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Scrolling shooter

Game genre theme

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

1313
games
86
platforms
Scion (Arcade)
Scion
ARCD 1984
ESPGaluda (Arcade)
ESPGaluda
ARCD 2003
Spy Hunter (Arcade)
Spy Hunter
ARCD 1983
Deathsmiles II: Makai no Merry Christmas (Arcade)
Deathsmiles II: Makai no Merry Christmas
ARCD 2009-06-14
Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (PC Engine)
Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou
PCE 1992
The Spy Who Loved Me (ZX Spectrum)
The Spy Who Loved Me
SPC 1990
D-Fenders (Mattel Aquarius)
D-Fenders
AQRS 1983
Raiden (Arcade)
Raiden
ARCD 1990
Air Supply (Atari ST)
Air Supply
ST 1990
Fire Hawk (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Fire Hawk
NES 1991
Strikers 1945 (Arcade)
Strikers 1945
ARCD 1995
Bomb Alley (ZX Spectrum)
Bomb Alley
SPC 1984

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

Konami, Taito and U.S. Gold 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

Platforms

Arcade 226
ZX Spectrum 106
C64 105
Amiga 75
Atari ST 65
NES 56
Amstrad CPC 53
PCE 45
X68000 42
Mega Drive 38
MSX 38
MS-DOS 36
SNES 32
PS 31
Saturn 23
Windows 22
PCE CD 21
GB 18
Dreamcast 18
Neo-Geo 13
GBA 13
Atari 400/800 12
X360 12
PS2 11
MSX2 10
NEC PC9801 10
Master System 10
Mobile 9
PSP 8
ColecoVision 6

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