Scrolling shooter
Game genre theme
A shooter sub genre characterized by automatically advancing (autoscrolling) environments, both vertically or horizontally.
1501
games
94platforms

ARCD 1982

SPC 1990

OCS 1990

DOS 1989

ST 1987

PS1 1995-12-15

SPC 1988

PCE 1991

ARCD 1990

X68K ? *

WIN 2004-05-04

MSX 1984
The first video game about Scrolling shooter was released in 1980.
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 upChild group
Bullet Hellcompare with these groups
Platforms
Arcade | ![]() | 244 | |
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C64 | ![]() | 134 | |
ZX Spectrum | ![]() | 105 | |
Amiga | ![]() | 96 | |
Atari ST | ![]() | 79 | |
NES | ![]() | 67 | |
Amstrad CPC | ![]() | 61 | |
PCE | ![]() | 48 | |
X68000 | ![]() | 43 | |
MS-DOS | ![]() | 42 | |
MSX | ![]() | 41 | |
Mega Drive | ![]() | 39 | |
SNES | ![]() | 33 | |
PS | ![]() | 31 | |
Windows | ![]() | 30 | |
Saturn | ![]() | 25 | |
PCE CD | ![]() | 25 | |
GB | ![]() | 19 | |
NEC PC9801 | ![]() | 19 | |
Dreamcast | ![]() | 18 | |
GBA | ![]() | 15 | |
Master System | ![]() | 15 | |
Atari 400/800 | ![]() | 15 | |
Neo-Geo | ![]() | 13 | |
X360 | ![]() | 13 | |
PS2 | ![]() | 12 | |
MSX2 | ![]() | 10 | |
PSP | ![]() | 10 | |
Mobile | ![]() | 9 | |
PS4 | ![]() | 7 |