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In side-scrolling games, pixels and nostalgia collide to create a gaming experience like no other.

Silkworm amiga

Silkworm is a side-scrolling shooter arcade developed by Tecmo and released initially in 1988. In 1989 the game was ported to Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum by Random Access.

Year: 1989 Genre: Shooter

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Astro Boy: Omega Factor game-boy-advance

Astro Boy: Omega Factor is a side-scrolling action game developed by Treasure and published by Sega in 2004 for the Game Boy Advance. Based on Osamu Tezuka's iconic manga and anime...

Year: 2003 Genre: Platformer

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R-Type II amiga

R-Type II is the sequel to the original R-Type and is a side-scrolling arcade shooter developed and published by Irem in 1989 in arcades only. It soon made its way onto multiple pl...

Year: 1991 Genre: Shooter

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The Revenge of Shinobi genesis

The Revenge of Shinobi is the second game in the Shinobi series created by SEGA. Revenge was released in 1989, specifically for the SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis, with the PAL (Europe) version coming out in 1990.

Year: 1989 Genre: Brawler

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Ghouls 'N Ghosts genesisamiga

Ghouls 'N Ghosts, aka Daimakaimura (Great Demon World Village), is a famous arcade created by Capcom as a sequel to Ghosts 'N Goblins. It was initially released in 1988. It was ported to many home platforms, computers, and consoles.

Year: 1989 Genre: Arcade

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Lionheart amiga

Lionheart is a side-scrolling hack'n'slash action platformer created by Thalion Software for the Amiga only. It was published in January 1993 and received many positive reviews. The game features parallax scrolling and 3D backgrounds.

Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer

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Disney's Toy Story snesgenesis

Disney's Toy Story is a side-scrolling platformer developed by Traveller's Tales and released in 1995 for SNES and Genesis. The game is based on Pixar's groundbreaking animated film.

Year: 1995 Genre: Platformer

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Chuck Rock amiga

Chuck Rock is a prehistoric platformer created by Core Design for the Amiga and released in 1991. The same year it was released for the Atari ST. The game is in no way meant to be ...

Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer

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Rygar: The Legendary Warrior amiga

Rygar: Legendary warrior is an arcade platform action game created by Tecmo in 1986 and ported to several platforms. The game was released in fact for the C64, ZX Spectrum, and Sega Master System.

Year: 2019 Genre: Brawler

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Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes dos

Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes is the sequel to Commander Keen: Marooned on Mars. It was developed by id Software and published by Apogee in 1990 for DOS only. Programmed, ...

Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer

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Abuse dos

Abuse is a 2D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter developed by Crack Dot Com and published by RedHat in 1995 for DOS and Linux. It eventually made its way onto the Mac, Amiga, Acorn 32-bit, GP2X, and iPhone, to name a few.

Year: 1995 Genre: Shooter

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Commander Keen: Keen Dreams dos

Commander Keen: Keen Dreams is a platform game developed by id Software. The game is known also as Commander Keen 3.5, since its events take place after Commander Keen 3: Keen Mus...

Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer

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Contra: Hard Corps genesis

Contra: Hard Corps, also known as Probotector, is a shoot 'em-up created by Konami and published in 1994 for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. The Contra series started as an arcade w...

Year: 1994 Genre: Shooter

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Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master genesis

Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master is a hack-and-slash platformer game that was developed by Megasoft and published by Sega. It was released in 1993 for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive console.

Year: 1993 Genre: Brawler

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