The game takes place on a single static screen with various skyscraper buildings and a subway tunnel running underneath them.
It excelled at moving around large numbers of sprites on a static screen without the screen flickering that plagued other 8-bit systems.
There is no opening crawl: a static screen of text, showing a dictionary definition of the word "Replicant", replaces it.
These comprise three beat-'em up levels and two blasters, each played on a single static screen.
This features a range of static screens set to a pleasing little ditty.
This was a major breakthrough in that it allowed the game world to extend beyond the boundaries of a single static screen.
Gradually, these static screens evolved into increasingly impressive-looking introductions containing animated effects and music.
Rather, the Hundred Acre Wood existed as a grid of connected static screens.
Some shooters may feature multidirectional movement ("multidirectional shooter"), generally with a static screen.
So what I love is that the Kindle ships with a static screen of instructions about how to turn it on.