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Screen-based

Video game concept

Play area is constrained to what's on screen at each time with absolutely no scrolling of any kind. Actual game world may be larger and accessed simply by walking off screen whence a new screen area is swapped in somehow or each screen is single level.

15
games
6
platforms

Alternate name: No scrolling

Vampire Killer (MSX 2)
Vampire Killer
MSX2 1986-10-30
Starquake (ZX Spectrum)
Starquake
SPC 1985
Ultima Ratio (ZX Spectrum)
Ultima Ratio
SPC 1987
Puzzle Robots (Linux)
Puzzle Robots
LIN 2013-07-16
Island Adventure (Linux)
Island Adventure
LIN 2013-08-18
Net Wars (Arcade)
Net Wars
ARCD 1983
Ultima Ratio (Amstrad CPC)
Ultima Ratio
CPC 1987
A Short and Simple Platformer (Linux)
A Short and Simple Platformer
LIN 2014-05-02
Who Dares Wins II (MSX)
Who Dares Wins II
MSX 1986
Beach Head (ZX Spectrum)
Beach Head
SPC 1984
A Boy and His Cursor (Linux)
A Boy and His Cursor
LIN 2013-07-29
Battle-Field (ZX Spectrum)
Battle-Field
SPC 1988
See also: room-based

Popular tags

runandgun

Child group

Flip-screens

Games by year

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The first Screen-based video game was released in 1983.

Firebird and Alligata published most of these games.

Platforms

ZX Spectrum 7
Linux 4
MSX2 1
Arcade 1
Amstrad CPC 1
MSX 1