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A '''side-scrolling video game''', sometimes shortened to '''side-scroller''', is a [[game]] in which the action is viewed from a side-view camera angle and the screen follows the player as they move left or right. The jump from single-screen or [[flip-screen]] graphics to scrolling graphics during the [[golden age of video arcade games|golden age of arcade games]] was a pivotal leap in game design, comparable to the move to [[3D computer graphics|3D graphics]] during the [[Fifth generation of video game consoles|fifth generation]].<ref name="IGN-Sega">[http://uk.retro.ign.com/articles/974/974695p2.html IGN Presents the History of SEGA: Coming Home ], [[IGN]]</ref>

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Hardware support of smooth scrolling backgrounds is built into many [[Arcade game|arcade]] systems and some game consoles and home computers, including 8-bit consoles like [[Atari 8-bit family]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], and 16-bit consoles such as the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] and [[Sega Mega Drive|Sega Genesis]] added multiple layers which can be scrolled independently for a [[parallax scrolling]] effect.