Fixed shooter

Game genre theme

A shooter sub-genre where each level fits within a single screen and the main character movement is fixed to a single axis of motion (commonly left and right along the bottom) or no movement at all.

1525

games

136

platforms

Alternate names: 1DoF shooter, Gallery shooter, Space Invaders-like

BBC 1983

IIE 1980

DOS 1990

C16 1985

ARCD 1983

ARCD 1980

C64 1984

IIE 1983-06-10

DOS 1983

FDSY 1990-07-20

C64 1987

CPC 1987

Parent group

Shooter

Child groups

Space Invaders-like, Depthcharge-like, Centipede-like, Galaxian-like

Games by year

The first Fixed shooter video game was released on January 28, 1947.

Atari, Sirius Software and Taito published most of these games.

Platforms

Arcade		116
ZX Spectrum		109
Apple II E		98
C64		95
Linux		88
VIC-20		86
BBC		73
MS-DOS		69
Atari 2600		43
Atari 400/800		41
Tandy Coco		39
Mac OS Classic		31
Amstrad CPC		29
Commodore PET		28
MSX		26
Dragon32		23
C16/Plus4		20
Amiga		19
TRS-80		18
Oric		18
Memotech MTX		17
Atom		17
Windows		16
ZX 81		13
Electron		13
APF		13
BeOS		13
OS/2		12
ColecoVision		10
Aquarius		10

Most common companies

Atari	36
Sirius Software	20
Taito	18
Commodore	16
Namco	14
Sega	12
Rabbit Software	11
Cascade Games	11
Brøderbund	11
Nintendo	10
Bally Midway	10
Romik	10
Bug-Byte	10
Imagic	10
Mastertronic	10