Forced scrolling platform games

[Elixir]

It's not forced but it doesn't matter. If you want a good platformer, play IWBTG or N+.

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Every other level of SD Gundam Psycho Salamander is auto-scrolling. There's not much platform action there though. It plays more like a (very) poor mans Metal Slug.

The second out of three segments in each level of Ufo Senshi Yohko Chan is also and auto-scrolling platform-shooter part. Once again the game is rather slow and lacklustre.

Both are arcade games.

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And of course there's Toaplan's Demon's World/Horror Story. I'm surprised nobody's mentioned it before.

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Did I mention Noahs Ark for the NES? Once again the forced scrolling is slow, slow, slow. Most games of this kind would be better without the forced scrolling.

[nem]

And of course there's Toaplan's Demon's World/Horror Story. I'm surprised nobody's mentioned it before.

Funny, I actually own this game

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Wolf Fang for the Saturn looks pretty intense:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=impWUb0WIeA

I like the way it changes the direction of scrolling every so often. I actually implemented this in my own game yesterday.

[ZOM]

Wolf Fang for the Saturn looks pretty intense:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=impWUb0WIeA

I like the way it changes the direction of scrolling every so often. I actually implemented this in my own game yesterday.

Isn't the PCB version of this called 'Rohga Armor Force'? I think it's the same game.
Anyway, played this a couple times in mame; It's good. Very challenging game.
Cool thing about it is the mech customization, for example you can change the lower body from bipedal to tank and there's a ton of different weapons.

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Isn't the PCB version of this called 'Rohga Armor Force'? I think it's the same game.

Yes it is. Ironically, I downloaded this game for Mame earlier today but never got around to playing it. Out of the six or so games I have downloaded today, three have been auto-scrolling platform shooters. Must be karma...

[Ganelon]

The home ports of Wolf Fang each include an additional mode that change things up a bit.

And while we're on mecha titles, for an innovative forced scrolling beat-em-up with very minor platforming elements towards the end, there's Edono Kiba.

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Having played some rounds of Rohga Armor Force I must say I like the speed of the game but would have liked more of the action to take place on the ground, like most run'n guns. It could have been a great auto-scrolling Contra.

[Despatche]

so i kinda just realized that this is a real subgenre with lots of games in it. psycho salamander is cool, and suggesting it's a "poor man's metal slug" is troll logic... it's like saying cabal is a poor man's time crisis

i think it'd be fair to consider most of these shmups. i don't think anyone would argue that moon patrol isn't a shmup, and stuff like demon world/psycho salamander/wolf fang are more or less the same thing. besides, we have stuff like starfox now, last i checked... i don't know

[GSK]

B.C. = Before Canabalt, clearly.

[trap15]

If you want a good platformer, play IWBTG or N+.

Gold from the old ages. lmao

[Drum]

The first scrolling platformer was one of these: Jump Bug! Fun game.
I guess Gumshoe should count. Light gun control is unconventional, but it's definitely a platformer of a kind.

[Koa Zo]

Rescue Shot Bubibo is another unconventional lightgun scroller.
Vib Ribbon also comes to mind. Though both of those games have obstacle elements moreso than platforms.

[BrianC]

The SMB Game & Watch is an autoscroller, though you still have to move forward to progress. Fun game, especially using the code to start on a higher difficulty level.