autoscroller

English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ scroller.

Pronunciation

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Noun

autoscroller (plural autoscrollers)

  1. (video games) A section of a video game which automatically scrolls the player through it, or in which the play area scrolls automatically and the player must keep up.
    • 2001 June 17, Larry Roberts, “Title Fight 2001 Questions”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports‎[1] (Usenet):
      It would be tough to sim accurately, but I suppose you could just have someone saying whatever you see on the autoscroller.....
    • 2014, Bogdan Ion Purcaru, Games vs. Hardware. The History of PC video games: The 80's, Purcaru Ion Bogdan, page 470:
      Super Mario Bros 3 a Nintendo exclusive classic (World 8 - first autoscroller) and […]
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