AppleQueso wrote:But the background in Galaga scrolls past!

o.pwuaioc wrote:I wonder where does that leave Defender 2? Unless you also want to classify that as some sort of arena shooter. That one always struck me as difficult to classify.
Yeah, I also always found Defender and Fantasy Zone hard to classify. When I play them, they do not give me the same feeling as either shmups OR arena shooters. Maybe free scrolling shooter?