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).
 Game Title |
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... |
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... |
SuperGrafx (1991) The year is 2020, and global depression has descended upon the societies of the Earth. When humans least expect it,... |
MSX (1989) 20 years after the last fight with DIA51 an unidentified space fortress appeared and started an massive attack. Ray Waizen,... |
MSX (1989) The main difference of this vertical shoot 'em up with its predecessors Aleste and Aleste 2 is that in this... |
Windows (2003) and Macintosh (2003) This is the tenth and final episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the tv show... |
Macintosh (2002) and Windows (2002) ABC Television released this promotional episodic videogame to hype the TV show starring Jennifer Garner as an undercover CIA spy... |
Windows (2002) and Macintosh (2002) This is the second episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the tv show starring Jennifer... |
Windows (2002) and Macintosh (2002) This is the third episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the TV show starring Jennifer... |
Windows (2002) and Macintosh (2002) This is the fourth episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the tv show starring Jennifer... |
Windows (2002) and Macintosh (2002) This is the fifth episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the tv show starring Jennifer... |
Windows (2003) and Macintosh (2003) This is the sixth episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the tv show starring Jennifer... |
Windows (2003) and Macintosh (2003) This is the seventh episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the tv show starring Jennifer... |
Windows (2003) and Macintosh (2003) This is the eighth episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the tv show starring Jennifer... |
Windows (2003) and Macintosh (2003) This is the ninth and second-to-last episode of the promotional episodic 3D third-person stealth/action videogame to hype the tv show... |
Supervision (1992) Alien is a basic side-scrolling shooter where the player controls a fighter jet and must shoot down a variety of... |
Windows (2006) Travel to other worlds and beam up aliens for scientific experimentation! Offering a slight twist on the alien abduction cliche,... |
Atari 8-bit (1982) and Apple II (1982) A rather simple, yet original, vertical space shooter. You control a small space fighter tasked with extermination of hordes of... |
Windows (2008) Alien Assault is a fast-paced and easy to pick up top-down shooter with retro graphics and music. Players control the... |
Game Boy Advance (2001) Alienators: Evolution Continues is a side-scrolling action game based on the animated TV show of the same name. The player... |
DOS (1993) Alien Attack is an ASCII text game. You control a ship and have to destroy the alien fighters. The aliens... |
Windows (2003) On planet Rexus, located on the far edge of the galaxy a distress call has been sent out. When an... |
DOS (1993), Amiga (1991) and BlackBerry (2013) Alien Breed is a top-down science fiction shooter somewhat inspired by the movie Alien in terms of plot and atmosphere.... |
PlayStation 3 (2010), Windows (2010) and Xbox 360 (2010) Not to be confused with the original Alien Breed 2, Alien Breed 2: Assault is a sequel to series reboot... |
Amiga (1995) and Amiga CD32 (1995) Team 17 were famed for pushing the Amiga to its limits, with a string of hits stretching back to 1991.... |
