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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Aironauts PlayStation (1999) Aironauts is a flying aerobatic stunt action game for up to two players, set in a dystopian future society where...
Air Raid Atari 2600 (1984) The object of this game is to defend the buildings at the bottom of the screen.There are four types of...
Air Raid: This is Not a Drill Windows (2003) It's World War II and naval battleships have come under attack by enemy plains. It is up to the skill...
Air Rescue I Atari 8-bit (1984) and Commodore 64 (1984) The game is a remake of Chopper Rescue with the following changes: Game is rewritten in machine language and doesn't...
Airstrike Atari 8-bit (1982) Planet Cyclon's military force is centred in fortress Gemini. They are overpowering your people in an ongoing war - only...
AirStrike 2 Windows (2004) Following the previous AirStrike game, the N.I.T.O. terrorists' main plan was defeated. However their terrorism remains a threat and when...
AirStrike 3D: Operation W.A.T. Windows (2002) A mysterious terrorist organization named N.I.T.O. has alarmed the international community. Their factories and oil refinery production has suddenly gone...
Airstrike II Atari 8-bit (1983) Airstrike II takes you back to planet Cyclon, armed with an improved Mark X fighter ship, with the aim of...
AirStrike II: Gulf Thunder Windows (2005) Following the events in AirStrike 2, the N.I.T.O. terrorists are at it again and have set up a brand new...
Air to Air Combat Atari ST (1992) Air to Air Combat is a two-player dogfight game. The game area is one screen in size and if a...
Airwolf Commodore 64 (1985), ZX Spectrum (1984), Atari 8-bit (1985), Amstrad CPC (1985), Commodore 16, Plus/4 (1985) and BBC Micro (1985) The game of the TV show is viewed from the side and puts you in command of an attack helicopter....
Airwolf NES (1988) Airwolf is a side-scrolling shooter based on the 1980s TV series of the same name. A division of the CIA...
Airwolf II Amstrad CPC (1987), Commodore 16, Plus/4 (1989) and ZX Spectrum (1989) Airwolf II is a direct sequel to Airwolf, however this side-scrolling shooter's story has even less in common with the...
Air Zonk TurboGrafx-16 (1992) and Wii (2007) In 1992, Hudson Soft expanded upon the Bonk's Adventure franchise they had built by creating Air Zonk, a 2D side-scrolling...
AI Wars: The Awakening Windows (2000) AI Wars: The Awakening is set in the near future where every structure is linked to the NET which stores...
Ajax Amstrad CPC (1989), Commodore 64 (1988), ZX Spectrum (1988), DOS (1989) and Sharp X68000 (1989) In this coin-op conversion your mission is to infiltrate the alien fortress during 6 levels, and to destroy the fortress...
Akai Katana Xbox 360 (2011) Akai Katana is a top-down shooter with the Bullet Hell play style, meaning the ship has a specific area called...
Akira Amiga (1994) and Amiga CD32 (1994) Akira is a side-scrolling action game based on the anime film of the same title.In the first few levels you...
Akujin Xbox 360 (2009) Akujin is a top down space shooter similar to the XBLA game Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved, in which the player...
Aladdin's Magic Lamp Amiga (1989) Sideways scrolling shoot em up, where you control a genie in a magic lamp to blast your way through the...
Alantia PC-98 (1988) In the magical Sword World, the land of Alantia enjoyed a peaceful existence, until the evil king Ezekiel conquered the...
Alan Wake (Limited Collector's Edition) Xbox 360 (2010) The Limited Collector's Edition comes in a book-shaped box and includes: Alan Wake A Collector's Book: The Alan Wake Files...
Alcatraz DOS (1992), Atari ST (1992) and Amiga (1992) A drug baron took over Alcatraz prison and now the player takes the role of an U.S. Navy Seal to...
A.L.C.O.N. Commodore 64 (1987), ZX Spectrum (1987), Atari ST (1988) and Amstrad CPC (1987) Forward scrolling spaceship shooting game over the planet Orac, based on the Toaplan original arcade game.Alien enemies have occupied the...
Aldynes: The Mission Code for Rage Crisis SuperGrafx (1991) The year is 2020, and global depression has descended upon the societies of the Earth. When humans least expect it,...