Apart from a focus on shooting lots of enemies, this genre scrolls on a fixed axis, either automatically (like Xevious) or by player input (like Defender).
tag : #scrollingshmup games : 280
Scramble
Scramble, March 1981@987
Life Force
NES 1987@1454
1943: The Battle of Midway
Arcade 1987@411
Hybris
Amiga 1987@2
Menace
Amiga 1988@1685
R-Type I
PC Engine 1988@2573
Truxton
SEGA Genesis 1989@1451
Battle Squadron
Amiga 1989@3
Twin Hawk
Arcade 1989@1778
Gun-Nac
NES 1990@1922
Carrier Air Wing
CP System 1990@2611
W Ring: The Double Rings
PC Engine 1990@2625
Cyber Core
PC Engine 1990@2586
GG Aleste
Game Gear 1990@2892
Crisis Force
NES 1991@1363
Super R-Type
SNES 1991@231
Vimana
Toaplan Version 1 1991@1779
Dogyuun
Toaplan Version 2 1992@1462
Raiden Trad
SNES 1992@1796
Batsugun
Toaplan Version 2 1993@1446
Mahou Daisakusen
Toaplan Version 2 1993@1447
R-Type III: The Third Lightning
SNES 1993@181
Pop'n TwinBee
SNES 1993@2411
Sylphia
PC Engine CD 1993@3238
Gunbird
Arcade 1994@1003
19XX: The War Against Destiny
CP System II 1995@2824
Twin Cobra II
Arcade 1996@995
G-Darius
PlayStation 1998@1407
Armed Police Batrider
Toaplan Version 2 1998@1127
Dimahoo
CP System II 2000@2838
Espgaluda
Arcade 2003@1456
R-Type Final
PlayStation 2 2003@42
Raiden III
PlayStation 2 2005@1619
Deathsmiles: Deluxe Edition
Xbox 360 2007@272
Guwange
Xbox 360 2010@354
Solace
Windows 2010@203
Jamestown
Windows 2011@332
Sine Mora
Xbox 360 2012@431
Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours
PlayStation 4 2015@1633
Hyper Sentinel
PlayStation 4 2018@2029
Flight of Pigarus
SEGA Master System 2018@3285
R-Type Final 2
PlayStation 4 2021@2795
1993 Space Machine
Steam Deck 2022@3324
Cygni: All Guns Blazing
PlayStation 5 2024@4363
Defender (Arcade)
River Raid (Atari 2600)
Chopper Command (Atari 2600)
Gradius (Arcade)
Terra Cresta (Arcade)
Gun.Smoke (Arcade)
Alpha Mission (Arcade)
4-D Warriors (Arcade)
Zanac (NES)
Uridium (Commodore 64)
Hyper Dyne Side Arms (Arcade)
Knightmare (MSX)
Gulkave (Sega SG-1000)
Rafflesia (Sega System 1)
Zanac EX (MSX2)
R-Type (Irem M72 Family)
1943: The Battle of Midway (Arcade)
Hybris (Amiga)
Terra Force (Arcade)
Truxton (Toaplan Version 1)
Silkworm (Arcade)
Menace (Amiga)
Formation Armed F (Arcade)
Forgotten Worlds (CP System)
IO (Commodore 64)
Parodius (MSX)
R-Type I (PC Engine)
Dragon Spirit (Sharp X68000)
R-Type (Amiga)
R-Type II (Irem M72 Family)
XMultiply (Irem M72 Family)
Abadox: The Deadly Inner War (NES)
Blazing Lazers (PC Engine)
Twin Hawk (Arcade)
Mr. Heli (PC Engine)
Cotton (System 16)
Aleste Gaiden (MSX2)
Gradius III (SNES)
X-Out (Amiga)
Z-Out (Amiga)
Fire Shark (SEGA Genesis)
Arrow Flash (SEGA Genesis)
Gun-Nac (NES)
Carrier Air Wing (CP System)
Down Load (PC Engine)
Cyber Core (PC Engine)
Sinistron (PC Engine)
Sagaia (SEGA Genesis)
GG Aleste (Game Gear)
Insector X (SEGA Genesis)
Hellfire (SEGA Genesis)
Rabio Lepus Special (PC Engine)
Darius Plus (PC Engine)
Zombie Nation (NES)
Xexex (Arcade)
Super R-Type (SNES)
R-Type II (Amiga)
Vimana (Toaplan Version 1)
Salamander (PC Engine)
R-Type Complete CD (PC Engine CD)
Gallop - Armed Police Unit (Irem M72 Family)
Override (PC Engine)
Trouble Shooter (SEGA Genesis)
CrossFire (SEGA Genesis)
Twin Cobra (SEGA Genesis)
Dogyuun (Toaplan Version 2)
Rayxanber III (PC Engine CD)
Apidya (Amiga)
Sol-Deace (SEGA Genesis)
Truxton II (Toaplan Version 2)
Gley Lancer (SEGA Genesis)
Terra Cresta II: Mandler no Gyakushuu (PC Engine)
Parodiusu Da! Shinwa kara Owarai (PC Engine)
Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou (PC Engine CD)
Star Parodier (PC Engine CD)
Bio-Hazard Battle (SEGA Genesis)
BlaZeon (SNES)
Pop'n TwinBee (SNES)
Lords of Thunder (Sega CD)
Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams (PC Engine CD)
Sylphia (PC Engine CD)
DonPachi (Cave 68000)
19XX: The War Against Destiny (CP System II)
Philosoma (PlayStation)
Einhänder (PlayStation)
DoDonPachi (Cave 68000)
R-Type Delta (PlayStation)
Armed Police Batrider (Toaplan Version 2)
Giga Wing (CP System II)
Dimahoo (CP System II)
Mars Matrix (CP System II)
Zanac X Zanac (PlayStation)
DoDonPachi DaiOuJou (Arcade)
R-Type Final (PlayStation 2)
Jamestown (Windows)
Switch 'n' Shoot (Windows)
Sky Force Anniversary (Xbox One)
Rym 9000 (Windows)
Zenodyne R (Windows)
Super Hydorah (PlayStation 4)
Galactic Wars (PICO-8)
Hyper Sentinel (PlayStation 4)
Flight of Pigarus (SEGA Master System)
R-Type Final 2 (PlayStation 4)
Crisis Wing (PlayStation 5)
Mutants from the Deep (Windows)
Empire Strikes Back (Commodore 64)
Remote Life (PlayStation 5)
Arcade Archives DARIUS (PlayStation 4)
Z-Warp (PlayStation 5)
Cygni: All Guns Blazing (PlayStation 5)