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Scrolling shooter

Game genre theme

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

1413
games
91
platforms
Silkworm (Atari ST)
Silkworm
ST 1989
Aldynes: The Mission Code for Rage Crisis (NEC Supergraphx)
Aldynes: The Mission Code for Rage Crisis
SGPX 1991-02-22
Star Soldier (MSX)
Star Soldier
MSX 1986
Legendary Wings (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Legendary Wings
NES 1988-07
Metamor Jupiter (PC Engine CD)
Metamor Jupiter
PECD 1993-01-22
Copter 271 (Amstrad CPC)
Copter 271
CPC 1991-09
R-Type (X68000)
R-Type
X68K 1989-06-09
Image Fight (Arcade)
Image Fight
ARCD 1988
Flying Hero (Super Nintendo)
Flying Hero
SNES 1993
Mighty Monkey (Arcade)
Mighty Monkey
ARCD 1982
Aquanaut (Atari ST)
Aquanaut
ST 1989
Mystical (MS-DOS)
Mystical
DOS 1991

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 244
C64 108
ZX Spectrum 108
Amiga 76
Atari ST 67
NES 67
Amstrad CPC 59
PCE 46
X68000 43
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
X360 13
Atari 400/800 13
Neo-Geo 13
PS2 12
Master System 12
MSX2 10
PSP 10
Mobile 9
ColecoVision 6

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