Cabal-type Shooters

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Cabal-type shooters are games where the player simultaneously controls an on-screen hero and a crosshair. The hero may only move left or right to dodge bullets. In some cases the hero may be able to jump or duck. The crosshair can move all over the screen, and the player can use it to point and shoot at enemies. Cabal-type shooters is best described by Cabal which pioneered this type of game play.

In other shooters, the player's bullets may move along the screen and is capable of hitting any enemy or object that may stand in its path. In Cabal-type shooters, the path of the bullets have no effect on the enemies; in some cases the player's bullets aren't even visible. The player only damages the targets that the cursor was pointing at while shooting.

To be more precise, Cabal-type shooter must have the following characteristics:

A main character is viewable in 3rd Person, capable of only left and right directional movement.
Additional manuevers such as jumping or ducking are acceptable, moving forward or backward is not;
A crosshair must be visibly present throughout game play.

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Game Title	Year	Platform	Publisher	MobyScore
Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ	2008	Nintendo DS	Destineer Publishing Corp.	4.20
Charge 'n Blast	2000	Dreamcast	Xicat Interactive, Inc.	...
Sin & Punishment	2000	Nintendo 64, Wii	Nintendo of America Inc.	4.31
The Untouchables	1994	SNES	Ocean of America, Inc.	...
Wild Guns	1994	SNES	Natsume, Inc.	4.42
NAM-1975	1991	Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD	SNK Corporation of America	4.10
Double Hawk	1990	SEGA Master System	SEGA Enterprises Ltd.	3.00
The Punisher	1990	NES	LJN, Ltd.	3.30
Dynamite Duke	1989	Genesis, SEGA Master System	SEGA Enterprises Ltd.	2.77
Cabal	1988	Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, NES, ZX Spectrum	Capcom U.S.A., Inc.	3.01