Abandonware DOS title

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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Colorado

DOS1990 Silmarils
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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 the popular character from The Simpson animated TV series.
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Metal Mutant

DOS1991 Silmarils
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Commander Keen: Keen Dreams

DOS1992 id software
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Karateka

DOS1986 Broderbund
Karateka is a martial arts themed action / fighting game released by Broderbund in 1986 for DOS. Karateka is the first game designed by Jordan Mechner, the father of the Prince of Persia franchise. Karateka was also published for Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, C64, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum.
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Nicky Boom

DOS1992 Microids
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Guldkorn Expressen

DOS1991 SilverRock productions
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Wrath of the Demon

DOS1991 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...
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Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle

DOS1991protected id software
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Risky Woods

DOS1992protected Dinamic Multimedia
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Disney's The Jungle Book

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected Virgin Interactive
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Magic Johnson's Basketball

DOS1989 Sculptured Software
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Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes

DOS1990protected id software
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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 various home gaming platforms, such as the Atari 2600, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MS-DOS and others. Yo...
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Elvira: the Arcade Game

DOS1991 Flair Software
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Shinobi

DOS1989 Sega
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Artura

DOS1989 Arcadia Systems
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Project-X

DOS1994 Team 17
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Earthworm Jim

DOS1995protected Shiny Entertainment
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Sopwith

DOS1984freeware BMB Compuscience
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Blood Money

DOS1990 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...
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Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone

DOS1992 East Technology Corp.
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Warriors of Legend

DOS1993 Synergistic Software
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The Godfather

DOS1991 Creative Materials
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Uridium

DOS1988 Graftgold
Uridium is a classic shoot 'em up video game that was originally developed by Andrew Braybrook and published by Hewson Consultants in 1986 for various home computer platforms (including MS-DOS). In Uridium, players control a spaceship known as the Manta, and the objective is to destroy a series of enemy spacecraft, as well as ground-based inst...
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Crime Wave

DOS1990 Access Software
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Renegade

DOS1988 Technos Japan
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Eye of Horus

DOS1989 Denton Designs