Vertical scrolling games

A vertical-scroller is a video game in which the action is shown in a top down perspective and the environment scrolls from top to bottom. Characters usually don't have to move to scroll the screen (expecially in shoot'em ups).

Most popular vertical-scroller games

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Xenon 2: Megablast

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007: License to Kill

DOS1989 Quixel

Action Fighter

DOS1989 Sega

Airborne Ranger

DOS1988 MicroProse Software

Ajax

DOS1989 Konami

Ballistix

DOS1989 Reflections Interactive

Captain Dynamo

DOS1993 Codemasters

Dawn Raider

DOS1990 Softstar Entertainment

Donkey BAS

DOS1981 Microsoft

Fleet Sweep

DOS1983 Mirror Images Software

Flying Tigers

DOS1994 Ticsoft

Flying Tigers is an abandoned vertical-scrolling sci-fi themed shoot 'em up game developed and released by Ticsoft in 1994 for MS-DOS only. Flying Tigers is the first chapter of the two parts Flying Tigers video game series.

Flying Tigers 2

DOS1994

Fury of the Furries

DOS1993 Kalisto Entertainment

Goal!

DOS1993 Dini & Dini Productions

Guerrilla War

DOS1987 SNK Corporation

Heavy Barrel

DOS1989 Data East

Highway Fighter

DOS1995 Safari Software

Highway Hunter

DOS1994 Safari Software

If It Moves, Shoot It!

DOS1989 Emerald Software

Ikari III: The Rescue

DOS1990 SNK Corporation

Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road

DOS1988 SNK Corporation

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

DOS1989 Atari

International Soccer

DOS1994 Zeppelin Games

Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom

DOS1995 Pop Software

Jackal

DOS1989 Konami

Knightmare

DOS1986 Konami

Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012

DOS1989 Capcom

Mad TV

DOS1991freeware Rainbow Arts

Major Stryker

DOSWindows XP/98/951993freeware Apogee Software

Mystical

DOS1990protected Infogrames

Nebulus

DOS1988 Hewson Consultants

Nebulus, also known as Tower Toppler in some regions, is a classic video game released in the 1980s. It was developed by John M. Phillips and published by Hewson Consultants. The game was initially released for various home computer systems, including the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, and others. It later saw ports to different platforms. Neb...