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Some scroll wheels can be pressed down, functioning like a button. Depending on the software, this allows both horizontal and vertical scrolling by dragging in the direction desired; when the mouse is moved to the original position, scrolling stops. A few scroll wheels can also be tilted, scrolling horizontally in one direction until released.
Parallax scrolling is a technique in computer graphics where background images move past the camera more slowly than foreground images, creating an illusion of depth in a 2D scene of distance. [1] The technique grew out of the multiplane camera technique used in traditional animation [ 2 ] since the 1930s.
The side-scrolling format was enhanced by parallax scrolling, which gives an illusion of depth. The background images are presented in multiple layers that scroll at different rates, so objects closer to the horizon scroll slower than objects closer to the viewer. [7] Some parallax scrolling was used in Jump Bug. [8]
To view multiple windows in AOL Desktop Gold, you'll want to resize and position them appropriately on your screen. You can also save the window size and position for the next time you sign in to Desktop Gold.
The scroll wheel is placed horizontally between the mouse buttons and commonly uses vertical scrolling, wherein rolling the wheel from the bottom side to the top is known as scrolling "upward" or "forward", while the reverse, i.e. rolling the wheel from the top side to the bottom, is known as scrolling "downward" or "backward".
Mirax Force is a horizontally scrolling shooter video game written by Chris Murray and published by Tynesoft in 1987 for Atari 8-bit computers. [1] The game is heavily inspired by Uridium , which was released a year earlier.
Moon Patrol has three separate background layers scrolling at different speeds, simulating the distance between them. [24] Taito's Jungle King, also with parallax scrolling, was released a month after Moon Patrol. The game's designer Takashi Nishiyama went on to create the beat 'em up game Kung-Fu Master (1984).
Uridium 2 is a science fiction themed, horizontally scrolling shooter designed and programmed by Andrew Braybrook for the Amiga. It was published by Renegade Software in 1993. Uridium 2 is the sequel to Braybrook's Commodore 64 game Uridium.