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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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.
The first Belt scroller video game was released in 1986.
Sega, U.S. Gold and Opera Soft published most of these games.
Parent group
Platforms
| Arcade |  | 26 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amstrad CPC | | 15 | |
| Amiga | | 13 | |
| Windows | | 11 | |
| Atari ST | | 11 | |
| MS-DOS | | 10 | |
| NES | | 10 | |
| Mega Drive | | 10 | |
| ZX Spectrum | | 10 | |
| C64 | | 10 | |
| SNES | | 8 | |
| Master System | | 7 | |
| Linux | | 6 | |
| MSX | | 5 | |
| Neo-Geo | | 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 | |
| ZX Spectrum 128 | | 2 | |
| Jaguar | | 1 | |
| X68000 | | 1 | |
| Mega-CD | | 1 | |
| Atari 7800 | | 1 | |
| BBC | | 1 |