933.8/5 The Big Red Software Company

Secret Agent

DOS1992protected3.9/5 Apogee Software

Sea Dragon

DOS19833/5 Adventure International

Savage Warriors

DOS19954/5 Kalisto Entertainment

Santa's Xmas Caper

DOS19933.4/5 Zeppelin Games

Safari Guns

DOS19893.5/5

Rush'n Attack

DOS19894/5 Konami

Rolling Ronny

DOS19913.6/5 Starbyte Software

Road Runner

DOS19894.1/5 Atari

Risky Woods

DOS1992protected4/5 Dinamic Multimedia

Revenge of Defender

DOS19893.5/5 Epyx

Renegade

DOS19883.8/5 Technos Japan

Realms of Chaos

DOSMacLinux1995protected4/5 Apogee Software

Rastan

DOS19903.5/5 Taito

Ranx: The Video Game

DOS19903.8/5 UBI Soft

R-Type

DOS19894/5 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 memorable enemy designs, as well as challenging boss battles. The game features various power-ups that enhance the player...

Prophecy: The Viking Child

DOS19913.5/5 Imagitec Design

Project-X

DOS19943.8/5 Team 17

Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame

DOSMac19934.1/5 Broderbund

Prince of Persia

DOSMac19904.2/5 Broderbund

Prince of Persia is an abandoned DOS platform game set in Middle East, developed and released by Broderbund in 1990. Designer Jordan Mechner created a game that made a lasting impression of gamers thanks to a clever use of a tecnique called rotoscoping which makes the animation of the protagonist very realistic.