Game Groups > Genre: Fixed-screen shoot 'em up
The initial form of shoot 'em ups was defined by the genre's progenitor, Space Invaders (1978): the player controls a character (usually a space ship) that can move within the limits of a single top-down screen. Traditionally, the movement is restricted to the sides only; shooters in which the character can be navigated up- and downwards within one screen also belong to this group, since the defining distinction of these games from other shoot 'em ups is the lack of scrolling and the inability to break the confines of one screen until all of the enemies on it have been eliminated and the player moves on to a new stage.
Related Game Groups
Related Groups
- Asteroids variants
- Galaga variants
- Galaxian series
- Galaxian variants
- Genre: Chase-view / Space Harrier-style shooter
- Genre: Dual / Twin-stick shooter
- Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up
- Protagonist: Extraterrestrial / Alien
- Setting: Space station / Spaceship
- Space Invaders variants
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Title | Released |
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Arcadians | 1982 |
Armageddon | 1983 |
Assault | 1983 |
Asteroids | 1979 |
Asteroyds | 1983 |
Astro Battle | 1979 |
Astro Blaster | 1981 |
Astro Blaster | 1983 |
Astro Fighter | 1979 |
Astro Fury | 2006 |
Astro Invader | 2005 |
Astro Invader | 1980 |
Astro Wars | 1979 |
Astromilon | 1984 |
AstroRaid | 2003 |
Astrosmash | 1981 |
Atom Invaders | 1981 |
Attack of the Timelord! | 1982 |
Attack of the Toy Tanks! | 2019 |
Attack on Alpha Centauri | 1983 |
Avenger | 1981 |
Avenger | 1997 |
Azuda | 1984 |
Back to Earth | 2004 |
Back to Earth 2 | 2004 |
Bandit | 1993 |
Bandits | 1982 |
Bandits! | 1992 |
Bat Attack | 1983 |
Battle Cross | 1982 |
Battle Station | 1981 |
Beamgalaxian | 1979 |
Beat Hazard | 2009 |
Beat Hazard 3 | 2022 |
Beat Hazard Ultra | 2011 |
Beat Hazard: Ultra | 2011 |
Bezare | 1982 |
Big Bang Mini | 2009 |
Bird Strike | 1984 |
Bishōjo Control | 1989 |
Bit-Bat | 1982 |
Blingsplatz! | 1982 |
Blobbers | 1983 |
Bugatron | 2000 |
Buggers | 2001 |
Bugs! | 1982 |
Burn the Trash! | 2007 |
Carnival | 1980 |
Carrier Attack | 1983 |
Cash Invaders | 2002 |