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Scrolling shooter

Game genre theme

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

1906
games
110
platforms
Meganova: The Weapon (Amstrad CPC)
Meganova: The Weapon
CPC 1988
Time Bandit (TRS-80)
Time Bandit
TRS 1983
R-Type (Commodore 64)
R-Type
C64 1988
R-Type (MSX)
R-Type
MSX 1988
Zanac EX (MSX 2)
Zanac EX
MSX2 1986
Hinotori (MSX 2)
Hinotori
MSX2 1987
70's Robot Anime: Geppy-X (PlayStation)
70's Robot Anime: Geppy-X
PS1 1999-05-27
Tiger-Heli (Arcade)
Tiger-Heli
ARCD 1985
Scramble Spirits (Master System)
Scramble Spirits
SMS 1989
Falcon-Class Interceptor (Commodore 64)
Falcon-Class Interceptor
C64 1991
Slap Fight (Arcade)
Slap Fight
ARCD 1986
Bermuda Triangle (Atari 2600 VCS)
Bermuda Triangle
VCS 1982
Gives the impression of constant motion towards the goal, preventing any significant backtracking and limiting chances on full destruction of enemy forces.

The first Scrolling shooter video game was released in 1979.

Konami, Taito and Sega published most of these games.

Parent group

Shoot 'em up

Child group

Bullet Hell

Platforms

Arcade 268
C64 174
ZX Spectrum 115
Amiga 105
Atari ST 88
Amstrad CPC 71
NES 70
MSX 55
X68000 55
MS-DOS 55
PC Engine 54
Mega Drive 42
Saturn 41
PS 39
Windows 38
Atari 400/800 34
SNES 34
GameKing 30
PC Engine 26
NEC PC9801 23
GB 23
Dreamcast 21
Atari 2600 18
MSX2 18
Switch 18
BBC 18
GBA 18
Neo-Geo 17
Apple II E 17
PS2 16

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