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.
Pegasus is an action game developed by Optimus and published by Gremlin in 1991 for PC, Amiga, and Atari ST. In this title, clearly inspired by mythology, you are Perseus, and you have to fight Satan and his guardians.
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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Predator is a shooter-action game created by Activision, based on the famous movie with Schwarzenegger. Released in 1988 by Activision and developed by Source, it is an action-pack...
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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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Gunstar Heroes is a run and gun game developed by Treasure for the Genesis/Mega Drive and published by Sega in 1993. The side-scrolling shooter has become one of Sega Genesis's most beloved games.
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Tin Toy Adventure in the House of Fun is a 2D platformer developed by Adrian Cumming and published by Mutation for the Amiga in 1996. Cumming, a former Core Design artist, and deve...
Year: 1996 Genre: Platformer
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StarBlade is a futuristic action-adventure created by Silmarils for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS and released in 1990. Venture into the boundless cosmos and confront the looming...
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Shantae is a platformer for the Game Boy Color developed by WayForward and published in 2002 by Capcom. It was later re-released by WayForward itself. The game unfolds in the encha...
Year: 2002 Genre: Platformer
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Satan is a platformer/beat-em-up created by the Spanish studio Dinamic Software originally for the MSX. It was later ported to several 8-bit and 16-bit platforms, including Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and DOS, in 1990.
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Nemesis 2 is a side-scrolling shoot-em-up developed by Konami for the MSX computer system and released in 1987. Known as Gradius 2 in Japan, the game represents Konami's ambitious ...
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Jill of the Jungle is an adventure platform game developed and published by Epic MegaGames in 1992 for MS-DOS. The title is the first part of a trilogy; the following year, the thr...
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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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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Super Double Dragon is a side-scrolling beat 'em up developed by TechnÅs Japan and published in 1992 exclusively for SNES. Since it's the fourth chapter of the series, it is also known as Double Dragon IV.
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Flood is a side-scrolling platformer created by Bullfrog originally for the Amiga and then ported to Atari ST. The game was published in 1990 by Electronic Arts. The main author of...
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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