Games that scroll in the opposite direction

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:46 am

I was just playing Abadox. I'd heard about the shifting perspective so I wasn't surprised when things went vertical, but what did catch me off guard was that it scrolled (*gasp*) downward. Are there any other fixed scrollers that scroll from right-to-left or top-to-bottom? The only game I've played with something like that is the reverse section of R-Type III's stage 4.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:51 am

Planet Patrol on Atari 2600
Scarlet 7 on MSX

both are horizontal right-to-left.

Nemesis 2 on MSX had one stage right-to-left, but the ship was still pointing right.

Kaspal · Post by **Kaspal** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:57 am

Absolute Blue has a couple stages that scrolls backwards horizontally.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:03 am

Androgynous on the MSX. Scrolls down.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:05 am

Steel Empire on the Genesis has stage areas that scroll right -> left, and down at an angle. Gley Lancer, Whip Rush and Eliminate Down have differently scrolling areas as well. TF3 and 4 (briefly) do too.

tada · Post by **tada** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:20 am

Recca scrolls downward at one point.

I believe Espgaluda II does too.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:24 am

Gradius V stage 6.

ED-057 · Post by **ED-057** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:17 am

Universe Unknown (MSX) scrolls right to left

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:20 am

The correct answer is R-Type III.

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:05 am

how about "games in which the ship does not face/shoot to the right or up, and where the stage scrolls in the direction that the ship faces." So, for example, the ship shoots to the left and the stage scrolls right-to-left, or the ship shoots down and the stage scrolls down. Gradius V doesn't have this, R-Type III does not have this, etc. I'd be interested in a game like this, just so it can mess with my preconceptions.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:32 am

tada wrote:Recca scrolls downward at one point.

I believe Espgaluda II does too.

Both Espgaluda II and Mushihime-sama Futari have sections where the screen scrolls from right to left, as well as parts where the screen scrolls downward. Mushihime-sama has right to left scrolling in parts of Stage 3 as well.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:41 am

kengou wrote:the ship shoots to the left and the stage scrolls right-to-left, or the ship shoots down and the stage scrolls down. Gradius V doesn't have this,

Sega Genesis Shadow Dancer bonus stages.

Kaiser · Post by **Kaiser** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:51 am

Fantasy zone series! They both scroll in left and right... only forced right at bosses (Btw Fantasy Zone for Arcade/ps2 and super fantasy zone for genesis are best... ignore lame fantasy zone 2)

Lili-Xiang · Post by **Lili-Xiang** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:51 am

A boss fight in G-Darius... I think if I remember right. You end up turning
around and persuing the boss backwards for a while, but end up turning
back around again soon after. (does that count?)

djvinc · Post by **djvinc** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:05 am

There's a passage in Ketsui that scrolls downwards. It's supposed to be this passage that prevents it from being ported to the PS2 (not because of the scrolling, but for the graphics diversity at that time)

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:16 am

Many of Cave games have at least some type of non-traditional scrolling:

Progear (stage 4...scrolls up the entire stage)
Guwange ( all stages scroll up,sideways, and diagonal )
Galuda II (stages 2 & 6 diagonal in part)(stage diagonal and backwards in parts)
Ketsui (Stage 5 scrolls backwards in one part)

The new Mamoru-kun game will also have some diagonal scrolling.

boagman · Post by **boagman** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:40 am

Huh. Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet: Capcom's Section Z.

ARCADIA · Post by **ARCADIA** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:16 am

Namco's Sky Kid

Post by **Shatterhand** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:53 pm

Androgynus does indeed scrolls down but your hero is always pointing to either left or right. It's an hybrid of a vertical and horizontal shmup. (Maybe that's why it's called Androgynus?) .

Interesting game, though I little too boring. I will always remember it as the game that made a gathering of people disperse very quickly in an MSX fair (Lots of people were around a Turbo-R while it was playing Space Manbow. At some point the guy decided to change it to Androgynous and one second later no one else was looking at the Turbo-R anymore, heh

)

Post by **Shatterhand** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:55 pm

Rob wrote:
kengou wrote:the ship shoots to the left and the stage scrolls right-to-left, or the ship shoots down and the stage scrolls down. Gradius V doesn't have this,
Sega Genesis Shadow Dancer bonus stages.

except those stages are piss easy. Just stay on the right corner and keep shooting. Not one single enemy will escape.

Can't see the point of a bonus stage if it's so retardly easy.,

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:10 pm

Rob's 91-95 favourite Varth features a section where you fly around the exterior of a floating island (the game scrolls around in a clockwise circle).

Radirgy's first and second boss feature every-which-way scrolling.

Post by **system11** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:26 pm

boagman wrote:Huh. Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet: Capcom's Section Z.

And the sequels (Side Arms, Forgotten Worlds). Also surprised it took so long for these to come up.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:20 pm

are there any games where the action is concentrated to the left or downwards tho?

(not just the scrolling)

Kaiser · Post by **Kaiser** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:27 pm

sven666 wrote:are there any games where the action is concentrated to the left or downwards tho?

(not just the scrolling)

Thunderforce III AND AC have some moments of forced scrolling to down or left (Battleship stage) and in both on orn base sometimes action scrolls down then up etc.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:34 pm

Kaiser wrote:
sven666 wrote:are there any games where the action is concentrated to the left or downwards tho?

(not just the scrolling)
Thunderforce III AND AC have some moments of forced scrolling to down or left (Battleship stage) and in both on orn base sometimes action scrolls down then up etc.

yeah but the action is always concentrated towards the right in the thunderforce games (unless you count the freeroaming in TF2).

i was more wondering if theres a shmup where your ship faces left or downwards all the time (regardless of scrolling) ??

SleepersEye · Post by **SleepersEye** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:38 pm

Viewpoint is entirely isometric.

stuminator · Post by **stuminator** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:39 pm

Eco Fighters has some short segments with downwards and diagonal scrolling.

eight · Post by **eight** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:49 pm

Death Smiles anyone?

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:17 pm

eight wrote:Death Smiles anyone?

Does it actually scroll both ways? You have your front and back attacks, but I've only seen it scroll forward.

Post by **nZero** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:59 pm

UN Squadron arcade has you turning around and taking another pass at some bosses if you don't destroy them on the first pass.