The best 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.
Most popular side-scroller games
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Carl Lewis Challenge
DOS19925/5 Teque
Carl Lewis Challenge is a sports simulation video game that was released in 1992 by Psygnosis for various platforms, including the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. Named after the famous American track and field athlete Carl Lewis, the game aims to simulate several athletic events in which Lewis excelled. The game features multiple track and field ev...
Caveman Ugh-Lympics
DOS19894.5/5 Dynamix
Earthworm Jim 2
DOS1996protected4.4/5 Shiny Entertainment
Face Off!
DOS19894.3/5 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.
Les Aventures de Moktar - Vol 1: La Zoubida
DOS19914.3/5 Titus Interactive
Super Solvers: Spellbound!
DOS19914.3/5 The Learning Company
Pray for Death
DOS1996protected4.2/5 Light Shock Software
Darius Gaiden
Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Taito
Joe and Mac Cavemen Ninja
DOS19914.2/5 Data East
Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja is a side-scrolling platformer video game developed and released by Data East in 1991. Known as "Joe & Mac" in North America and "Caveman Ninja" in other regions, the game gained popularity for its humorous take on prehistoric themes, cooperative gameplay, and challenging levels.The game is set in a colorful and car...
Moon Patrol
DOS19834.2/5 Irem Software Engineering
Gods
DOS19914.2/5 Bitmap Brothers
Gods is a video game developed by The Bitmap Brothers and initially released in 1991. It is a platformer that combines action and puzzle-solving elements. The game was originally released for various platforms, including the Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS.In Gods, players control a hero navigating through a series of levels filled with enemi...
Disney's Aladdin
DOS19944.2/5 Virgin Interactive
Prince of Persia
DOSMac OS19904.2/5 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 tecnique called rotoscoping which makes the animation of the protagonist very realistic.
Brutal Sports Football
DOS19934.2/5 Teque
The Smurfs
DOSWindows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Infogrames
Super Mariio Bros
DOS1994remake4.2/5
Defender
DOS19834.2/5 Williams Entertainment
The Lost Vikings
DOS19934.2/5 Silicon & Synapse
The Lost Vikings is an old DOS platform-puzzle game, developed by Silicon & Synapse and published by Interplay Productions in 1993. In The Lost Vikings you have to solve puzzles by controlling three characters (glorious vikings!), each with a single skill of its own.
The Blues Brothers
DOS19914.2/5 Titus Interactive
The Blues Brothers is a platformer that follows the adventures of Jake and Elwood Blues as they try to put their band back together. The player controls one of the Blues Brothers through various levels, each filled with obstacles, enemies, and puzzles. The ultimate goal is to collect musical notes and instruments to assemble the band. develope...
Hocus Pocus
DOS1994protected4.2/5 Apogee Software
Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone
DOS19924.2/5 East Technology Corp.
Golden Axe
DOS19914.2/5 Sega
Golden Axe is a classic arcade game developed by Sega and released in 1989. It's a side-scrolling beat 'em up game set in a fantasy world where players choose one of three characters: a barbarian, a dwarf, or an amazon, each with their own strengths and abilities.The game follows the quest of these heroes to rescue the King and Princess of Yuria fr...
Dangerous Dave: Risky Rescue
DOS1993protected4.2/5 Softdisk Publishing
Frankenstein
DOS19944.2/5 Junkyard
Duke Nukem 2
DOS19934.2/5 Apogee Software
Asterix and Obelix
DOS19964.2/5 Infogrames
Bio Menace Episode 3: Master Cain
DOS1993freeware4.2/5 Apogee Software
In The Hunt
Windows XP/98/9519934.2/5 Irem Software Engineering
Oliver & Company
DOS19894.2/5 Coktel Vision
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars
DOS19904.2/5 id software
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars is a platform video game developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software in 1990 as shareware for MS-DOS. The game follows the adventures of an eight-year-old genius named Billy Blaze, who uses his homemade spaceship to travel to various alien planets to save the Earth from alien invaders known as V...