View Full Version : List of 8-bit titles that features diagonal scroll and/or on screen looping .
Yukio
10-01-2008, 08:16 PM
Does anyone knew about any good title for home computer or console?
8-bit games includes machines like SEGA Master System, MSX2/2+, PC Engine , NES, C64 and others ...
Any particular space shooter or platform game that you remember about?
What are your personal favourites if any !?
One complain from a lot of players is that some games would feature a much better game play if diagonal scroll could be implemented into the game engine. Much like action adventures or arcade pinball titles.
Oobgarm
10-01-2008, 08:36 PM
I always remember Isolated Warrior on NES to be somewhat fun. It used a 3/4 perspective.
Rob2600
10-01-2008, 09:20 PM
R.C. Pro-Am for the NES featured lots of diagonal scrolling.
gdement
10-02-2008, 12:53 AM
Super Mario Brothers 3
annoyance - I tried typing SMB3 - but it keeps changing my letters to lowercase.
vintagegamecrazy
10-02-2008, 01:59 AM
don't some of the Ninja turtles games scroll diagnally?
Yukio
10-02-2008, 02:56 AM
The game on arcade does "scroll diagonally" and has digital audio (but it was not a 8-bit original game) ... After more than two years and I still need to try the NES cartridges. The first game was reported to be 'almost' the same that the home computers got. The second is the "arcade" game.Probably someone could skip both and get part III ...
Some space shooters from Konami also does scrolling in the diagonal way, Space Manbow for MSX2/2+ is famous because of the intensive use of scroll ... But this game use a special custom sound chip (SCC) that is also a ROM "mapper"!
Konami also has some Japanese cartridges for Famicom with build in custom sound chips.
Galaxy 5000, one of my favorite NES titles, scrolled in all directions as it followed ships around the track, if I remember correctly.
Overbite
10-02-2008, 12:46 PM
I think Cobra Triangle scrolled diagonally but I hate Cobra Triangle so I'm not about to go check.
StakeRaiser
10-02-2008, 04:01 PM
I remember Zen - Intergalactic Ninja on NES having a couple of Diagonal scrolling levels
Pretty decent game too
Mason P.
10-02-2008, 04:38 PM
Solar Jetman??