Abandonware DOS title

Side-scrolling games sorted by release date

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.
shinobi-1

Shinobi

DOS19893.9/5 Sega
stormlord-02

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.
strider-2

Strider

DOS19893.6/5 Capcom
targhan-02

Targhan

DOS19893.5/5 Silmarils
the_untouchables-02

The Untouchables

DOS19894/5 Ocean Software
trantor-last-stormtrooper-01

Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper

DOS19893.1/5 Probe Entertainment
ulises-1

Ulises

DOS19893.5/5 Opera Soft
wings-of-fury-02

Wings of Fury

DOS19894/5 Broderbund
african-trail-sim-01

African Trail Simulator

DOS19904/5 Positive
alteredbeast-1

Altered Beast

DOS19904.1/5 Sega
beverly-hills-cop-02

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...
billy-the-kid-01

Billy The Kid

DOS19903.8/5 Level 9 Computing
blood-money-3

Blood Money

DOS19903.9/5 DMA Design
Blood Money is an abandoned classic sci-fi themed side-scrolling shoot'em up. Blood Money was designed by David Jones, developed by DMA Design and released by Psygnosis in 1990 for DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, C64. Blood Money features different vehicles for different levels, power ups and an energy bar that depletes when colliding with enemies or the env...
castlevania-1

Castlevania

DOS19903.9/5 Distinctive Software
colorado-02

Colorado

DOS19904.1/5 Silmarils
keen1-splash

Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars

DOS19904.2/5 id software
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars is a platform video game developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software in 1990 as shareware for MS-DOS. The game follows the adventures of an eight-year-old genius named Billy Blaze, who uses his homemade spaceship to travel to various alien planets to save the Earth from alien invaders known as V...
keen2-1

Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes

DOS1990protected4/5 id software
keen3-1

Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!

DOS1990protected4.1/5 id software
cougar-force-01

Cougar Force

DOS19903.9/5 Coktel Vision
crime-wave-03

Crime Wave

DOS19903.7/5 Access Software
dangerousdave-1

Dangerous Dave

DOS1990protected3.9/5 Softdisk Publishing
double-dribble-03

Double Dribble

DOS19903.8/5 Novotrade Software
gremlins-2-01

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

DOS19903.4/5 Elite Systems
horrorzombies-5

Horror Zombies from the Crypt

DOS19903.8/5 Astral Software
lorna-04

Lorna

DOS1990NSFW4.1/5 Topo Soft
megaman-1

Mega Man

DOS19903.9/5 Capcom
netherworld-1

Netherworld

DOS19902.9/5 Hewson Consultants
nightbreed-02

Night Breed

DOS19904/5