Scrolling shooter

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

Parent groups

Shoot 'em up, Shooter

Child groups

Bullet Hell, Scramble-like

Games by year

The first Scrolling shooter video game was released on May 1972.

Konami, Taito, Sega and U.S. Gold published most of these games.

Platforms

Arcade	321
C64	210
ZX Spectrum	160
Amiga	146
Amstrad CPC	103
Atari ST	97
NES	83
MSX	70
MS-DOS	67
PC Engine	58
BBC	56
X68000	55
Switch	54
Windows	52
Atari 400/800	52
Mega Drive	48
PS	45
Saturn	41
Atari 2600	38
NEC PC9801	36
SNES	35
GameKing	30
PC Engine CD	27
GB	26
PS2	22
Apple II E	22
GBA	21
Master System	21
MSX2	21
VIC-20	21

Most common companies

Konami	114
Taito	61
Sega	56
U.S. Gold	55
Firebird	39
Capcom	39
TimeTop	30
Atari	30
Namco	28
Irem	26
Mastertronic	26
Activision	23
Codemasters	21
Domark	19
Ocean	19
Interceptor Micros	18
Elite	18
Data East	17
SNK	15
Hewson	15