Multi-directional shooter

Game genre theme

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

178
games
42
platforms
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.

Popular tags

arenashooter runandgun scrollingshooter twinstickshooter wargame

Parent group

Shoot 'em up

Child groups

Arena shooter, Cave-flyer

Games by year

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The first Multi-directional shooter video game was released in 1976.

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

Platforms

C64 23
Amiga 19
ZX Spectrum 14
Arcade 11
MS-DOS 10
Atari ST 9
Amstrad CPC 9
Windows 8
Linux 7
Atari 400/800 6
MSX 5
Atari 2600 4
SNES 4
GB 4
Mega Drive 4
Atari 5200 3
Game Gear 3
Amiga AGA 3
Amiga CD32 3
Mac OS X 2
Tandy Coco 2
C16/Plus4 2
PS 2
Jaguar 2
X360 2
ColecoVision 1
GBC 1
Dragon32 1
NES 1
Master System 1