Shooter

Description

Shooters are action games in which the player character shoots enemies.

The shooting is usually performed with firearms in these games; however, any weapon that dispatches projectiles qualifies, which makes many games (e.g. Heretic) that rely on medieval ranged weaponry or even magical projectiles shooters as well.

There are many shooter sub-genres, including fixed-screen shooters, scrolling shooters, rail shooters, and others.

Since the emergence of 3D graphics, 3D shooters, popularized by Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, have become the leading representatives of the genre. This sub-genre is sometimes referred to as first-person shooter, though this definition is not very precise, since the genre's distinguishing feature are 3D environments, not the perspective; some 3D shooters allow players to switch between perspectives, while others enforce a third-person view.

3D shooters may incorporate elements of other genres, most commonly role-playing (e.g. System Shock games and Deus Ex).

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The Adventures of MicroMan Windows 3.x (1993) and Windows (1999) You are MicroMan, stuck inside a computer. You must run, jump, and shoot your way out. Along the way are...
The Adventures of Star Saver Game Boy (1991) On a routine check through the city, police officer Tony and his sister find themselves sucked up by a UFO...
Adventures with Chickens Windows (1998) Adventures With Chickens is a single person shareware puzzle game with both educational and shoot 'em up elements.The player takes...
A.E. MSX (1984), Apple II (1982), Atari 8-bit (1982), PC-88 (1984), VIC-20 (1982) and FM-7 (1984) A.E. is a Space Invaders inspired game with a 3D view. In A.E. the earth is under attack by swarms...
Aegis Wing Xbox 360 (2007) Aegis Wing is a side-scrolling shooter originally created by three Microsoft interns. The player controls a small ship in epic...
Aerial Assault Game Gear (1992) and SEGA Master System (1990) In Aerial Assault, you play the Freedom Fighter who must destroy five targets, including the Vinsk, CB-53 Bomber, "El", and...
Aerial Combat 2 Atari ST (1994) Aerial Combat 2 is a two player dogfight game written in STOS and sequel to Aerial Combat ST. Since this...
Aerial Combat ST Atari ST (1994) Aerial Combat ST is a two player dogfight game written in STOS. Since this is a dogfight the aim is...
Aerial Kombat 3: The Final Encounter Atari ST (1995) Aerial Kombat 3: The Final Encounter is a two player dogfight game written in STOS and sequel to Aerial Combat...
Aero Fighters SNES (1993) Aero Fighters is a vertical scrolling shooter and a port of the arcade game of the same name. There are...
Aero Fighters 2 Neo Geo (1994) and Neo Geo CD (1994) Aero Fighters 2 is a vertically-scrolling shooter in the same vein as 1942 and similar games. It supports up to...
Aero Fighters 3 Neo Geo (1995) and Neo Geo CD (1995) Aero Fighters 3 is a vertically-scrolling shooter in the same vein as 1942 and similar games. It supports up to...
AeroFighters Assault Nintendo 64 (1997) In AeroFighters Assault a terrorist organisation named Phutta Morgana has melted the Antarctic and is using the water to flood...
Aero Mission 3D J2ME (2004) Aero Mission 3D is a flight combat game for mobile phones that is played in a 3D third person perspective....
Aerostar Game Boy (1991) Aerostar is a top-down, vertically-scrolling shooter. The player controls an aircraft, but instead of going all across the screen, it...
After Burner DOS (1989), SEGA 32X (1994), SEGA Master System (1988), Commodore 64 (1988), Atari ST (1988), Amiga (1988), NES (1989), ZX Spectrum (1988), Amstrad CPC (1988), MSX (1988), FM Towns (1989) and Sharp X68000 (1989) After Burner is an aircraft shooter that originated in the arcades. The goal is simple: use your F-14 Tomcat and...
After Burner: Black Falcon PSP (2007) After Burner: Black Falcon is the fourth game in the After Burner series, released almost fifteen years after the previous...
After Burner: Climax PlayStation 3 (2010) and Xbox 360 (2010) The console version of After Burner: Climax is a port of the 2006 arcade game and a sequel to the...
After Burner II DOS (1989), Genesis (1990), Amiga (1989), TurboGrafx-16 (1990), NES (1989), Atari ST (1989) and J2ME (2006) Similar to its predecessor, the premise of After Burner II is to get on the F-14 Tomcat and fly mission...
After Burner III SEGA CD (1992) and FM Towns (1992) The third in Sega's arcade flight sim series, After Burner III takes you back to the cockpit of the F-14...
Afteroids Amstrad CPC (1988), ZX Spectrum (1988) and MSX (1988) You control a spaceship that floats around. You have to blast all the meteors and other objects that bounce in...
Aftershock for Quake DOS (1996) and Windows (1996) Aftershock for Quake is an unofficial add-on for Quake. It contains a handful of single-player and deathmatch levels, as well...
Aftershock Toolbox for Quake DOS (1996) and Windows (1996) Along with Aftershock Deathmatch 300, Aftershock Toolbox is one of the two derivatives of the original Aftershock for Quake, an...
After the End Windows (2004) All you ever wanted to do was help out. After all you did receive a distress signal from the research...
Agent Armstrong Windows (1999) and PlayStation (1997) Agent Armstrong is a 3D side-scrolling single-player-shooter released in the early days of the PSX. Set in 1930, Armstrong must...