Side Scrolling Games

Game design just got easier with Power Game Factory, software for creating side scrolling action games for the Macintosh. Featuring a polished graphical user interface, Power Game Factory is capable of producing games similar to many of the most highly regarded 8-bit and 16-bit console video... Platforms: Mac

Escape of the Unicorn project is a side-scrolling, 2D flying shooter game. Welcome to the land of miraculous creatures. Take a risk and play the game called Escape of the Unicorn. You play a unicorn, a noble and most beautiful animal, the most beautiful to have ever existed. Your goal is... Platforms: *nix

Bud Redhead is a teenager who has a mission - to save his girlfriend Rachel from the claws of a big, bad alien. His quest leads him through the strange forest, ancient buildings of Egypt, mysterious medieval castles and dangerous space ship. Enjoy beautiful hand-drawn graphics while exploring... Platforms: Windows

Trip on the Funny Boat is a side scrolling shooter game starring a steamboat on the sea. Trip on the Funny Boat is side scrolling arcade shooter game on a steamboat equipped with a cannon and the ability to jump. The player will need to take advantage of waves to defeat the enemies and dodge... Platforms: *nix

Demon's Crest is a side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Capcom in 1994 for the Super NES video game console. The game is part of the Gargoyle's Quest sub-series of the Ghosts 'n Goblins franchise.The Red Arremer demon Firebrand is on a quest to collect all of the elemental... Platforms: Windows

This is a side-scrolling shooter, but with a funky twist. This game has some top-notch action with radical dialogue, groovy music, and psychedelic graphics. You're the cool cat orange robot named Bob, and one night you're cruising in your car when you crash land on another planet.... Platforms: Windows

jSGF is a framework for creating full-featured side- and top-scrolling games with customizability in mind. Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

All-in-one program for creating 2D scrolling games. Compile your games into stand-alone .NET executables or customizable C# source code. The IDE and framework are build on OpenTK, which wraps OpenGL, so generated games can be cross-platform. Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

If you loved the classic platform games of yesteryear -- the ones in which a beloved hero would run and jump his way through simple side-scrolling levels on his way to rescue a kidnapped princess -- then you'll enjoy Jumpin' Jack. Only instead of simple side-scrolling levels, Jumpin' Jack... Platforms: Windows

Cave Story is a freeware side scrolling action/adventure/plat former title with leanings towards Wonderboy and recent sidescrolling Castlevania titles. You control a little amnesiac who runs around helping out these rabbit-ish creatures called Mimigas while trying to find your way out of the... Platforms: Mac

Ninja Warrior is a side scrolling game not much unlike Ninja Gaiden. The player will sneak, climb, run, and jump through many interesting levels. Using various weapons, she/he will defeat any enemies that might get in the way. Platforms: *nix

Imagine what it'd be like to play Asteroids against your friends and savor the satisfaction of blasting people out of space in some addictive side-scrolling 2D spaceship shooter action. Slap on some snazzy graphics, guns, bombs & big explosions and the beautiful revelry of flying past your... Platforms: Windows

This is a side-scrolling shooter title, similar to Gunstar Heroes or Contra III: The Alien Wars. You play as a bird-like creature and you can select 4 weapons to use, each with their own different abilities and drawbacks. It's a fun game to play and if you like shooters, then you must play... Platforms: Windows

Blade Master is a perfect side scrolling platform shooter with a brilliant blend of realistic graphics, blistering game play,an original soundtrack and an absorbing storyline. Your weapon is Blade. Your aim is to save the world. There are a total of 3 large military missions for Sergeant Dan... Platforms: Windows

Side-scrolling arcade style, "new school" ski jumping game. Front flips, back flips, mute grabs, tail grabs, 1080s, d-spins, corks, lincoln loops, daffies, spreadeagles, inverted spins, you name it. Features include editable courses, high scores, and loading/saving replays. Platforms: Windows

Starlands is a side-scrolling game where you move your character back and forth, jumping to catch all of the horizontally moving stars. But watch out for the ghosts that fly by! The game also supports turbo gameplay, were your skills better be shinin'. Platforms: Mac

Chopper is an action-packed, side-scrolling helicopter game. Complete your mission, and return to base, while avoiding enemy fire from tanks, bazooka-wielding mad men, and jets. Chopper was a winner in the uDevGame 2003 game development competition. Features: Universal binary 48 total levels... Platforms: Mac

ActRaiser is a 1990 Super Nintendo Entertainment System action and city-building simulation game developed by Quintet and published by Enix (now Square Enix) that combines traditional side-scrolling platforming with urban planning god game sections. A sequel, ActRaiser 2, was released for the... Platforms: Windows

Electropy is a side scrolling action arcade title with a fundamental gameplay twist. Rather than directly moving your character, the idea is to grapple on to floating polygons in order to swing your way to the goal. The game features a wide selection of power-ups such as gravity change,... Platforms: Mac

This is a 3rd person side-scrolling shooter. Destroying the dinosaurs is so fun! You will be battling against velociraptors, raptors, pterodactyls, triceratops, a T-Rex and those really some carnivore dinosaurs. The levels are well thought out and various dinosaurs DNA is hidden in each level... Platforms: Windows