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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Hocus Pocus
DOS1994protected Apogee Software
Axe of Rage
DOS1989 Palace Software
If Conan had a bad day and took it out on a few dozen goblins, you'd get something close to Axe of Rage. This 1989 DOS hack-n-slash isn't exactly subtle—you're a barbarian, there’s an evil warlord, and everything must ...
Zool 2
DOS1994 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
The ninja ant is back—and this time, he brought a friend. Zool 2 doubles down on the sugar-fueled mayhem of the first game with more levels, more enemies, and even more inexplicable candy-based architecture. Choose between Z...
Dangerous Dave
DOS1990protected Softdisk Publishing
Dark Ages Volume I - Prince of Destiny
DOS1991freeware Scenerio Software
Prehistorik 2
DOS1993protected Titus Interactive
Mario Teaches Typing
DOSMac OS1992 Interplay Productions
Duke Nukem 2
DOS1993 Apogee Software
The Amazing Spider-Man
DOS1990 Oxford Digital Enterprises
The Amazing Spider-Man is a side-scrolling action game developed by Oxford Digital Enterprises and published by Paragon Software for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. The plot revolves around Spider-Man trying to rescue Mary Jane Watso...
Ulises
DOS1989 Opera Soft
Secret Agent
DOS1992protected Apogee Software
Jazz Jackrabbit
DOS1994protected Epic MegaGames
Revenge of Defender
DOS1989 Epyx
The Great Giana Sisters
DOS1987remake
The Great Giana Sisters is a platform video game developed by Time Warp Productions and published by Rainbow Arts. It was originally released in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and other platforms, and later unofficially ported to MS-DO...
Crystal Caves
DOS1991protected Apogee Software
Earthworm Jim
DOS1995protected Shiny Entertainment
Magic Pockets
DOS1992 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 ...
Ninja Rabbits
DOS1992 Villa Crespo Software
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
DOS1992 Manley Associates
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...
Sopwith
DOS1984freeware BMB Compuscience
Pocahontas
DOS1995 Teeny Weeny Games
Blood Money
DOS1990 DMA Design
Blood Money (1990) answers the question: what if every level in a shoot-'em-up was a different kind of sci-fi fever dream? You fly through alien-infested caverns, collect cash, and try not to get obliterated by things that look li...
Mega Man X
DOS1995protected Capcom
Wizball
DOS1987 Sensible Software
Wizball is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Sensible Software and originally released for various home computer platforms in 1987. The game was published by Ocean Software.In Wizball, players control a wizard who ...
Dylan Dog: Murderers
DOS1992 Simulmondo
Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword of Chaos
DOS1990 Tecmo
Colorado
DOS1990 Silmarils
Superstar Ice Hockey
DOS1987 DesignStar Consultants
Krusty's Super Funhouse
DOS1993 Audiogenic
Krusty's Super Funhouse is an abandoned action game developed by Audiogenic and released by Acclaim Entertainment in 1993 for DOS and for many other platforms, both consoles and home computers. Krusty's Super Funhouse is based on ...