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Once a staple of the gaming industry, [[Horizontal Scrolling Shooter]] games are rather rare since the latter half of the 1990s. |
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As the name suggests, the game's playfield [[Auto-Scrolling Level|constantly scrolls horizontally]] over the course of a level. The view can either be side-on or top-down, depending on the developer's choice. The most common use of such an engine has been for games with some kind of spacecraft either flying over a landscape or through an installation, with unbreakable obstacles that would kill the player either on contact, or by blocking the craft. |
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Most such games had the player collect health, lives and weapons as powerups in the levels, although some allowed the player to make purchases with their points between levels. |
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Complexity varies by having different numbers of layers of parallax and in some cases, transparency effects, such as translucent explosions. |
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Compare [[Vertical Scrolling Shooter]]. |
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* ''[[Air Zonk]]'' |
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* ''[[Akai Katana]]'' |
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* ''[[Altitude]]'' |
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* ''[[Area 88]],'' also known as ''U.N. Squadron'' in the US. One of the few [[Licensed Game|Licensed Games]] to not suck |
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* ''[[Assault Suits Valken]]'' |
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* ''[[Bio-Hazard Battle]]'' |
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* ''[[BIOMETAL]]'' |
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* ''Blast Works''/''TUKIMI Fighters'' |
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* ''[[Blazing Star]]'' |
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* ''[[Boogie Wings]]'' (''The Great Ragtime Show'' in Japan) |
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* ''[[Border Down]]'' |
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* ''[[Chimera Beast]]'' (unreleased) |
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* ''[[Cobalt]]'' |
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* ''[[Fantastic Night Dreams Cotton|Cotton]]'' |
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* The ''[[Darius]]'' series. |
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* ''[[Death Smiles]]'' series |
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* "Dr. Phlogiston Saves the Earth" from [[Fun Orb]] |
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* ''[[Einhander]]'' |
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* ''[[Eliminate Down]]'' |
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* ''[[Gaiares]]'' |
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* ''[[Gradius]]'' series |
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* ''Gundemonium'', ''Gundeadligne'' and ''Gundemonium Recollection'' from the ''[[Gundemonium Series]]'' |
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* ''[[Heavy Weapon]]'' |
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* ''[[Hydorah]]'' |
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* ''[[In the Hunt]]'' |
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* ''[[Iwanaga]]'' |
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* ''[[Jets N Guns]]'' |
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* ''[[Metal Black]]'' |
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* ''[[Otomedius]]'' |
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* ''[[Parasite Strike]]'' |
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* ''[[Parodius]]'' series |
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* ''Parsec'' |
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* ''[[Phalanx]]'' |
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* ''[[Prehistoric Isle]]'' |
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* ''[[Progear]]'' |
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* ''[[Pulstar]]'' |
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* ''[[Really Big Sky]]'' |
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* ''Revenge Of The Mutant Camels'' (yes, really) |
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* ''[[RPG Shooter Starwish]]'' |
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* ''[[R-Type]]'' series |
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* ''[[Scramble]]'' |
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** ''Super Cobra'' (which uses the same engine) |
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* ''[[Shark Attack]]'' |
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* ''[[Soldner X]]'' |
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* ''[[Stargunner]]'' |
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* ''[[Steel Empire (Video Game)|Steel Empire]]'' |
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* ''[[Steel Saviour]]'' |
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* ''[[Submarine Attack]]'' |
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* ''[[Suguri]]'' |
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** ''[[Sora]]'' |
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* ''[[Thunder Cross]]'' and sequel |
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* ''[[Thunder Force]]'' (early games include top down multi-direction level) |
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* ''[[Trouble Witches]]'' series |
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* ''[[Vacant Ark]]'' |
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* ''[[Vanguard]]'' (which also had some vertical and diagonal scrolling) |
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* ''[[Wings of Genesis]]'' |
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* ''[[Xexyz]]'' (only one in three levels) |
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* ''[[Zero Wing]]'' |
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