In side-scrolling games, pixels and nostalgia collide to create a gaming experience like no other.
Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
In side-scrolling games, pixels and nostalgia collide to create a gaming experience like no other.
Tubular Worlds is a side-scrolling horizontal shooter developed by Creative Game Design and published by Dongleware, released in 1994 as shareware. It was released for PC and Amiga models with AGA chipset.
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Astro Marine Corps (or simply A.M.C.) is a horizontal scrolling shoot-em-up created by the Spanish studio Creepsoft/Dinamic Software. Released originally for the Amstrad CPC and ot...
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Alien Terminator is a sci-fi side-scrolling shooter created by Flair Software and published by Golden Zone for PC in 1997. One year before, the game was released on the SNES with the name Realm.
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Manic Miner is a platform game initially created for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith and released by Software Projects in 1983. The game was ported to many platforms in the follow...
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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Persian Gulf Inferno is a platformer/action adventure created by the Danish studio Parsec. It was released in 1989 for the Amiga and later ported to Atari ST and Commodore 64. In t...
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Fury Of The Furries is a puzzle-platformer created by Atreid Concept and published by Mindscape in 1993 for the Amiga, PC, and Macintosh. The Gameboy and PC US versions were rebranded by Namco, replacing the furries with Pac Man.
Year: 1993 Genre: Platformer
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Barbarian is an action game created by Psygnosis initially for the Amiga and released in 1987. It was later ported to Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, and other platforms.
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Baby Jo in: Going Home is a side-scrolling platformer game developed and published by Loriciel for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, and MS-DOS in 1991. The game's plot follows the jou...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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Risky Woods is a platformer created by the Spanish studio Zeus and published by Electronic Arts and Dinamic Software in 1992. It was released for the Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and Mega Drive/Genesis.
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Electro Man (aka Electroman) is a sci-fi platformer-shooter created by xLand Games and released initially as shareware in 1992. It was later re-released as freeware in 2006..
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Armalyte is one of the best shooters ever created for the Commodore 64. This horizontally scrolling sci-fi shoot 'em up was developed by Cyberdyne Systems and published by Thalamus in 1988.
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After the War is a post-apocalyptic action game created by the Spanish software house Dinamic Software in 1989. It was released for 8-bit platforms - ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 - and 16-bit platforms - Atari ST and Amiga.
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Batman: The Video Game is a platformer created by Sunsoft for the NES in 1989, right after the Batman movie by Tim Burton. It should not be confused with the Batman videogame creat...
Year: 1989 Genre: Platformer
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Little Samson is a fantasy platform game developed by Takeru and published by Taito in 1992 exclusively for the NES. After its release in Japan and the USA, it also arrived in Europe in 1993.
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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