- Scrolling
production , and other kinetic displays, scrolling is sliding text, images or video across a monitor or display. Scrolling , as such, does not change the layout of the text or pictures, but incrementally ... stationary. Smooth scrolling is a feature to reduce what the viewer would perceive as jumps ... is high, therefore successful smooth scrolling in text is most common. Frame rate is speed at which an entire image is redisplayed. It is related to scrolling, in that changes to text and image position ..., one smooth scrolling technique is to blur images during movement that would otherwise appear to jump . Scrolling can also refer to a certain misbehavior conducted in a chat room whereby one person ... control characters. Computing Scrolling is often done on a computer by the CPU or a graphics card. In a WIMP computing WIMP style graphical user interface GUI , scrolling is done with the help of a scrollbar or using keyboard shortcuts, often the arrow key s. Scrolling is often a key feature ... which allow for horizontal scrolling. Software such as Adobe Reader can also be scrolled with the hand ... is applied to touchscreen s, it is referred to as kinetic scrolling . Other PC mouse scrolling ... can be pressed down, functioning like a button. Depending on the software, this allows scrolling in both ... to the original position, scrolling stops. A few scroll wheels can also be tilted, scrolling horizontally ... scrolling is required to view all of it. In applications like graphics and spreadsheet s, the content often has a 2D structure, and horizontal scrolling can be useful and necessary. One dimensional ... writing in East Asian scripts vertical writing , horizontal scrolling is much more inconvenient than vertical scrolling, because when reading the text in order, back and forth scrolling is needed for every line, as opposed to vertical scrolling, which is needed only after reading a whole window or column ... case it places as many words in a single line as will fit the width of the column. Demos Scrolling ... more details
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- Universal Scrolling
Orphan date February 2009 Universal Scrolling refers to a software function within a mouse computing mouse device driver driver that allows a scroll wheel to work with programs that do not natively support that method of input. Usage of the term is not standardized specific behaviors, programming methodologies, and compatibility with applications may vary between drivers from different vendors. If a program supports scroll wheels natively, the Universal Scrolling feature will generally not interfere with the native implementation. See also IntelliPoint SetPoint software SetPoint External links http support.microsoft.com kb 821487 Description of Universal Scrolling Feature for Microsoft IntelliPoint Soft eng stub Category Pointing devices Category User interface techniques ... more details
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- Parallax scrolling
refimprove date September 2007 VG Graphics Parallax scrolling is a special scrolling technique in computer graphics , wherein background images move by the camera slower than foreground images, creating an illusion of depth in a 2D video game and adding to the immersion. ref cite news title Cap. O Rourke to the rescue url http news.google.com newspapers?id drgTAAAAIBAJ&sjid S5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg 3478,303305&dq parallax scrolling date 1988 09 01 publisher New Straits Times Malaysia accessdate 2009 07 06 ref The technique grew out of the multiplane camera technique used in traditional animation since the 1940s, ref name art cite web title The Art of Parallax Scrolling url http mos.futurenet.com pdf net NET165 tut flash.pdf first Wyatt last Paul date August 2007 accessdate 2009 07 06 ref and was popularized in the 1982 arcade game Moon Patrol . ref cite web title Chronology of the History of Video Games Golden Age url http www.thocp.net software games golden age.htm first Ted last Stahl date 2006 ... scrolling used in titles for video game console systems. The layer method File TWW parallax scrolling sample 1.jpg thumb 250px Layers used for parallax scrolling in The Whispered World Some display ... on the display system. For instance Star Force , an overhead view vertically scrolling ... pattern animation method Scrolling displays built up of individual tiles can be made to float ... used this technique for a scrolling star field, but sometimes a more intricate or multi directional ... with a different position and rate of scrolling. Typically, strips higher on the screen will represent ... system supports rotation and scaling in addition to scrolling an effect popularly known ... Image Parallax scrolling example scene.gif Animation click to play gallery See also 2.5D Belt scroll Scrolling References references DEFAULTSORT Parallax Scrolling Category Video game development Category Parallax ca Despla ament videojocs cs Paralaxn scrolling de Bewegungsparallaxe fr D filement ... more details
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- Scrolling Game Development Kit
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox Software name Scrolling Game Development Kit logo screenshot Image SGDK2IDE.PNG thumb Screenshot showing map editor, graphics editor and sprite definition editor caption developer Benjamin Marty latest release version 2.2.2 latest release date February 14, 2012 operating system Windows XP genre Integrated Development Environment license GPL website http sgdk2.sf.net The Scrolling Game Development Kit aka. SGDK or GameDev is an integrated development environment for creating computer games . While not as popular as Game Maker , it offers a unique set of features particularly useful for creating platform games , and version 2 allows extensive customization features at many levels. Games created with this software can be completed entirely without coding, or can be customized by editing or writing code. Alternatively, the kit can be used in the more as programming tool to create or edit Level computer and video games levels for an external game. The kit s extensibility features allow game data to be used externally. Version 1 Version 1.x more commonly referred to as GameDev had many releases, the last of which was numbered 1.4.6. It was written primarily in VB6 , and utilized a C COM component also part of the open source project called BMDXCtls for access to the DirectX framework. Customization of version 1.x projects is typically done by writing independent VBScript files, and linking them to the project in project settings window .GDP file . Alternatively a project can be customized using the extensibility features described below. Extensibility in version 1.x is achieved via the XML export feature and support for COM automation. XML Export will write the project data .GDP and map data .MAP to a single plain text file with limited binary encoding primarily for storing the tile values . COM automation allows the engine to be accessed from ... HTML5 running sample Category Video game creation software sv Scrolling Game Development ... more details
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- Nebulas Ray
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Nebulas Ray is a vertical Shoot em up Scrolling shooters scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1994. It has many 3 D elements and very detailed graphics. Technical information The game runs on Namco NB 1 hardware. Category 1994 video games Category Arcade games Category Namco games Category Scrolling shooters Scroll shooter videogame stub ja ... more details
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- Gamedev
GameDev may refer to Game development Video Game Development Scrolling Game Development Kit GameDev , a popular website for game developers. GameDevJob , Ukrainian game developers Portal. disambig ... more details
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- Arya Vaiv
Infobox VG title Arya Vaiv image developer Megadream Software publisher Dongleware Verlags GmbH designer engine released 1994 genre Shoot em up Scrolling shooters Scrolling shooter modes Single player ratings platforms Amiga , MS DOS media requirements input Arya Vaiv is a 1994 computer game for the Amiga and MS DOS platforms. It is a top down space simulation space Shoot em up Scrolling shooters shooter with available power ups and a constant stream of enemies. References moby game id arya vaiv Category 1994 video games Category Amiga games Category DOS games Category Scrolling shooters scroll shooter videogame stub ... more details
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- Stargunner (Atari 2600)
for the computer game by 3D Realms Apogee Software Stargunner Infobox VG title Stargunner image developer Telesys publisher Telesys designer engine released 1982 genre Shoot em up Scrolling shooters Scrolling shooter modes ratings platforms Atari 2600 media Cartridge electronics Cartridge requirements input Joystick Stargunner is a Shoot em up Scrolling shooters scrolling shooter game released in 1982 for the Atari 2600 . Sources http www.digitpress.com DP cmf game.cmf?gameid 24252 http www.atariage.com software page.html?SoftwareLabelID 506 Category Atari 2600 games Category 1982 video games Atari console stub scroll shooter videogame stub es Stargunner ... more details
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- Sidescroller (disambiguation)
Sidescrollers mostly refer to side scrolling video game s, but may also refer to SideScrollers comics SideScrollers comics , a graphic novel from Oni Press SideScrollers, a podcast on ScrewAttack SideScrollers ScrewAttack disambig ... more details
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- Sky Kid Deluxe
Unreferenced date April 2007 Infobox VG title Sky Kid Deluxe image Image Skykiddx.png developer Namco publisher Namco designer release 1986 genre Shoot em up Scrolling shooters Scrolling shooter modes 2 players can play simultaneously cabinet Upright, cabaret, and cocktail arcade system Namco System 86 display Horizontal orientation, Raster graphics Raster input 8 way Joystick 3 buttons platforms Arcade game Arcade Sky Kid Deluxe is a horizontal Shoot em up Scrolling shooters scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1986. It runs on Namco System 86 hardware and as the name suggests, it is the sequel to Sky Kid , released in the previous year. The gameplay is more difficult than the original, and it also introduces several new enemies and missions. It has received its first ever port to a console on Namco Museum Virtual Arcade for the Xbox 360 . arcade stub Category 1986 video games Category Arcade games Category Namco games Category Scrolling shooters ro Sky Kid Deluxe ... more details
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- Flashgal
Infobox VG title image caption developer Sega publisher Sega released vgrelease NA 1985 JP 1985 platforms Arcade Game genre Shoot em up Scrolling shooters Scrolling shooter modes Single player video game Single player cabinet Upright input 8 way Joystick , 2 Button control Buttons cpu Zilog Z80 Z80 sound General Instrument AY 3 8910 AY8910 display Raster graphics Raster , 224 x 288 pixels, 256 colors Flashgal is a 1985 in video gaming 1985 Shoot em up Scrolling shooters scrolling shooter arcade game by Sega . The game was popularly known as Wonder Woman Arcade due to character resemblance with DC Comics Wonder Woman . External links KLOV game id 7824 http www.gamefaqs.com arcade 567424 flashgal data GameFAQs Category 1985 video games Category Arcade games Category Sega games Category Sega arcade games Category Scrolling shooters Category Run and gun games arcade stub runandgun videogame stub ... more details
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- Fighter & Attacker
Infobox VG title Fighter & Attacker image File FighterandAttackerScreenshotArcade.png 250px Fighter & Attacker caption In game screenshot developer Namco publisher Namco designer composer Shinji Hosoe br Takayuki Aihara release 1992 genre Vertical Shoot em up Scrolling shooters scrolling shooter modes 2 players can play simultaneously cabinet Upright, cabaret, and cocktail arcade system Namco NA 1 display Vertical orientation, Raster graphics Raster , 224 x 288 resolution input 8 way Joystick 2 buttons platforms Arcade game Arcade Fighter & Attacker original Japanese title F A is a vertical Shoot em up Scrolling shooters scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1992. Unlike most vertical scrolling shooters, which limit the player to a single ship design with no chance to choose a different one Fighter & Attacker allows the player to choose from a Squadron aviation squadron of 16 different fighter jets from many different countries air forces. The types of guns, secondary weapons and amount of ammo differ from jet to jet, with the Lockheed F 117 Nighthawk F 117A being considered the fighter jet with the best amount of success. External links KLOV game id 7776 NamcoBandai stub scroll shooter videogame stub Category 1992 video games Category Arcade games Category Namco games Category Scrolling shooters ja F A ... more details
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- ESWAT
ESWAT may refer to ESWAT Cyber Police , a 1989 scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Sega ESWAT City Under Siege , a 1990 side scrolling platform video game for the Sega Mega Drive Sega Genesis video game console ESWAT Appleseed ESWAT , a fictional force in Appleseed manga Appleseed disambig DEFAULTSORT Eswat pt ESWAT ... more details
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- Mars Rising
Infobox VG title Mars Rising image Deleted image removed Image Mars Rising.png Mars Rising icon developer Ambrosia Software publisher Ambrosia Software designer engine released 1997 in video gaming 1997 genre Shoot em up Scrolling shooters Scrolling shooter modes Single player ratings platforms Mac OS media requirements input Mars Rising is a computer game by Ambrosia Software , similar to many top scrolling arcade shooters. It has a sequel, Deimos Rising . It is only available for Apple Macintosh computers. It is similar to the scroll arcade shooter, Xevious . External links Official http www.ambrosiasw.com games mr Ambrosia Software scroll shooter videogame stub mac software stub Category 1997 video games Category Ambrosia Software games Category Mac OS only games Category Scrolling shooters Category Mars in fiction ... more details
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- TwinWave
Unreferenced date December 2006 Orphan date November 2009 TwinWave is a GtkPlug which manages two sessions of GTKWave in a single window. This allows for scrolling and other GUI manipulations to be performed in lockstep across both sessions. Category GTK Software stub ... more details
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- Reisen
Reisen may mean Rydzyna , Poland A6M Reisen , the Japanese fighter aircraft extensively used in World War II Reisen Udongein Inaba , a fictional character of the Touhou Project scrolling shooters dab de Reisen he ... more details
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- Cyvern: The Dragon Weapons
Infobox VG title Cyvern The Dragon Weapons image Image Cyvern Title.png 225px Title screen of Cyvern The Dragon Weapons developer Kaneko publisher Kaneko designer release 1998 genre Shoot em up Scrolling shooters Scrolling shooter modes Up to 2 players, simultaneously cabinet upright arcade system Super Kaneko Nova System display Raster graphics Raster standard resolution, vertical input 8 way Joystick , 2 buttons platforms Arcade game Arcade Cyvern The Dragon Weapons is a vertically scrolling shoot em up released in 1998 in video gaming 1998 by Japanese people Japanese company Kaneko . External links KLOV game id 7475 http www.arcade history.com ?n cyvern the dragon weapons&page detail&id 565 Cyvern The Dragon Weapons at Arcade History Category 1998 video games Category Arcade games Category Scrolling shooters scroll shooter videogame stub ... more details
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- Venus The Flytrap
otheruses Venus Flytrap disambiguation Infobox VG title Venus The Flytrap image Image VenusTheFlytrap.jpg 250px caption developer Gremlin Graphics publisher Gremlin Graphics distributor designer version released 1990 in video gaming 1990 genre Side scrolling video game Side scrolling modes Single player ratings platforms Amiga , Atari ST media requirements input Venus The Flytrap is a apocalypse post apocalyptic side scrolling video game released in 1990 for the Amiga and Atari ST . External links moby game id venus the flytrap name Venus The Flytrap Amiga game stub AtariST game stub Category 1990 video games Category Amiga games Category Atari ST games fr Venus the Flytrap ... more details
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- Sorcer Striker
Infobox VG title image developer Raizing publisher Able Corporation arcade br Eighting EzWeb br designer release 1993 ? arcade br 2005 ? EzWeb br genre Vertical Shoot em up Scrolling shooters scrolling shooter composer Atsuhiro Motoyama modes Single player , Cooperative gameplay Cooperative cabinet Upright input 8 way joystick , 2 buttons platforms Arcade game Arcade , FM Towns , X68000 , EzWeb Sorcer Striker , also released in Japan as nihongo Mahou Daisakusen Magic Armageddon is a 1993 medieval themed Shoot em up Scrolling shooters scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Raizing and published in Japan by Able for video arcade s, and later ported to the X68000 and FM Towns . It is the first game in the Mahou Daisakusen trilogy, which includes Kingdom Grand Prix and Dimahoo . External links http www.8ing.net netmag shoot Eighting mobile page Category 1993 video games Category 2005 video games Category Arcade games Category Scrolling shooters arcade stub shooter videogame stub ja ... more details
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- Uch? no Kishi: Tekkaman Blade
Infobox VG title Uch no Kishi Tekkaman Blade image File Tekkaman Blade.jpg 190px Uch no Kishi Tekkaman Blade developer Bec company Bec publisher Bec designer engine released July 30, 1993 genre Shoot em up Scrolling shooters Scrolling shooter Fighting game modes Single player 2 Players ratings platforms Game Boy , Super Nintendo Entertainment System Super Famicom , NEC PC 9801 media ROM cartridge Cartridge requirements input Uch no Kishi Tekkaman Blade is a Shoot em up Scrolling shooters scrolling shooter video game released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System Super Famicom in 1993. The game is based on the anime series Tekkaman Blade , as the player takes the role of the Tekkaman Blade in the game. The main part of the game is a Shoot em up Scrolling shooters scrolling shooter . When a boss fight occurs, the game turns into a fighting game. There is also a two player versus mode. External links http www.lupinencyclopedia.com avrc game 238.php Anime Video Game Resource Center Tekkaman Blade TEK DEFAULTSORT Uchu No Kishi Tekkaman Blade Category 1992 video games Category Japan exclusive video games Category Scrolling shooters Category Video games based on anime and manga Category Versus fighting games Category Game Boy games Category Super Nintendo Entertainment System games Category NEC PC 9801 games Category Tekkaman scroll shooter videogame stub fighting videogame stub ... more details
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- Gorgon (video game)
Infobox VG title Gorgon image File Gorgon.png 250px Gorgon caption Screenshot from the Apple II developer Sirius Software Sirius Software, Inc. publisher Sirius Software, Inc. designer Nasir Gebelli released June 1981 genre Shoot em up Scrolling shooters Horizontally scrolling shoot em up modes Single player platforms Apple II series Apple II requirements Gorgon is a Shoot em up Scrolling shooters horizontally scrolling shoot em up Apple II series Apple II computer game , designed by Nasir Gebelli and developed by Sirius Software , that was released in June 1981 in video gaming 1981 . ref name moby Within a year, by June 1982, the game had sold 23,000 copies, making it one of the List of best selling PC video games best selling computer games at the time. ref name cgw 1982 Cite document work Computer Gaming World year 1982 month September October volume 2 issue 5 page 2 title List of Top Sellers ref Summary This video game is an early monochrome clone of the arcade game Defender video game Defender . It was written in the E Z Draw assembly language by Nasir Gebelli . In Gorgon , the player flies a spaceship across a side scrolling landscape while protecting civilians on the ground from aliens that drop down from the top of the screen to try to carry them off. ref name moby MobyGames id gorgon name Gorgon ref There was also a version of this game for the PC around the same time period, though it is apparently a rare item today. References reflist Category 1981 video games Category Apple II games Category Apple II only games Category Side scrolling video games Category Shoot em ups computer game stub ... more details
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- Rayxanber
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Rayxanber is the name of a series of Shoot em up Scrolling shooters scrolling shooter type video games in which the first installment was released in 1990. The games were developed by Japanese software company Data West . The format of the games are horizontally aligned in vein of shooters like Gradius and R Type . The game series details the on going war between mankind and a race of invading aliens belonging to the Zoul Empire. The player s primary enemy consisted of bioship bioships and enormous organic fortresses. Games Rayxanber Year Released 1990 Format Fujitsu FM Towns FM Towns Rayxanber II Year Released 1991 Format NEC Corporation NEC PC Engine TurboGrafx 16 Rayxanber III Year Released 1992 Format NEC Corporation NEC PC Engine TurboGrafx 16 Category Scrolling shooters Category Video game franchises Scroll shooter videogame stub ... more details
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- Space Bomber
For the concept Space bomber disambiguation Infobox VG title Space Bomber image Image Sbomberb.png 225px Title screen of Space Bomber developer Psikyo publisher Psikyo designer release 1998 genre Shoot em up Scrolling shooters Scrolling shooter modes Up to 2 players, simultaneously cabinet Upright arcade system display Raster graphics Raster standard resolution, vertical input 8 way Joystick , 2 buttons platforms Arcade game Arcade Space Bomber is a shoot em up arcade game released in 1998 by Japanese company Psikyo . External links http www.x nauts.com psikyo product spb index.html Psikyo s Space Bomber page http www.arcade history.com ?n space bomber&page detail&id 2520 arcade history.com entry arcade stub Category 1998 video games Category Arcade games Category Psikyo games Category Scrolling shooters ja ... more details
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- Flying Tigers (video game)
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Flying Tigers was a traditional top down scrolling shooter game for PC. The game was originally brought out in 1993 and ran on MS DOS . Game design was basic, but the weapon system introduced in the game was addictive, since it was associated with the concept of loot. Gamers enjoyed the game mainly because of its capturing music score. Game Soundtrack quality was way ahead of the game itself. There was no story in spite of the opening scene in the game which consisted of scrolling story . Gamers also enjoyed the different types of algorithms employed in enemy hitpoints, since it forced the games to use strategy in picking and destroying the enemies. Its faced paced nature and stunning visuals have lead it to be considered by critics to be the greatest game ever created. DEFAULTSORT Flying Tigers Video Game Category 1993 video games Category DOS games Category Scrolling shooters Scroll shooter videogame stub ... more details
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- Anarchy (video game)
Infobox video game title Anarchy developer WJS Design publisher Psygnosis Amiga, Atari ST ref http www.mobygames.com game anarchy ref designer Chris Sorrell engine released 1990 Amiga, Atari ST genre Side scrolling shooter modes Single player ratings platforms Amiga , Atari ST media Floppy Disk The 3 inch microfloppy diskette Floppy disk requirements input Anarchy is a side scrolling shooter video game . It was released in 1990 for both Amiga and Atari ST. It involved the player piloting a spaceship on a continuously looping level in a sci fi setting. References references External links moby game id anarchy name anarchy Category 1990 video games Category Scrolling shooters Category Amiga games Category Atari ST games Scroll shooter videogame stub ... more details
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