Fixed shooter

Game genre theme

A shooter sub-genre where each level fits within a single screen and the main character movement is fixed to a single axis of motion (commonly left and right along the bottom) or no movement at all.

1515

games

135

platforms

Alternate names: 1DoF shooter, Gallery shooter, Space Invaders-like

W31 1990

ARCD 1981

C64 1983

A2K1 1982

Centipede, Breakout, Warlords

GBA 2005-08-21

MSX 1984

PET 1982

ARCD 1981

VIC 1983

A800 1981

VCS 1982

VIC 1983

Parent group

Shooter

Child groups

Space Invaders-like, Depthcharge-like, Centipede-like, Galaxian-like

Games by year

The first Fixed shooter video game was released on January 28, 1947.

Atari, Sirius Software and Taito published most of these games.

Platforms

Arcade		117
ZX Spectrum		108
Apple II E		97
C64		94
Linux		88
VIC-20		85
BBC		70
MS-DOS		69
Atari 2600		43
Atari 400/800		41
Tandy Coco		39
Mac OS Classic		31
Amstrad CPC		29
Commodore PET		28
MSX		26
Dragon32		22
C16/Plus4		20
Amiga		19
TRS-80		18
Atom		17
Oric		17
Memotech MTX		17
Windows		16
Electron		13
APF		13
BeOS		13
OS/2		12
ZX 81		12
Aquarius		10
BSD		10

Most common companies

Atari	36
Sirius Software	20
Taito	19
Commodore	15
Namco	14
Sega	12
Brøderbund	11
Rabbit Software	11
Cascade Games	11
Imagic	10
Mastertronic	10
Nintendo	10
Bally Midway	10
Bug-Byte	10
Hudson Soft	9