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{{trope}}
{{quote|''Think you're the good guy?
''Your quest is so right,
''You can't go left.''|'''Rob Balder''' as [[Super Mario Bros.|Bowser]], ''[[Portal (
In a video game,
This is similar to an [[Auto
Lesser versions may allow the player some degree of backtracking, but only to a certain distance or recent checkpoints.
Easily becomes a form of [[Fake Difficulty]], especially when the screen is ratcheted vertically, where any platforms that disappear even a few pixels off the screen edge may leave [[Bottomless Pit
In early video games, Ratchet Scrolling was a way to improve performance. If the player could only scroll in one direction, game objects and enemies could be created when they enter the screen and erased as soon as they scroll out, reducing memory usage. A [[Forgotten Trope]] now, but was once common, particularly in [[Platform Game
Note that the name has nothing to do with a certain [[Transformers|Autobot Medic]] or a [[Ratchet and Clank|well-armed Lombax]].
{{examples}}
* Almost all [[Beat'Em Up|Beat-em-Ups]] and [[Action Game
* The original ''[[Super Mario Bros. (
** ''[[New Super Mario Bros
** The ''Deluxe'' port of the original game lets you backtrack to a certain extent, because the game is pixel-for-pixel and the Game Boy screen is smaller than the NES output screen.
* ''Syobon Action'' abuses it to [[Platform Hell|torment the player]].
* ''Ninja Commando'' is a [[Shoot'Em Up]] that does this.
* ''[[
* ''[[Ren and Stimpy|Ren & Stimpy: Space Cadet Adventures]]''
* The original ''[[Glider]]'' had this.
* All Nintendo-era ''[[Contra (
* [[Game Maker|Shoot 'em up Construction Kit]].
* A ''[[
* Pretty much all ''[[
* 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.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* [[Played With]] in ''[[Bunny Must Die]]''. You start out unable to move to the right '''at all''', [[You Have Researched Breathing|but the first available power-up gives you this ability]]. [[Self-Imposed Challenge|It's still possible to clear the game without it, though]].
* ''Layla'' for the NES, which can lead to some [[Unwinnable]] situations.
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