Side-scrolling 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

Mega Man X4

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Super Mariio Bros

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4th & Inches

DOS1988protected Accolade

African Trail Simulator

DOS1990 Positive

Alcatraz

DOS1992 221B Software Development

Alien Olympics

DOS1994 Dark Technologies

Alien Rampage

DOS1996

Altered Beast

DOS1990 Sega

Altered Beast is a classic side-scrolling beat 'em up arcade game developed and published by Sega. It was originally released in arcades in 1988 and later ported to various home consoles, including the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.Players control a resurrected centurion who battles through five levels filled with undead creatures and other mythical beas...

Aquaphobia

DOS1992freeware

Ardentryst

Windows 10/11Linux2009

Armor Alley

DOSMac OS1991

Artura

DOS1989 Arcadia Systems

Asterix and Obelix

DOS1996 Infogrames

Asterix: Operation Getafix

DOS1989 Coktel Vision

Attack of the Mutant Camels

DOS2001freewareremake

Awesome Earl in SkateRock

DOS1988

Axe of Rage

DOS1989 Palace Software

Baal

DOS1989 Psygnosis

Baby Joe in: Going Home

DOS1991 Loriciels

Bad Dudes VS Dragon Ninja

DOS1988protected Data East

Bad Street Brawler

DOS1987 Beam Software

Bad Street Brawler is a beat 'em up video game developed by Beam Software and published by Mindscape. Originally released for the Commodore 64 in 1987 and later for other platforms. The game features Duke Davis, a former punk rocker turned vigilante, as the protagonist. In "Bad Street Brawler," players guide Duke through various urban environm...

Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior

DOS1989 Psygnosis

Barbie

DOS1992 Imagineering Inc.

BC's Quest for Tires

DOS1984 Sydney Development

Beats of Rage

DOS2003freeware

Beethoven 2

DOS1993 Rozner Labs Software Group

Beverly Hills Cop

DOS1990 Tynesoft Computer Software

The Beverly Hills Cop video game by Tynesoft is an action-adventure game based on the popular film franchise starring Eddie Murphy. It was released in 1990 for various home computer platforms, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.In the game, players take on the role of Axel Foley, the wise-cracking detective played by Murphy in...