Twin-stick shooter
Game genre concept
A shooter sub-genre characterized by two (joy)stick control with no buttons needed to shoot, one stick controls movement while the other stick controls shooting (both direction and the action).
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Alternate name: Twin-analogue shooter
WIIU 2016-03-31
WIN 2017-07-26
WIN 2011-07-25
WIN 2012
ARCD 1980
ARCD 1982
WIN 2016-08-13
X360 2011-09-14
NES 1991
ANDR 2011
X360 2014-01
ARCD 1986
The emphasis here is that no button is needed to be pressed to shoot, only to twist the (joy)stick in direction you want to do so. Exception being that the player has buttons separately for each direction and are independent of movement.
This is NOT synonym for shooters which use dual-analog controllers.
This can also apply to games without any stick controlllers, such as each attack/shooting direction (not different attack) has separate button (e.g. numpad).
This is NOT synonym for shooters which use dual-analog controllers.
This can also apply to games without any stick controlllers, such as each attack/shooting direction (not different attack) has separate button (e.g. numpad).
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The first Twin-stick shooter video game was released in 1980.
Bitmap Bureau, Witch Beam and Plug In Digital published most of these games.