History Main / RatchetScrolling

* Discussed in the comic [[http://owlturd.com/post/91042216689/we-go-forward-image-twitter-facebook We Go Forward]].

->''Think you're the good guy?\\

You can't go left.''

** ''[[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros1 New Super Mario Bros.]]'' for DS has "Challenge Mode". On side-scrolling levels it enables this, on vertical-scrolling levels it becomes an ''VideoGame/IceClimber'' or ''VideoGame/KidIcarus''-style RiseToTheChallenge.

** The original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros.'', the ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels Lost Levels]]'' MissionPackSequel, and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand''. The way the levels were compressed required this. The invisible checkpoints in levels were frequently located after a useful power-up, making some players almost pray for CheckpointStarvation instead.
** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' has "Challenge Mode". On side-scrolling levels it enables this, on vertical-scrolling levels it becomes an ''VideoGame/IceClimber'' or ''VideoGame/KidIcarus''-style RiseToTheChallenge.

Note that the name has nothing to do with a certain [[{{Transformers}} Autobot Medic]], [[WesternAnimation/WidgetTheWorldWatcher Widget's Evil Twin]], or the ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' series.

* The ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' GameMod Hammer Brother Demo 3 has this. Unfortunately, it sucks as a result, because you have to go left or backwards at certain points, making it extremely easy to get stuck at random.

* ''VideoGame/SuperCastlevaniaIV'' has a few sections where you have to climb up, and the screen will not scroll back down. Falling below the bottom of the screen is treated as if you fell into a {{Bottomless Pit|s}}, even if there's a platform one pixel below the screen edge.

Note that the name has nothing to do with a certain [[{{Transformers}} Autobot Medic]] or the ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' series.

* The Master System version of ''SonicTheHedgehog' has Bridge Zone Act 2 and Jungle Zone Act 2; the former automatically scrolls right and the latter doesn't scroll down. The latter is thankfully absent in the {{Game Gear}} version.

* All of the platformer games in {{Action 52}} use this. One of it's top view games, Dam Busters, also has this, and it can easily get you stuck in an area that keeps you from moving forward, forcing you to reset the game.
* Discussed in the comic [[http://owlturd.com/post/91042216689/we-go-forward-image-twitter-facebook We Go Forward]].

** The original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros.'', the ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels Lost Levels]]'' MissionPackSequel, and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand''. The way the levels were compressed required this.

* Almost all [[BeatEmUp Beat-em-Ups]] and {{Action Game}}s with platforming elements in [[ArcadeGame the arcade]] will do this to you.

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** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' has "Challenge Mode". On side-scrolling levels it enables this, on vertical-scrolling levels it becomes an ''IceClimber'' or ''VideoGame/KidIcarus''-style RiseToTheChallenge.

* Walking your dog in {{Nintendogs}} does this.

* Usually averted in the ''{{Sonic the Hedgehog}}'' games, but the Master System version of the first game has Bridge Zone Act 2 and Jungle Zone Act 2; the former automatically scrolls right and the latter doesn't scroll down. The latter is thankfully averted in the {{Game Gear}} version.
** One subversion is in the original trilogy, where when you get to the end of a level or to a boss fight (the latter of which is easily identified by the last checkpoint), there's a point of no return coded in so you can't backtrack.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Final Fantasy Tactics}}'' doesn't allow players to undo a character's movement after the confirmation of movement, which can lead to many issues nonexistent in other strategy RPGs such as moving to spots only to discover that characters are limited in their actions, can't attack foes the player thought they'd be able to, and so on.
* In ''Disgaea: Hour of Darkness'', players can't undo movement if a character has acted.

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* [[GameMaker Shoot 'em up Construction Kit]].

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* ''VideoGame/{{FinalFantasyTactics}}'' doesn't allow players to undo a character's movement after the confirmation of movement, which can lead to many issues nonexistent in other strategy RPGs such as moving to spots only to discover that characters are limited in their actions, can't attack foes the player thought they'd be able to, and so on.

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* The original ''VideoGame/{{Glider}}'' had this.
* Pretty much all ''VideoGame/{{Action 52}}'' side scrollers. Can get you stuck in an {{Unwinnable}} situation, as in ''Dam Busters'' and ''Non Human''.

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* ''[[RenAndStimpy Ren & Stimpy: Space Cadet Adventures]]''

* The Kaizo Mario inspired level of ''{{Pickory}}'' will only scroll to the right, but you can backtrack up to half a screen. One trap can only be avoided by exploiting the scrolling and the fact that anything that goes off the left side of the screen is destroyed.

** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' has "Challenge Mode". On side-scrolling levels it enables this, on vertical-scrolling levels it becomes an ''IceClimber'' or ''KidIcarus''-style RiseToTheChallenge.

In a video game, RatchetScrolling occurs when the game screen only scrolls in one direction and prevents the player from backtracking.

Note that the name has nothing to do with a certain [[{{Transformers}} Autobot Medic]] or a [[RatchetAndClank well-armed Lombax]].