Gallery shooter
Game genre concept
A type of shooter where player control is limited to a reticle across a screen or a light gun where any movement is out of player's control. Generally mimics shooting gallery games found in carnivals.
30
games
5platforms
Alternate names: Shooting gallery
Name variations: light gun shooter
BBC 1983
BBC 2016
BBC 1987
BBC 1983
BBC 1983
BBC 1983
BBC 1984
BBC 1984
BBC 1984
WII 2011-06-30
ARCD 1977
See also: rail shooter (a very similar genre)
Parent group
Games by year
The first Gallery shooter video game was released in 1977.
Micro User, Microvations and Your Computer published most of these games.