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Scrolling shooter

Game genre theme

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

2170
games
112
platforms
Raiden Fighters 2 - 2000 Operation Hell Dive (Arcade)
Raiden Fighters 2 - 2000 Operation Hell Dive
ARCD 2000
1943: The Battle of Midway (Atari ST)
1943: The Battle of Midway
ST 1988
Pioneer Balloon (Arcade)
Pioneer Balloon
ARCD 1982
Scramble (ZX 81)
Scramble
ZX81 1984
The Tail of Beta Lyrae (Atari 400/800)
The Tail of Beta Lyrae
A800 1983
Bedlam (ZX Spectrum)
Bedlam
SPC 1988
Super Cobra (Intellivision)
Super Cobra
INTV 1983
Dune Rider (BBC Micro)
Dune Rider
BBC 1984
SF-X (Arcade)
SF-X
ARCD 1983
Airwolf (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Airwolf
NES 1988-12-24
Raiden DX (Arcade)
Raiden DX
ARCD 1994
Angel Dive (X68000)
Angel Dive
X68K 1996
Gives the impression of constant motion towards the goal, preventing any significant backtracking and limiting chances on full destruction of enemy forces.

Popular tags

arcade boatcombat breakoutlike defenderlike fixedshooter manicshooter moonpatrollike multidirshooter runandgun scramblelike vehicularcombat visualnovel

Parent group

Shoot 'em up

Child groups

Bullet Hell, Scramble-like

Games by year

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The first Scrolling shooter video game was released in 1975.

Konami, Taito and Sega published most of these games.

Platforms

Arcade 298
C64 188
ZX Spectrum 135
Amiga 128
Atari ST 92
Amstrad CPC 84
NES 76
MSX 63
MS-DOS 61
PC Engine 57
X68000 55
Windows 49
Mega Drive 45
PS 44
Atari 400/800 44
Switch 43
Saturn 41
SNES 34
GameKing 30
BBC 28
PC Engine CD 27
NEC PC9801 26
GB 24
Atari 2600 23
VIC-20 21
Dreamcast 21
MSX2 20
Apple II E 20
GBA 18
Master System 17

Most common companies

Konami112
Taito55
Sega52
Capcom37
U.S. Gold37
Firebird37
TimeTop30
Namco28
Irem26
Atari26
Activision23
Mastertronic20
Domark18
Data East17
Players16