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
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OCS 1993
OCS 1989
SMS 1989
ARCD 1990
ARCD 1992
ST ? *
OCS 1990
CD32 1994
SPC 1987
SNES 1994
DOS 1989
DOS 1988
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
dungeoncrawler hackandslash runandgunParent group
Games by year
The first Belt scroller video game was released in 1986.
Platforms
Arcade | 28 | ||
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Amstrad CPC | 16 | ||
Amiga | 16 | ||
ZX Spectrum | 13 | ||
Windows | 11 | ||
Atari ST | 11 | ||
C64 | 10 | ||
MS-DOS | 10 | ||
NES | 10 | ||
Mega Drive | 10 | ||
SNES | 9 | ||
Master System | 7 | ||
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 | ||
Amiga AGA | 1 | ||
Thomson | 1 | ||
X360 | 1 | ||
Jaguar | 1 | ||
X68000 | 1 |