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 |
PlayStation (2000) Two hundred years after the events of Alien³, Lieutenant Ellen Ripley is cloned by military scientists interested in the Alien... |
Atari ST (1992) Aliens is a shoot'em-up game for high-resolution only. Just like in Space Invaders you control a spaceship at the bottom... |
Windows 3.x (1993) Aliens is a single player shareware game based on Taito's Space Invaders. As with the classic Space Invaders game the... |
Commodore PET/CBM (1980) Aliens! is a shooter in the vein of Space Invaders. Aliens will spawn infinitely at the top of the screen... |
MSX (1987) Whereas most platforms, including the MSX, received their own versions of Activision's Aliens, Square gave Japanese MSX users a unique... |
PlayStation 3 (2013), Windows (2013) and Xbox 360 (2013) Aliens: Colonial Marines is a first-person shooter based on the Aliens franchise and a sequel to the 1986 film Aliens,... |
Windows (2013) The first downloadable content (DLC) for Aliens: Colonial Marines which includes the following features:
Allows four players to play together.... |
Xbox 360 (2010) Aliens Go Boom is a side scrolling shooter in in aliens have invaded earth. The player takes control of a... |
Windows (2003) Somewhere in a secluded research facility, something has gone wrong. Suddenly the area is overrun by strange alien creatures. Soldiers... |
Windows (2007) This Alien Shooter games compilation includes:
Alien Shooter (base game)
Alien Shooter: Fight for Life (first expansion)
Alien Shooter: The... |
Windows (2010) This edition includes:
Alien Shooter
Alien Shooter: Fight For Life
Alien Shooter: The Experiment |
Windows (2004) One year after the events of Alien Shooter the alien invasion has overtaken the planet. Humanity's last salvation may just... |
Windows (2004) The alien invaders from Alien Shooter have quickly become the dominant species on the surface of Earth. Humanity has had... |
Windows (2006) and Macintosh (2009) The year is 2161 and the aliens try once again to invade Earth. You are a mercenary of the M.A.G.M.A... |
Macintosh (2006) and Windows (2006) Aliens, Inc: Attack On Earth is a Moorhuhn variant where aliens try to conquer Earth. The player is stationary but... |
Windows (2004) A modern update of Space Invaders, Alien Sky places you in control of a starfighter as you combat swarms and... |
Genesis (1995), Wii (2007) and Windows (2011) Alien Soldier is a side-scrolling action game in which the player takes the role of Epsilon-Eagle, the former leader of... |
Windows (1998) Aliens Online was a massively multiplayer first person shooter released on the GameStorm subscription service. Players could choose to wield... |
Windows (2005) Alien Stars is a scrolling vertical shooter. Players are cast in the role of a lone pilot who must shoot... |
Game Boy Color (2001) A platoon of Colonial Marines, en route to Earth from a training mission, are awakened from hypersleep by a distress... |
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Windows (1999) Aliens Versus Predator is a sci-fi first-person shooter based on the associated two film franchises. The game has three playable... |
Windows (2001) and Macintosh (2003) On planet LV1201, ancient alien ruins have been discovered. The Weyland-Yutani corporation sets up a research facility in the area,... |
Windows (2002) Aliens Versus Predator 2: Primal Hunt chronicles the initial breach leading up to the events in Aliens Versus Predator 2,... |
Windows (2000) and Macintosh (2001) Aliens Versus Predator (Gold Edition) is a compilation with the following content:
Aliens Versus Predator
Aliens Versus Predator: Millenium Expansion... |
