Abandonware DOS title

The best 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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Metal Mutant

DOS19914.1/5 Silmarils
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Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion

DOS1991protected4.1/5 id software
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Road Runner

DOS19894.1/5 Atari
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The Lion King

DOS19944.1/5 Westwood Studios
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Prehistorik

DOS1991protected4.1/5 Titus Interactive
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Axe of Rage

DOS19894.1/5 Palace Software
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Magic Pockets

DOS19924.1/5 Bitmap Brothers
Magic Pockets is a platform game developed by The Bitmap Brothers and published by Renegade Software. It was released in 1991 for the Atari ST, Amiga, and MS-DOS platforms. In Magic Pockets, players control a character known as the Bitmap Kid, who possesses magical pockets that can produce a variety of useful items. The game is a side-scrollin...
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Iron Blood

DOS19964.1/5 Family Production
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Sopwith

DOS1984freeware4.1/5 BMB Compuscience
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Prehistorik 2

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Titus Interactive
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Mega Man 3

DOS19924.1/5 Hi-Tech Expressions
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Fire and Ice

DOS19934.1/5 Graftgold
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Framed

DOS19954/5 Machination
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Xatax

DOS19944/5 Pixel Painters Corporation
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Commander Keen: Keen Dreams

DOS19924/5 id software
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Mario and Luigi

DOS2001remake4/5
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Bad Dudes VS Dragon Ninja

DOS1988protected4/5 Data East
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Risky Woods

DOS1992protected4/5 Dinamic Multimedia
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Forgotten Worlds

DOS19914/5 Capcom
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Fury of the Furries

DOS19934/5 Kalisto Entertainment
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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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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

DOS19924/5 Manley Associates
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Double Dragon

DOS19884/5 Technos Japan
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African Trail Simulator

DOS19904/5 Positive
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Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes

DOS1990protected4/5 id software
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Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle

DOS1991protected4/5 id software
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Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine

DOS1991protected4/5 id software
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is a science fiction action oriented platform game designed by Tom Hall, developed by id Software and released by Apogee Software in 1991 for DOS only. Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is part of the Commander Keen game series, specifically it's the second episode of Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy.
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Dark Ages Volume I - Prince of Destiny

DOS1991freeware4/5 Scenerio Software
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European Championship 1992

DOS19924/5 Tecmo