Games that scroll in the opposite direction

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:13 pm

Thanks for the answers!

kengou wrote: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.

Yeah, that's probably why Abadox got me asking this question while the alternate scrolling in games like R-Type III didn't. It feels so strange, even though the gameplay is fundamentally identical to titles with traditional scrolling. If you turned your monitor upside-down you'd get the same experience (though unless you can rewire your brain you'd better remap that controller).

Lili-Xiang wrote: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?)

Darius II does the same thing for boss fights. Gaiden doesn't, and I'm not sure about the others in the series.

GaijinPunch wrote:Progear (stage 4...scrolls up the entire stage)

That reminds me, stage 4 of R-Type Delta is set up like that too. The U-shaped third stage of R-Type III mixed it up, with it moving from downward to rightward to upward scrolling.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:20 pm

I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned Philosoma yet.

Post by **system11** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:15 pm

Kiken wrote:I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned Philosoma yet.

The hive mind is still trying to forget it.

ARCADIA · Post by **ARCADIA** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:46 pm

Bermuda Triangle has a backward scrolling.

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:25 pm

Thunderforce 2 and 3 I believe.

Sidearms?

Vanguard?

Maybe I didn't understand the way the explanation was told.

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:35 pm

ARCADIA wrote:Namco's Sky Kid

I think of this same game.

Silly me I always associate this game with Sunsoft as a child as they are the ones who publish it on the NES

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:40 pm

You all keep talking about stage 3 in R-Type III, when it's actually stage 4 where you scroll right to left, going over a previous area backwards after the miniboss.

ReKleSS · Post by **ReKleSS** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:56 am

Trying to play Progear flipped horizontally was somewhat weird. Requires a lot more concentration.

Lili-Xiang · Post by **Lili-Xiang** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:24 am

Gradius 3 and 4, and 5... fortress stages...

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:04 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SZNtSfqipg Telling from this YouTube video, Fighting Hawk's second stage has a section that scrolls downward while the plane is facing forward. I haven't heard of Fighting Hawk until recently. KLOV (incorrectly?) lists it as the second in the Hishou Zame/Flying Shark/Shark and Same Same Same/Fire Shark series, though I'm guessing they got it mixed up with Twin Hawk/Daisenpuu. The game does look Toaplan-ish, though.