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sidescrolling

sidescrolling adjective: that scrolls horizontally.

Adjective

sidescrolling (not comparable)

  1. That scrolls horizontally.
    • Another sequel, Pac-Land, transported the adventurous wedge into a sidescrolling world where he had to navigate a series of platforms and obstacles.2008, Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen, Jonas Heide Smith, Susana Pajares Tosca, Understanding video games: the essential introduction, page 63

Forms of sidescrolling

alternative formside-scrolling

Origin of sidescrolling

From side + scrolling.

Questions about sidescrolling

What does sidescrolling mean?
Sidescrolling means that scrolls horizontally.
What part of speech is sidescrolling?
Sidescrolling is an adjective.

Words near sidescrolling in the dictionary

  1. sidescrapers
  2. sidescreen
  3. sidescreens
  4. sidescroller
  5. sidescrollers
  6. sidescrolling
  7. sideseam
  8. sideseams
  9. sideshadow
  10. sideshadowed
  11. sideshadowing

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