side-scrolling
Platformer camera movement
Side-scrolling describes a video game format where the action moves horizontally across the screen, with the viewpoint tracking the player's character from the side.
The style dominated early platformers and beat-em-ups: classic side-scrolling games like Super Mario Bros.
The term also works as a noun: a side-scroller.
Position change from different vantages
- spritesTiny supernatural beings
- tilesetCollection of game graphics
- layersStacked levels or coatings
- backgroundOne's formative experiences
foreground · scrolling · animation · bitmap · viewport · rendering · canvas · frame
Combat-focused action genre
- run-and-gunMobile aggressive attack style
- shooterOne who fires weapons
- platformerLeap-based video game
- actionProcess of doing
Vintage computing standard
- 16-bitComputing word length
- NES1980s home gaming system
- SNES1990s gaming platform abbreviation
- GenesisFirst biblical book
chiptune · cartridge · CRT · scanlines · nostalgia · pixel · joystick · Amiga
Jump-based video game genre
- jumpingPropelling oneself airborne
- runningSwift foot travel
- obstacleSomething blocking the way
- power-upCollected in-game enhancement
level · boss · enemy · lives · checkpoint · hitbox · collision · spawn
Italian masculine name
- SonicBlue gaming icon
- ContraNicaraguan anti-government fighter
- MetroidFictional parasitic alien species
- CastlevaniaGothic action game series
Strider · Battletoads · Rayman · Cuphead
parallax
Position change from different vantages
background · foreground · scrolling · animation · bitmap · viewport · rendering · canvas · frame · resolution
beat-em-up
Combat-focused action genre
- run-and-gunMobile aggressive attack style
- shooterOne who fires weapons
- platformerLeap-based video game
8-bit
Vintage computing standard
Genesis · chiptune · cartridge · CRT · scanlines · nostalgia · pixel · joystick · Amiga · emulator
platforming
Jump-based video game genre
power-up · level · boss · enemy · lives · checkpoint · hitbox · collision · spawn · respawn
Mario
Italian masculine name
- SonicBlue gaming icon
- ContraNicaraguan anti-government fighter
- MetroidFictional parasitic alien species
Castlevania · Strider · Battletoads · Rayman · Cuphead
- arcade gamesclaw machine, Asteroids, Galaga, Defender, coin-op
- Shoot-'Em-Upsbullet hell, barrage, hitbox, grazing, power-up
- MetroidvaniasMetroid, Castlevania, Hollow Knight, backtracking, exploration
side-scrollingfirst-person
"I" as narrator
top-down · isometric · bird's-eye view · third-person · over-the-shoulder
side, sideways, scroll, sidelong, scrolls, sideward, sidewards, scroller, scrollers