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Aim direction limit

Video game concept

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Player is restricted in the number of directions they can aim and fire their weapons regardless of how restricted or otherwise their movement is.

94
games
36
platforms
Please add tag note with the number of identified directions player is limited to.

Examples:
* 1 : only in front, common in auto-scrolling shmups (should only be noted outside of them)
* 2 : left and right, front and back, etc.
* 3: usually left, right and up/forward
* 4 : usually front, left, right, and back
* 5 : left, right, up, and upward diagonals
* 8 : same as above but diagonally too

The above examples are not the only variations possible, but the most common.

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Games by year

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The first Aim direction limit video game was released in 1982.

Sega, Interplay, Hewson and Two Tribes published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux14
Windows14
MS-DOS9
Mac OS X7
Mega Drive6
Arcade3
NES3
C643
Amstrad CPC2
PS42
PS Vita2
Atari 400/8002
Apple II E2
Mac OS Classic2
Amiga2
Atari ST1
Tandy Coco1
Intellivision1
C16/Plus41
BeOS1
Android1
ZX Spectrum1
Jaguar1
32X1
NEC PC88011
SNES1
Atari 78001
3DS1
Wii U1
Master System1

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