| auto-scroll |
| When the play area automatically moves in some direction without any input from the player. Auto-scrolling playfields are commonly used for vehicle-based shoot 'em ups, but the technique appears in side-scrollers like Altered Beast. Usually, but not always, the scrolling movement stops at boss encounters. Sometimes, auto-scrolling is specific to certain levels of a game. Notable examples include the specific World sections of the 2-D Mario games, the horseback riding scenes in Sunset Riders, the chase scenes in Alien Storm and the infamous Turbo Tunnel level in the original Battletoads. |
| Game list: |
| Alien Storm (arcade), Altered Beast (arcade), Battletoads (NES), Captain Commando (arcade), Ninja Combat (Neo Geo), Shinobi III (Genesis), Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (SNES), Sunset Riders (arcade), Superman (arcade), Super Mario Bros. (NES) |
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