Side-scrolling games sorted by title, from Z to A
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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Zyclunt
DOS1995 Phantagram
Zyclunt is a side-scrolling action game developed and published by Phantagram in 1995. The game is set in a dystopian future where incurable diseases and a rise in criminal activities have brought society to the brink of collapse....
Zorro
DOS1995 Capstone Software
From the dusty archives of 1995 DOS gaming comes Zorro, a side-scrolling platformer that asks the question: what if the legendary masked hero had the reflexes of a hungover sloth? With clunky controls and combat that’s more ...
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...
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...
Yie Ar Kung Fu 2: The Emperor Yie-Gah
DOS1985 Konami
The sequel nobody expected but everyone button-mashed through. Yie Ar Kung Fu 2 adds more characters, more chaos, and less coherence. This time you’re Lee (no relation to Bruce, allegedly), battling an army of themed fighter...
Xerix II: The Caverns of Mars
DOS1994 Twilight
Xenophage: Alien BloodSport
DOS1996freeware Argo Games
Xenocide
DOS1990 Pangea Software
Xatax
DOS1994 Pixel Painters Corporation
Xargon
DOS1993freeware Epic MegaGames
X-Men: Madness in Murderworld
DOS1989 Paragon Software
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 ...
Wolfsbane
DOS1995 Midnight Software
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 ...
Wings of Fury
DOS1989 Broderbund
Warriors of Legend
DOS1993 Synergistic Software
Vynil Goddess from Mars
DOS1995 Six Pound Sledge Studios
Viz
DOS1991
Vixen
DOS1988 Intelligent Design
Vengeance of Excalibur
DOS1991 Synergistic Software
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 ...
Ultimate Body Blows
DOS1994protected Team 17
Ulises
DOS1989 Opera Soft
Tubular Worlds
DOS1994
Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper
DOS1989 Probe Entertainment
Titus the Fox
DOS1992protected 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 obj...
Time Slaughter
DOS1996freeware Bloodlust Software
Thomas the Tank Engine 2
DOS1993 Peakstar Software
Thomas the Tank Engine
DOS1992 Peakstar Software