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Scrolling shooter

Game genre theme

A shooter sub genre characterized by automatically advancing (autoscrolling) environments, giving the impression of constant motion towards the goal, preventing any significant backtracking and limiting chances on full destruction of enemy forces.

1142
games
82
platforms
Wings of Death (Amiga OCS)
Wings of Death
OCS 1990
Black Hornet (Atari ST)
Black Hornet
ST 1991
Brain (Arcade)
Brain
ARCD 1986
Cauldron (Commodore 64)
Cauldron
C64 1985
Wings of Death (Atari ST)
Wings of Death
ST 1990
Killing Machine (Commodore 64)
Killing Machine
C64 1990
Uridium (Amstrad CPC)
Uridium
CPC 1987
Sidewinder II (Commodore 64)
Sidewinder II
C64 1990
Thunder Force IV (Mega Drive)
Thunder Force IV
GEN 1992
Salamander (NEC PC9801)
Salamander
9801 1995
Dragon Spirit (PC Engine)
Dragon Spirit
PCE 1988-12-26
I.C.U.P.S. (ZX Spectrum)
I.C.U.P.S.
SPC 1986

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

Konami, Taito and Capcom has published most of these games

Parent group

Shoot 'em up

Child group

Bullet Hell

Platforms

Arcade 200
ZX Spectrum 99
C64 84
Amiga 67
Atari ST 59
NES 49
Amstrad CPC 44
X68000 40
PCE 39
MSX 34
SNES 31
Mega Drive 30
MS-DOS 30
PS 28
Saturn 23
PCE CD 19
GB 16
Windows 15
Dreamcast 15
GBA 12
X360 11
PS2 10
Mobile 9
Neo-Geo 9
Master System 8
Atari 400/800 8
MSX2 8
NEC PC9801 7
PSP 7
PS4 6

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