Belt scroller
Game genre concept
A slightly slanted perspective (almost side view, isometric or similar) games where game is played on a mostly left or right progressing field with limited depth towards and away from the camera. Commonly used by beat 'em ups.
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games
42platforms
SPC 1988
SPC 1987
WIN 2013-04-17
DOS 1990-12
ARCD ? *
PECD 1990-03-10
SMS 1988
SMS 1989
NEO 1990-07-24
ST 1990
NES 1988-08-12
GG 1993-07-23
Not all beat 'em ups are belt scrollers and some belt scrollers might not be beat 'em ups, belt scroller is however often recognized as synonym for beat 'em ups.
The characters are commonly from directly side view perspective while the ground and environment itself is isometric.
Example from Golden Axe:
The name likely comes from the playfield resembling a conveyer belt.
The characters are commonly from directly side view perspective while the ground and environment itself is isometric.
Example from Golden Axe:
The name likely comes from the playfield resembling a conveyer belt.
Popular tags
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Games by year
The first Belt scroller video game was released in 1986.
Platforms
Arcade | 30 | ||
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Amstrad CPC | 16 | ||
Amiga | 16 | ||
ZX Spectrum | 13 | ||
Atari ST | 11 | ||
Windows | 11 | ||
MS-DOS | 10 | ||
NES | 10 | ||
Mega Drive | 10 | ||
C64 | 10 | ||
SNES | 9 | ||
Master System | 8 | ||
Linux | 6 | ||
MSX | 5 | ||
Neo-Geo | 4 | ||
Amiga CD32 | 4 | ||
Game Gear | 3 | ||
iOS | 3 | ||
GBA | 3 | ||
PS3 | 2 | ||
Apple II E | 2 | ||
Mac OS X | 2 | ||
GB | 2 | ||
Amstrad PCW | 2 | ||
PC Engine CD | 2 | ||
X360 | 1 | ||
Jaguar | 1 | ||
X68000 | 1 | ||
Mega-CD | 1 | ||
Atari 7800 | 1 |
Most common companies
Sega | 24 | |
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U.S. Gold | 11 | |
Capcom | 10 | |
Opera Soft | 10 | |
SNK | 6 | |
Activision | 5 | |
Players | 5 | |
Taito | 5 | |
Konami | 5 | |
Imagine | 5 | |
Sales Curve | 5 | |
Virgin Games | 5 | |
RobotLovesKitty | 4 | |
Virgin | 4 | |
Technos | 3 |