http://wiki.selectbutton.net/ 2026-05-01T02:40:11-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/ http://wiki.selectbutton.net/lib/tpl/desertcalm/images/favicon.ico text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:belt_scrollers?rev=1491659908&do=diff Belt Scrollers also known as: Beat 'em ups, Brawlers, Scrolling Fighters. Examples Arcade Mega Drive NES PC * Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds * The TakeOver SNES Related links * Good brawlers on the PS2? - September 2008 forum thread. * Belt Scroll Action Game List *Not for those with slow i-net - 2010 forum thread in Galaxy Odyssey. * Beat Em Ups - March 2011 selectbutton thread. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:block_puzzles?rev=1491659908&do=diff Block Puzzles Block Puzzles are puzzle games where a player is given the task of stacking or reordering blocks in order to eliminate them. These games are driven heavily by the players desire for a high score. Methods of elimination vary by game; some require a full horizontal line of blocks be created, some require a certain number of colored blocks be placed adjacent one another, which can be horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Some games only require those pieces be touching, as long as… text/html 2017-09-06T01:30:23-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:bomberclones?rev=1504675823&do=diff Bomberclones AKA: Bomberman Clones, Bombermanifolds. Examples FIXME * Bakuto Dotchers text/html 2017-12-16T22:32:56-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:breakanoids?rev=1513481576&do=diff Breakanoids also known as: Block kuzushi (Block destuction) In a Breakanoid the player controls a paddle, which is used to juggle a ball. If the ball falls below the paddle (to the bottom of the screen) then a 'life' is lost. If the ball hits the screen's top, its sides, or obstacles ('bricks'), it will bounce. The goal is to clear the screen of bricks. Variations include a paddle that is tiltable, balls which break through text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:bubble_bobb-l-ikes?rev=1491659908&do=diff Bubble Bobb-l-ikes Developed almost exclusively in Japan, Bubble Bobb-l-ikes are cooperative, two-player, arcade videogames characterized by progressing, one-screen stages that are cleared when all enemies have been defeated through means of immobilization. Other common elements include power-ups or score bonuses (often in the form of food) dropped by defeated enemies, collectible letters used to unlock bonus stages once a specific word is completed, and a variety of distinctly themed worlds an… text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:climbers?rev=1491659908&do=diff Climbers Kinda proto-platformers, being platformers without jumping, where the player completes a board by climbing ladders (and other things). Examples * 1980 Space Panic * 1981 Apple Panic * 1982 BurgerTime * 1982 Super Mouse * 1983 Mr. Do's Castle * 1983 Otenba Becky no Daibouken (Tomboyish Becky's Large Adventure) * 1983 text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:doom_clones?rev=1491659908&do=diff Doom Clones Examples Note: the 'System' and 'Date' columns indicate first release. Title System Date Notes Star Luster X68K 1985 - - MIDI Maze Atari ST 1987 - - Top Gun NES 1987 - - Drakken Amiga 1989 - - Top Gun: The Second Mission text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:dungeon_jumper?rev=1491659908&do=diff Dungeon Jumper Child of the Platformer and the Dungeon Crawler. It ran away from home at an early age, maybe because it never got anywhere near as much attention as its sibling, the Metroidvania. Every so often it shows up at the house, maybe a little bit drunk, with some random game developer (almost never the same one twice). It might cause a bit of a scene before it leaves again, but never so much that it won't be forgotten before the next time. In spite of its issues, it's usually a pretty … text/html 2017-08-13T11:56:17-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:earth_scorchers?rev=1502639777&do=diff Earth Scorchers Earth Scorchers---AKA: Artillery Games, AKA: Assault By Battery---are Scorched Earth like games, IE: generally turn-based games where players must aim a cannon of some sort, taking account of wind, and the strength and angle of the shot. Examples text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:ego_shooter?rev=1491659908&do=diff The Ego Shooter * also known as: First-person shooter, FPS, Doom clone, corridor shooter. Notable Examples * Doom First-person modes For first-person modes in other shooters, and perhaps worth mentioning other combat-based games like Bushido Blade? * ? Subgenres text/html 2017-09-05T23:42:08-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:harriets?rev=1504669328&do=diff Harriets Space Harrier clones. A railshooter subset for 2-D games where you can fly. Games * After Burner series * Alantia: Legend of Blue Star - HG101 page. * Attack Animal Gakuen * Master Burner Portions * Knight Arms: The Hyblid Framer - HG101 page. See Also * railshooters * <http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=29964Space Harrier clones> on SB1. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:horse_racing?rev=1491659908&do=diff Horse Racing Examples * Stakes Winner series * Derby Club series * Gallop Racer / G1 Jockey / Champion Jockey series * Battle Jockey * Frankie Dettori Horse Racing * Final Furlong * Winning Post * Melbourne Cup Challenge * Ultra Baken See Also * Horse Racing as theme. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:if?rev=1491659908&do=diff Interactive Fiction Interactive Fiction (IF) classifies a group of games whose presentation and interaction is mostly text-based. For a starting point see the links below. Creating IF One of the biggest positives of the genre (if it is a genre) is the inclusiveness of how easy they are to create, thanks to tools such as text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:metroidvania?rev=1491659908&do=diff Metroidvania also known as (for better, or worse): FIXME Castleroid, Metrovania The name 'Metroidvania' originates from the beginning of the Igavania era of the Castlevania series, when the games seemingly took inspiration from the Metroid series, and became more exploration-based. The term has since become a (misappropriated, and ugly) common descriptor of any game in that style: a 2-D platform game with adventure game elements (a genre well established by many games preceding text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:mimecraft?rev=1491659908&do=diff Mimecraft There are a gazillion craft/building/surival/sandpit games about now, but the term Mineclone is reserved for those which seem to vary little from the Minecraft template. Examples * Freeminer - Android, FreeBSD, Linux, Windows * Minetest - Android, FreeBSD, Linux, OSX, Windows text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:mucousins?rev=1491659908&do=diff Mucousins A overly clever name, for an underly clever genre: Musou like games. Examples (other potential catagories: black sheep, distant relatives.) The immediate family * The Dynasty Warriors games. * The Samurai Warriors games. * The Dynasty Warriors: Gundam text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:nonogames?rev=1491659908&do=diff Nonogames Nonogames are videogames based on Nonograms: logic based puzzles where the goal is to reveal an image. Each row and column is marked with numbers indicating how many boxes are to be filled, but the location of these boxes within the row or column is up to the player to figure out. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:qix-alikes?rev=1491659908&do=diff Qix-alikes also known as: Volfiers; Qixsimile; Galsclones; Qix-Qats; Qixotes A Qix-alike is a videogame where a player must 'claim' are area of the screen (playfield) by containing it within a drawn shape. Sides of this shape will consist of the border of the playfield, and/or shapes drawn previously. There will be a large (boss) enemy moving around the unclaimed space who will damage a player if it touches an in-progress line; as well as enemies who travel along the finished lines, who will d… text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:raster_racers?rev=1491659908&do=diff Raster Racers See Also * Lou's Pseudo 3d Page - Technical info. on different effects relevant to this page. text/html 2018-02-15T23:49:12-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:rollers?rev=1518756552&do=diff Rollers AKA: Ballers Games where you are a sphere and you roll about. Examples (Bunch of new ones popping up. Probably due to beginner tutorials for doing ball-rolling stuff with Unity and Unreal.) * 1984 - Marble Madness * 1997 - Armadillo Racing * 1998 - Kula World * 2001 - Super Monkey Ball * 2003 - text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:rts?rev=1491659908&do=diff Real-time Strategy Games See also * How does one RTS? - SB forum thread. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:shooters?rev=1491659908&do=diff Shooter * also known as: STG, blaster, shoot'em up. History Kinds The name 'shooter' covers a number of genres. Thus particular page covers the first two categories, the others should have their own detailed pages text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:single-screen_platformers?rev=1491659908&do=diff Single-Screen Platformers A Single-Screen Platformer is a platform game wherein the playfield is limited to one screen. Lineage Offshoots Bubble Bobb-l-ikes Examples * Jetpack * Lode Runner * Solomon's Key * Uwol: Quest for Money Megadrive Port * Chuckie Egg text/html 2017-10-28T11:06:23-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:single-screen_racers?rev=1509203183&do=diff Single-screen Racers A Single-screen Racer is a subcategory of the Racing Games family, whose games' tracks are entirely visible (excluding sections under bridges/flyovers. in other words: their cameras are fixed. Typically 2-D and featuring a birds-eye, 3/4, or text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:srpg?rev=1491659908&do=diff SRPG See also * what is the good srpg - A Selectbutton forum thread. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:thrus-type?rev=1491659908&do=diff Thrus-Types also known as: gravity shooters; gravitational shooters; gravitors; cave-flyers; thrust-types Most commonly developed in Europe, Thrus-Types are games where you pilot a rotatable craft with thrusters in back (think Asteroids) while constantly fighting the pull of gravity (and, often, and the craft's inertia). Common elements include carrying heavy objects, fragile ships, precision landing, limited fuel, and player-destroyable fuel refills. text/html 2017-06-24T04:21:41-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:titlescreen?rev=1498292501&do=diff Genres * Belt Scroll * Bomberclones * Breakanoid * Climbers * Earth Scorchers * The Ego Shooter * Doom Clone * Interactive Fiction * Mimecraft * Mimesweepers * Mucousins * Nonogame * Platformer * Single-Screen Platformer * Bubble Bobb-l-ike * Dungeon Jumper * Metroidvania * Puzzle Games * Block Puzzles * Qix-ote * Racing Games * Horse Racing * Raster Racer * Single-Screen Racer * Roguelike * Procedural Death Labyrinth * Ro… text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:typing?rev=1491659908&do=diff Typing tutors Typers. Type-em-ups. Typemans. Taipge. All titles are for Windows PC unless otherwise noted. List is currently geared towards commercially released titles, but any contribution is welcome. Animanga * Ashita no Joe Touchi: Typing Namidha Hashi text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/genre:uedalikes?rev=1491659908&do=diff Uedalikes also known as: Icopies; Spitting Image of the Colossus An Uedalike is a videogame made pre-, during- or post-Team ICO's oeuvre which bare a strong resemblance in design to Ico or Shadow of the Colossus.