Rail Shooter is a genre of shoot 'em up video games, deriving from the 'on-rails' movement featured in such games. In Shoot 'em up that the term is applicable to, control over movement is generally possible to the extent of allowing the player to dodge incoming attacks. The player is however propelled constantly forward and must follow the linear (￢ﾀﾘrail￢ﾀﾙ) levels. In this sense the term is similar to ￢ﾀﾘscrolling￢ﾀﾙ as used in scrolling shoote...
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Rail Shooter is a genre of shoot 'em up video games, deriving from the 'on-rails' movement featured in such games. In Shoot 'em up that the term is applicable to, control over movement is generally possible to the extent of allowing the player to dodge incoming attacks. The player is however propelled constantly forward and must follow the linear (￢ﾀﾘrail￢ﾀﾙ) levels. In this sense the term is similar to ￢ﾀﾘscrolling￢ﾀﾙ as used in scrolling shooter. As such, the term ￢ﾀﾘrail shooter￢ﾀﾙ is sometimes extended to a sub-genre definition, as ￢ﾀﾘrail shooters￢ﾀﾙ do not strictly meet the viewpoint criteria to be considered scrolling shooter. Light gun games are occasionally broadly viewed as part of this sub-genre; however, 'light gun game' or 'light gun shooter' remains the prevalent definition.
In shoot 'em up, the term 'on-rails' generally describes movement where the player views the protagonist from behind. The protagonist is propelled constantly forward: the games often feature...
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