Abandonware DOS title

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 applications

Mega Man X4
shooterWindows XP/98/95
The Lion King
actionDOS

Side-scroller applications

  • joe-mac-ninja-03
    DOS19914.5/5 Data East
  • caveman-ugh-limpics-06
    DOS19894.5/5 Dynamix
  • darius-gaiden-05
    Windows XP/98/9519984.4/5 Taito
  • earthworm-jim-2-01
    DOS1996protected4.4/5 Shiny Entertainment
  • double-dragon-3-02
    DOS19924.3/5 East Technology Corp.
  • lostvikings-1
    DOS19934.3/5 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.

  • aladdin-2
    DOS19944.3/5 Virgin Interactive
  • dukenukem3-3
    DOS19914.3/5 Apogee Software

    Duke Nukem 1 was released in 1991 by Apogee Software for MS-DOS, and it marked the beginning of the Duke Nukem franchise. Duke Nukem is a side-scrolling action platformer game with a sci-fi theme. In this original game, players control Duke Nukem, a muscular action hero tasked with saving the world from the evil Dr. Proton. Dr. Proton has taken con...

  • gods-4
    DOS19914.3/5 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...

  • super-mario-bros-03
    DOS1994remake4.3/5
  • bio-menace-2-07
    DOS1993freeware4.3/5 Apogee Software
  • jungle-book-04
    DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 Virgin Interactive
  • pray-for-death-06
    DOS1996protected4.2/5 Light Shock Software
  • bio-menace-3-06
    DOS1993freeware4.2/5 Apogee Software
  • princeofpersia4d-4
    DOSMac19904.2/5 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.

  • keen1-splash
    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...

  • lakersceltics-2
    DOS19894.2/5 Electronic Arts

    Lakers vs. Celtics and the NBA Playoffs is an abandoned action sports basketball game. It was developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1989 for DOS. Lakers versus Celtics features 1988-1989 NBA teams and some of the NBA all-time star players. It can be played in single-player mode or by 2 players on the same screen.

  • bluesbrothers1-1
    DOS19914.2/5 Titus Interactive
  • super-solvers-spellbound-03
    DOS19914.2/5 The Learning Company
  • goldenaxe-3
    DOS19914.2/5 Sega
  • wrathdemon-2
    DOS19914.2/5 Abstrax
  • hocuspocus-1
    DOS1994protected4.2/5 Apogee Software
  • jammit-01
    DOS19944.2/5 GTE Entertainment
  • brutal-sports-football-1
    DOS19934.2/5 Teque
  • defender-4
    DOS19834.2/5 Williams Entertainment
  • furyfurries-3
    DOS19934.2/5 Kalisto Entertainment
  • bad-street-brawler-01
    DOS19874.2/5 Beam Software
  • moktar-01
    DOS19914.2/5 Titus Interactive
  • moon-patrol-03
    DOS19834.2/5 Irem Software Engineering
  • ultimuh-03