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.
Sort by:
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine
DOS1991protected 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 Mach...
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
DOS1991 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 develo...
African Trail Simulator
DOS1990 Positive
Part racing game, part endurance test, African Trail Simulator dares you to hop on a pixel bike and brave the wild. You’ll encounter hostile terrain, wildlife, and the occasional rock that looks suspiciously like the last on...
Attack of the Mutant Camels
DOS2001freewareremake
If you've ever stared at a camel and thought, "What if it shot lasers and had a personal grudge against humanity?", Attack of the Mutant Camels is the fever dream you've been waiting for. Released in 2001 for DOS — yes, some...
Bio Menace Episode 1: Dr. Mangle's Lab
DOS1993freeware Apogee Software
Mutants! Explosions! Green slime! Bio Menace kicks off with Dr. Mangle’s Lab, a side-scrolling blast of carnage where you, Snake Logan (yes, really), shoot your way through a monster-infested city with a machine gun and a ba...
Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes
DOS1990protected id software
Contra: Locked and Loaded
Windows 10/112013freewareremake
Frankenstein
DOS1994 Junkyard
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
DOS1992 Manley Associates
International Athletics
DOS1992 True Emotions Software
Jammit
DOS1994 GTE Entertainment
Mario Teaches Typing
DOSMac OS1992 Interplay Productions
Omni Play Basketball
DOS1990 DesignStar Consultants
Realms of Chaos
DOSMac OSLinux1995protected Apogee Software
Road Runner
DOS1989 Atari
Road Runner is a video game based on the popular Looney Tunes cartoon series featuring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. The game was originally developed by Atari Games and released in arcades in 1985. It was later ported to v...
Rusty
DOS1993 C-lab.
Savage Warriors
DOS1995 Kalisto Entertainment
Stargunner
DOS1996 GT Interactive Software
Super Solvers: Treasure Mountain!
DOS1990 The Learning Company
Thomas the Tank Engine
DOS1992 Peakstar Software
Vengeance of Excalibur
DOS1991 Synergistic Software
R-Type
DOS1989 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 m...
Sorcerian
DOS1990 Nihon Falcom
Dangerous Dave
DOS1990protected Softdisk Publishing
Rush'n Attack
DOS1989 Konami
First Samurai
DOS1992 Vivid Image
First Samurai is a classic action-platformer game originally released in 1991. The game was initially available on the Amiga and Atari ST, with later ports to the Commodore 64, DOS, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).&...
Zool
DOS1992 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
Forget Sonic. Forget Mario. Zool is a ninja from the Nth Dimension, which is apparently a place where hyperactive insects fight sentient sweets. Speed is the name of the game, and Zool never walks—he zips, spins, and somersa...
Asterix: Operation Getafix
DOS1989 Coktel Vision
Operation Getafix (1989) is what happens when you turn a beloved comic series into a game with the precision of a wild boar wearing gloves. You play as Asterix on a quest to help Getafix the druid recover his memory and his recipe...
Bad Street Brawler
DOS1987 Beam Software
Bad Street Brawler is a beat 'em up video game developed by Beam Software and published by Mindscape. Originally released for the Commodore 64 in 1987 and later for other platforms. The game features Duke Davis, a former punk rock...
Castlevania
DOS1990 Distinctive Software
Castlevania, originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986, was developed and published by Konami. The game was known in Japan as Akumajo Dracula (Devil's Castle Dracula) and was later renamed Castlevania for i...