The most popular 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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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...

Alcatraz

DOS19923.7/5 221B Software Development

Night Breed

DOS19903.9/5

Wrath of the Demon

DOS19914.2/5 Abstrax

Wrath of the Demon is a fantasy action-adventure game developed by the Canadian company Abstrax and published by ReadySoft. The game was released in 1991 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS platforms, with a later release for the Commodore 64 in 1992. The game is set in a dark fantasy world where players take on the role of a hero on a quest t...

Dark Ages Volume I - Prince of Destiny

DOS1991freeware4/5 Scenerio Software

Face Off!

DOS19894.1/5 MindSpan

Face Off! is an abandoned hockey sports game developed by MindSpan (known for their Hardball series) and released by Gamestar in 1989 for DOS and also for Commodore 64. Face Off supports multiplayer in competitive or cooperative modes.

Baal

DOS19892.9/5 Psygnosis

Dark Ages Volume II - The Undead Kingdom

DOS1991freeware3.6/5 Scenerio Software

The Godfather

DOS19913.2/5 Creative Materials

Duke Nukem 2

DOS19934.2/5 Apogee Software

Creatures Village

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected3.9/5 Creature Labs

Prehistorik

DOS1991protected4.1/5 Titus Interactive

Axe of Rage

DOS19894.1/5 Palace Software

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

DOS19893.7/5 Atari

In The Hunt

Windows XP/98/9519933.9/5 Irem Software Engineering

Pray for Death

DOS1996protected4.2/5 Light Shock Software

Dragons of Flame

DOS1989protected3.9/5 U.S. Gold

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

DOS19903.4/5 Elite Systems

Savage Warriors

DOS19954.1/5 Kalisto Entertainment

Darius Gaiden

Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 Taito

Cougar Force

DOS19903.9/5 Coktel Vision

Jazz Jackrabbit

DOS1994protected3.8/5 Epic MegaGames

Titus the Fox

DOS1992protected4.2/5 Titus Interactive

Titus the Fox is a DOS horizontal scrolling platform game developed by Titus Interactive in 1992. As Titus, you have to advance through 15 levels to rescue your beloved Suzy who has been kidnapped. The player can interact with objects by throwing them at foes, or jumping higher. There are bosses at the end of each level and secret rooms spread acro...