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Scrolling shooter

Game genre theme

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

1414
games
91
platforms
Agent Orange (Amstrad CPC)
Agent Orange
CPC 1987
Speed Rumbler (Arcade)
Speed Rumbler
ARCD 1986-09
Astro Robo Sasa (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Astro Robo Sasa
NES 1985-08-09
Blood Money (Amiga OCS)
Blood Money
OCS 1989
Uridium (Sharp MZ-Series)
Uridium
MZ 1990
Silkworm (Commodore 64)
Silkworm
C64 1989
Dropzone (Commodore 64)
Dropzone
C64 1984
Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius: Forever with Me (Saturn)
Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius: Forever with
SAT 1996-12-13
Gun Nac (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Gun Nac
NES 1990-10-05
Aero Fighters 2 (Neo-Geo)
Aero Fighters 2
NEO 1994-08-26
1941 Counter Attack (PC Engine)
1941 Counter Attack
PCE 1991-08-23
Mag Max (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Mag Max
NES 1986-03-19

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
ZX Spectrum 108
C64 108
Amiga 77
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
PCE CD 25
Saturn 25
GB 19
Dreamcast 18
NEC PC9801 17
GBA 15
Atari 400/800 13
Neo-Geo 13
X360 13
Master System 12
PS2 12
PSP 10
MSX2 10
Mobile 9
Archimedes 6

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