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Diagonal scrolling

Video game concept

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platforms

Games, typically 2D, that have a playfield that scrolls along a diagonal axis with no scrolling horizontally or vertically.

Notable people involved: Steve Bjork, Mark Cooksey, Peter Adams, Neil A Bate and Chris Harvey

Paperboy (BBC Micro)

Paperboy (Atari ST)

Paperboy 2 (Mega Drive)

Paperboy (Amstrad CPC)

Zaxxon (Tandy Color Computer)

COCO 1983-02-07

Paperboy (Master System)

Paperboy (Game Boy Color)

GBC 1999-05-15

Zaxxon Retro Remake (Linux)

Zaxxon Retro Remake

Paperboy (Commodore 64)

Zaxxon (MS-DOS)

Paperboy 2 (Game Boy)

Paperboy 2 (ZX Spectrum)

Popular tags

paperboy scrollingshooter zaxxon

Related group

Game genre
Scrolling shooter

Games by year

The first Diagonal scrolling video game was released in 1982.

Elite, Mindscape and Sega published most of these games.

Platforms

MS-DOS	4
Arcade	4
Mega Drive	3
Apple II E	3
C64	2
Game Gear	2
Amstrad CPC	2
NES	2
GB	2
ZX Spectrum	2
BBC	1
GBC	1
Atari ST	1
C16/Plus4	1
Neo-Geo	1
SNES	1
Apple IIGS	1
SG-1000	1
X68000	1
Master System	1
Electron	1
FM Towns	1
PS	1
Tandy Coco	1
Lynx	1
Coleco Adam	1
Amiga	1
Linux	1

Most common companies

Elite	9
Mindscape	9
Tengen	7
Sega	6
SNK	3
Atari	3
Datasoft	3
U.S. Gold	2
Radio Shack	1
Coleco	1
Bally Midway	1
Synsoft	1
Domark	1
American Sammy	1
Electronic Arts	1
Tandy	1
Sammy	1
Kikabo	1