Group Description
This group contains shooters viewed from a perspective behind the player character as he automatically advances forward on a pre-defined path through pseudo- or real 3D environment. As opposed to
rail shooters, the player character can move freely around the screen to shoot at or dodge enemies and other dangerous objects. The player has little or no ability to affect the movement speed.
This genre was given particular attention by
Sega, starting with
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom (1982), and popularized by
Space Harrier (1985).
To be eligible for this group, the player character must be both visible and controllable -- games where the character moves automatically and the player only needs to aim are classified as rail shooters and belong in that group.
| Game Title | Year | Platform |  Publisher | User Score |
| Sega Ages 2500: Vol.10 - After Burner II | 2004 | PlayStation 2 | 3D Ages | ... |
| Galaxy Force | 1988 | Arcade, SEGA Master System | Mediagenic | ... |
| After Burner | 1987 | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM Towns, MSX, NES, SEGA 32X, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000, ZX Spectrum | SEGA Enterprises Ltd. | 3.23 |
| Burning Force | 1989 | Arcade, Genesis, Wii | Namco Hometek Inc. | 3.26 |
| Mig-29 Soviet Fighter | 1989 | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, NES, ZX Spectrum | Camerica Limited Inc. | 2.61 |
| Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom | 1982 | Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Coleco Adam, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX, PC Booter, SG-1000, TI-99/4A, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum | Coleco Industries, Inc. | 3.20 |
| 3D Tachyon Fighter | 1984 | Memotech MTX | Continental Software Ltd. | ... |
| Neural Gear | 1990 | Sharp X68000 | Cross Media Soft | ... |
| Alantia: Legend of Blue Star | 1988 | PC-98 | Cross Media Soft | ... |
| Total Eclipse | 1994 | 3DO, PlayStation | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | ... |
| Solar Eclipse | 1995 | PlayStation, SEGA Saturn | Crystal Dynamics, Inc. | 3.81 |
| Iljimae-jeon: Manpa Sikjeok-pyeon | 1994 | DOS | LG Electronics Inc. | ... |
| MegaMorph | 1994 | FM Towns | Fujitsu Interactive | ... |
| Olmang Jolmang Paradise | 1995 | DOS | Gameland | ... |
| Ai no Omochashi: Space Gigolo - Red Cobra | 1995 | PC-98 | Illusion | ... |
| Hyper Fighters | 2012 | Wii, Windows | Funbox Media Ltd. | ... |
| BIONICLE: Atticmedia | 2001 | Browser | Lego Group, The | ... |
| Hunter Patrol | 1985 | Commodore 64 | Mastertronic Ltd. | ... |
| Hover Blade | 1991 | Apple IIgs | MCX | ... |
| Slip Stream | 1989 | Amiga | MicroDeal Ltd. | ... |
| Crimson Dragon | 2013 | Xbox One | Microsoft Studios | ... |
| Web Wars | 1983 | Vectrex | Milton Bradley Ltd. | ... |
| Sin & Punishment: Star Successor | 2009 | Wii, Wii U | Nintendo of America Inc. | 3.44 |
| Shoot | 2005 | PlayStation | Phoenix Games B.V. | ... |
| Attack Animal Gakuen | 1987 | NES | Pony Canyon, Inc. | ... |
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Game group created by
Oleg Roschin (174050), additional games added to group by
Trypticon (10740),
yenruoj_tsegnol_eht (!!ihsoy) (2458),
Victor Vance (6559),
Infernos (12430),
Sciere (381482),
Kohler 86 (7296),
Alaka (38648),
Kabushi (162167),
Игги Друге (44997),
Parf (7307) and
雷堂嬢太朗 -raido.jotaro- (58365)
