Abandonware DOS title

Multi-direction scrolling games

A multi-directional scroller is a video game in which the action is shown in a top-down or isometric perspective and the player can scroll the screen in any direction (vertical, horizontal, diagonal).

Most popular multi-directional scroller games

Sid Meier's SimGolf
sportsWindows XP/98/95
Dune 2000
strategyWindows XP/98/95
Civilization 2
strategyWindows XP/98/95

Multi-directional scroller games

  • football-glory-04
    DOS1995freeware3.6/5 Croteam
  • gauntlet-1-02
    DOS19864.1/5 Mindscape
  • gauntlet2-1
    DOS19894.1/5 Atari
  • gazza2-02
    DOS19913.5/5 Empire Interactive
  • gta1-6
    DOSWindows XP/98/9519974.1/5 DMA Design

    In Grand Theft Auto the player takes the role of a criminal who can freely roam around the city (Liberty City) completing tasks for the local mobs: stealing cars, killing pedestrians, all of it while avoiding the police and the army. The freedom of gameplay and the "I'm the bad guy" appeal of the game made the Grand Theft Auto series very popular.

  • gta2-06
    Windows XP/98/9519994.2/5 DMA Design

    Grand Theft Auto 2 is the second chapter in the successful Grand Theft Auto series. GTA 2 is an abandoned top-down action-adventure / driving hybrid game developed by DMA Design and released by Rockstar Games in 1999 for Windows. In GTA 2 you are a wannabe criminal roaming the streets of a fictional city, stealing and driving vehicles while escapin...

  • ground-control-09
    Windows XP/98/952000protected4.2/5 Massive Entertainment

    Ground Control is a strategy game developed by Massive Entertainment and released by Sierra On-Line in 2000. More precisely Ground Control is a real time tactical game with a sci-fi setting.

  • halloween-harry-06
    DOS1993freeware4.1/5 Interactive Binary Illusions

    Halloween Harry is a DOS science fiction multi-directional scroller shooter game. Halloween Harry - later renamed Alien Carnage - was published by Apogee, developed by Interactive Binary Illusions and designed by John Passfield and Robert Crane.

  • heimdall-6
    DOS19923.9/5 Core Design
  • heimdall2-1
    DOS19944.1/5 The 8th Day
  • heroesmightmagic1-6
    DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 New World Computing
  • homm2-10
    DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 New World Computing
  • homm3-11
    Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 New World Computing
  • hillstreetblues-2
    DOS19914/5 Krisalis

    Hill Street Blues is an old DOS "driving" game developed by Krisalis in 1991. The gameplay it's similar to a Grand Theft Auto clone (we're talking about GTA 1 or 2) in which you are the police and you have to apprehend criminals. Hill Street Blues is a rare example of game based on a TV series.

  • hooligans-01
    Windows XP/98/9520024.2/5 DarXabre
  • thehumans3-01
    DOS1995protected4.2/5 Imagitec Design
  • industry-giant-2-06
    Windows XP/98/952002protected4/5 JoWooD Entertainment
  • inner-worlds-08
    DOSLinux19963.6/5 Sleepless Software
  • into-the-eagles-nest-02
    DOS19873.8/5 Pandora
  • jagged-alliance-1-10
    DOS1994protected4.2/5 Sir-tech Software
  • jagged-alliance-2-04
    Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac1999protected4.2/5 Sir-tech Software

    I'm a fan of the original X-COM. I think it's one of the best turn-based tactics games ever released for DOS. Unfortunately, games like X-COM are not many. Jagged Alliance 2 has a similar tactical component: you give turn-based orders to a team of mercenaries, mission after mission. There's no management component (at least not as extensive as in t...

  • jagged-alliance-deadly-games-09
    DOS1996protected4.2/5 Sir-tech Software
  • keysmaramon-2
    DOS19903.9/5 Mindcraft Software
  • kingsbounty-1
    DOSMac19904/5 New World Computing
  • legendsilvertalisman-1
    DOS1996freeware3.9/5 Inter-Active Arts
  • lemmings2-2
    DOS19934.3/5 DMA Design

    Lemmings 2: The Tribes is an abandoned puzzle game part of the acclaimed Lemmings series. It was developed by DMA Design and released by Psygnosis in 1993. Lemmings 2: The Tribes runs on DOS but was also published for Acorn, Amiga, Atari ST, Game Boy, Genesis, SNES. 

  • livingstone-2-01
    DOS19893.9/5 Opera Soft
  • lyle-cube-sector-01
    Windows XP/98/9520063.8/5
  • machiavelli-1
    DOS1995protected4.1/5 Holistic Design
  • mad-mix-02
    DOS19884.2/5 Topo Soft