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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.

105
games
34
platforms
Madballs in Babo: Invasion (Xbox 360)
Madballs in Babo: Invasion
X360 2009-07-15
Cannon Fodder (Super Nintendo)
Cannon Fodder
SNES 1994
Hellraider (Amiga OCS)
Hellraider
OCS 1989
Cannon Fodder (3DO Interactive Multiplayer)
Cannon Fodder
3DO 1994
Cannon Spike (Arcade)
Cannon Spike
ARCD 2000-10
Raid 2000 (Commodore 64)
Raid 2000
C64 1987
Time Pilot (ColecoVision)
Time Pilot
COL 1983
Space-Pilot (Commodore 64)
Space-Pilot
C64 1984
Nuclear Strike 64 (Nintendo 64)
Nuclear Strike 64
N64 1999-12-02
Cannon Fodder (Game Boy Color)
Cannon Fodder
GBC 2000-12-20
Rotox (Amiga OCS)
Rotox
OCS 1990
Cannon Fodder (Atari Jaguar)
Cannon Fodder
JAG 1995

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

Electronic Arts, Virgin and Ocean 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

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Platforms

Amiga 12
MS-DOS 11
Windows 8
C64 7
Linux 7
Atari ST 7
SNES 4
GB 4
Mega Drive 4
Arcade 4
Amstrad CPC 3
ZX Spectrum 3
Amiga AGA 3
Game Gear 3
PS 2
X360 2
MSX 2
Mac OS X 2
Jaguar 2
3DO 1
C16/Plus4 1
Master System 1
N64 1
Atari 2600 1
Dreamcast 1
GBA 1
Saturn 1
Lynx 1
GBC 1
Tandy Coco 1

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