Side-scrolling games sorted by release date
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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Lorna
DOS1990NSFW Topo Soft
Mega Man
DOS1990 Capcom
Mighty Bomb Jack
DOS1990 Tecmo
Netherworld
DOS1990 Hewson Consultants
Night Breed
DOS1990
Ninja Gaiden
DOS1990 Tecmo
Ninja Gaiden, released in 1988 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and later to other platforms, is a side-scrolling action-platformer developed by Tecmo. It follows the story of Ryu Hayabusa, a skilled ninja on a quest fo...
Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword of Chaos
DOS1990 Tecmo
Omni Play Basketball
DOS1990 DesignStar Consultants
Onslaught
DOS1990 Arc Developments
Over the Net!
DOS1990 Genias
P47 Thunderbolt
DOS1990 NMK Co.
Prince of Persia
DOSMac OS1990 Broderbund
Prince of Persia is an abandoned DOS platform game set in Middle East, developed and released by Broderbund in 1990. Designer Jordan Mechner created a game that made a lasting impression of gamers thanks to a clever use of a ...
Ranx: The Video Game
DOS1990 UBI Soft
Ranx is a 1990 action-adventure video game based on the Italian cyberpunk comic RanXerox, created by artist Tanino Liberatore. The game was developed by Ubisoft and released for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS platforms. The ...
Rastan
DOS1990 Taito
Shadow Knights
DOS1990 Softdisk Publishing
Sirwood
DOS1990 Opera Soft
Sorcerian
DOS1990 Nihon Falcom
Super Solvers: Treasure Mountain!
DOS1990 The Learning Company
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...
The Flintstones - Dino: Lost in Bedrock
DOS1990 Softie
Xenocide
DOS1990 Pangea Software
Armor Alley
DOSMac OS1991
In Armor Alley, you command a helicopter in a warzone that looks like a side-scrolling office meeting gone wrong. It’s strategy meets action: you must manage resources, deploy units, and not crash into the ground every five ...
Baby Joe in: Going Home
DOS1991 Loriciels
In 1991, DOS gamers were treated to the weirdest parenting simulator ever: Baby Joe in: Going Home. You play as Baby Joe, an infant inexplicably left to crawl through caves, forests, and other extremely child-unfriendly terrain. W...
Blade Warrior
DOS1991 Image Works
Blade Warrior (1991) is a side-scrolling beat 'em up that looks like it was illustrated entirely in heavy metal album covers. You’re a silhouette of rage, cutting through demonic hordes in a world where nobody believes in co...
Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle
DOS1991protected id software
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...
Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate my Baby Sitter!
DOS1991 id software
Crystal Caves
DOS1991protected Apogee Software
Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion
DOS1991protected id software
Dark Ages Volume I - Prince of Destiny
DOS1991freeware Scenerio Software