Editing Shooter video games (section)

===Shoot 'em up===
{{Main|Shoot 'em up video games}}
{{See also|Rail shooter video games|Run & gun video games|Side-scrolling shooter video games}}

'''[[Shoot 'em up video games]]''' are a specific sub-genre of shooters, wherein the player has limited control over their movement; if done with [[2D]] gameplay, as in ''[[Ikaruga]]'', this means that a moving background continually pushes the player forward, though they may move up and down and left and right around the screen, typically firing straight forward.

Shoot 'em ups share common gameplay, but are often categorized by viewpoint. This includes '''fixed shooters''' on fixed screens, '''[[Side-scrolling shooter video games|side-scrolling shooters]]''' that mainly scroll in a single direction, '''top-down shooters''' where the levels are controlled from an [[Top-down perspective|overhead]] viewpoint, '''[[rail shooter]]s''' where player movement is automatically guided down a fixed [[2.5D|forward-scrolling]] "rail", and '''isometric shooters''' which use an [[Isometric|isometric]] perspective. This genre also includes "'''[[Run and Gun|run and gun]]'''" games which emphasize greater manoeuvring or even [[Platform game|jumping]].<ref>Provo, Frank, [http://uk.gamespot.com/wii/action/bloodywolf/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review Bloody Wolf], ''GameSpot'', July 7, 2007. Retrieved June 17, 2008.</ref><ref>Dunham, Jeremy, [http://uk.ps2.ign.com/articles/533/533263p1.html First Look: Alien Hominid], ''IGN'', July 27, 2004. Retrieved June 17, 2008.</ref>

The sub-genre includes fixed shooters such as ''[[Space Invaders]]'' and ''[[Galaxian]]'', scrolling shooters such as ''[[Xevious]]'' and ''[[Darius (series)|Darius]]'', top-down shooters such as ''[[Bosconian]]'' and ''[[Time Pilot]]'', [[rail shooter]]s such as ''[[Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom]]'' and ''[[Space Harrier]]'', isometric shooters such as ''[[Zaxxon]]'' and ''[[Viewpoint (video game)|Viewpoint]]'', and run & gun games such as ''[[Thexder]]'', ''[[Contra series|Contra]]'', and ''[[Metal Slug]]''.