A side-scrolling video game (alternatively side-scroller) is a game viewed from a side-view camera angle where the screen follows the player as they move...

A vertically scrolling video game or vertical scroller is a video game in which the player views the field of play principally from a top-down perspective...

was used in the arcade video game Jump Bug (1981). It used a limited form of parallax scrolling with the main scene scrolling while the starry night sky...

Fantasia is a side-scrolling video game developed by Infogrames and produced by Sega for its own Mega Drive/Genesis system. The game was loosely based...

Grand Theft Auto games. A side-scrolling game or side-scroller is a video game in which the viewpoint is taken from the side, and the onscreen characters...

Aladdin is a 2D side-scrolling video game in which the player controls Aladdin and his monkey Abu. It was designed by Shinji Mikami. The game was released...

highly influential game. It is regarded as the first beat 'em up video game, and an early example of the side-scrolling character action game genre, which became...

Much of the game is played in a side-scrolling run and gun format, while a few levels feature vehicular combat inspired by Road Rash. The game was developed...

Cobalt is an action side-scrolling video game developed by Oxeye Game Studio and published by Mojang Studios. It was released on 2 February 2016 for Microsoft...

motifs. R-Type, an acclaimed side-scrolling shoot 'em up, was released in 1987 by Irem, employing slower paced scrolling than usual, with difficult, claustrophobic...

all) is a video game genre featuring hand-to-hand combat against a large number of opponents. Traditional beat 'em ups take place in scrolling, two-dimensional...

Revision is a 2D RPG side-scrolling video game released on Nintendo Switch in November 2023, created by a solo Japanese video game developer KEIZO but...

been several video games based on the 1991 film Hook. A side-scrolling platform game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Game Boy was released...

A tile-based video game, or grid-based video game, is a type of video game where the playing area consists of small square (or, much less often, rectangular...

Isometric video game graphics are graphics employed in video games and pixel art that use a parallel projection, but which angle the viewpoint to reveal...

Rabi-Ribi is a 2016 side-scrolling video game developed and published by CreSpirit. The game was initially crowdfunded, and despite only reaching half...

The game is played from a third-person perspective in which the camera trails behind Crash, though some levels feature forward-scrolling and side-scrolling...

the form of a 2D side-scrolling video game. In Muse Dash, players defeat enemies and avoid obstacles originating from the right side of the screen by...

Dynamite announced a spinoff series focusing on Cheetara. A side-scrolling video game based on the series, ThunderCats: The Lost Eye of Thundera, was...

sickness Virtual reality First-person (video game) Rollings, Andrew; Ernest Adams (2006). Fundamentals of Game Design. Prentice Hall. ISBN 9780131687479...

commonly called the belt scroll action game format. Its combat system was also more highly developed than earlier side-scrolling action games, such as its...

in Japan and Stern in North America. It was the first side-scrolling shooter with forced scrolling and multiple distinct levels, and it established the...

The Amazing Spider-Man is a side scrolling platform action video game released for the Nintendo Game Boy in 1990, published by LJN and developed by Rare...

Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition is a 1994 side-scrolling video game developed by BlueSky Software and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It is the...

simply as ThunderCats is a side-scrolling video game that is based on the original animated television series ThunderCats. The game was published in 1987 by...

Taito's Operation Wolf arcade game started the trend of realistic military-themed action shooters, and featured side-scrolling environments and high-quality...

is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed by Williams Electronics in 1980 and released as an arcade video game in 1981. The game is set on either an...

A video game genre is a specific category of games related by similar gameplay characteristics. Video game genres are not usually defined by the setting...

Matterfall is a 2017 side-scrolling shooter video game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game was released for...

2012 side-scrolling platformer game developed and published by Cyprus-based studio Nekki for Windows, Android, and iOS. The objective of the game is to...