Flip-screens

Software concept

Exiting a screen or area expediently places the character on the opposite side of the screen in an adjacent area in the game world. Common for games predating scrolling movement.

147

games

platforms

Alternate names: flick-screen, page-flipping

Superman

VCS 1979

Robot Odyssey I: Escape from Robotropolis

IIE 1984-12

Back to the Golden Age

MSX 1987

CPC 1987

SPC 1987

CPC 1985

LIN 2012-11-04

9801 1990-07-20

IIE 1984

IIE 1984

This is not by default edge scrolling but can be depending how it is implemented (flipping itself implies not).

This is NOT synonym for games where the whole level/map takes a single screen which is changed with level change.

Parent group

Screen-based

Games by year

The first Flip-screens video game was released in 1979.

The Learning Company, Opera Soft and Brøderbund published most of these games.

Related site

Wikipedia article

Platforms

ZX Spectrum		16
Apple II E		16
Tandy Coco		14
Linux		12
C64		11
Amstrad CPC		8
MS-DOS		6
Amiga		6
Atari 2600		5
MSX		4
C16/Plus4		3
NES		3
Mac OS Classic		3
FM Towns		3
Atari ST		2
Atari 400/800		2
Mac OS X		2
BBC		2
QL		2
Flash		2
NEC PC9801		2
Game Gear		1
Oric		1
Tatung Einstein		1
SNES		1
Windows		1
BSD		1
GB		1
Colour Genie		1
Master System		1

Most common companies

The Learning Company	9
Opera Soft	6
Brøderbund	4
Gremlin Graphics	4
RGCD.DEV	4
Scholastic	3
Zigurat	3
Ubi Soft	3
Alternative Software	3
Virgin	3
Datamost	2
Penguin Software	2
Mark Data Products	2
Players	2
Ultimate Play The Game	2