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Multi-directional shooter

Game genre theme

A shooter sub-genre defined by open two dimensional environment with freedom of orientation and movement.

94
games
33
platforms
Urban Strike (Super Nintendo)
Urban Strike
SNES 1995
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf (Game Gear)
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
GG 1994
Emetic Skimmer (Amiga OCS)
Emetic Skimmer
OCS 1987
Madballs in Babo: Invasion (Xbox 360)
Madballs in Babo: Invasion
X360 2009-07-15
Space-Pilot II (Commodore 64)
Space-Pilot II
C64 1985
Cannon Fodder (MS-DOS)
Cannon Fodder
DOS 1994
Hexodius (Windows)
Hexodius
WIN 2013-06
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf (Game Boy)
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
GB 1994
Urban Strike: The Sequel to Jungle Strike (Mega Drive)
Urban Strike: The Sequel to Jungle Strike
GEN 1994-05-04
Urban Strike (Game Gear)
Urban Strike
GG 1995
Nuclear Strike 64 (Nintendo 64)
Nuclear Strike 64
N64 1999-12-02
Desert Strike Advance (Game Boy Advance)
Desert Strike Advance
GBA 2002-05-07

The first video game about Multi-directional shooter was released in 1982.

Electronic Arts, Virgin and Atari has published most of these games

Usually characterized with rather open environments but not quite on the level of open world.

Generally does not include side-scrollers, though as cave flyers testify, this is not absolute rule.

Parent group

Shoot 'em up

Child groups

Arena shooter, Cave-flyer

Platforms

Amiga 12
MS-DOS 10
Windows 7
Linux 7
Atari ST 6
C64 5
Arcade 4
SNES 4
GB 4
Mega Drive 4
Game Gear 3
Amiga AGA 3
Jaguar 2
PS 2
X360 2
Mac OS X 2
PS Vita 1
Atari 400/800 1
ColecoVision 1
3DO 1
C16/Plus4 1
Amstrad CPC 1
Master System 1
N64 1
Atari 2600 1
Dreamcast 1
ZX Spectrum 1
GBA 1
Saturn 1
MSX 1

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