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Scrolling shooter

Game genre theme

A shooter sub genre characterized by automatically advancing (autoscrolling) environments, both vertically or horizontally.

1398
games
89
platforms
Side Arms: Hyper Dyne (Commodore 64)
Side Arms: Hyper Dyne
C64 1988
Salamander (Amstrad CPC)
Salamander
CPC 1988
Star Trip (ZX Spectrum)
Star Trip
SPC 1991
The Dreadnaught Factor (Intellivision)
The Dreadnaught Factor
INTV 1983
Dodgin' Diamond 2 (Linux)
Dodgin' Diamond 2
LIN 2003-03-13
P-47 Thunderbolt (Amiga OCS)
P-47 Thunderbolt
OCS 1990
Gunbird (Arcade)
Gunbird
ARCD 1994-09
Soldier Blade Special: Caravan Stage (PC Engine)
Soldier Blade Special: Caravan Stage
PCE 1992
Zanac (MSX)
Zanac
MSX 1986
Gradius (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Gradius
NES 1986-04-25
Dragon Spirit (Arcade)
Dragon Spirit
ARCD 1987-06-20
Havoc (ZX Spectrum)
Havoc
SPC 1990

The first video game about Scrolling shooter was released in 1980.

Konami, Taito and Capcom has published most of these games

Gives the impression of constant motion towards the goal, preventing any significant backtracking and limiting chances on full destruction of enemy forces.

Parent group

Shoot 'em up

Child group

Bullet Hell

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Platforms

Arcade 243
ZX Spectrum 108
C64 106
Amiga 76
Atari ST 67
NES 67
Amstrad CPC 58
PCE 46
X68000 42
Mega Drive 39
MSX 39
MS-DOS 37
SNES 33
PS 31
Windows 27
Saturn 25
PCE CD 24
GB 19
Dreamcast 18
NEC PC9801 17
GBA 15
Neo-Geo 13
X360 13
PS2 12
Master System 12
Atari 400/800 12
MSX2 10
PSP 10
Mobile 9
ColecoVision 6

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