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 |
Windows (2010) HMS Diptera is a short first person shooter created with FPS Creator.You are John Reid, a security guard assigned to... |
NES (1984) This game involves the use of the Nintendo Light Zapper, and has, truly, no plot. You are in the police... |
Apple II (1989) The planet Cross is invaded by the army of the Galaxy Breakers. Prince Duke is imprisoned, but manages to break... |
Dragon 32/64 (1984) You are a small man living in a protective bubble. Your job is to clear the aquatic screen from the... |
PlayStation 3 (2011), Windows (2011) and Xbox 360 (2011) Homefront paints a scenario where the United States has lost its status as a world superpower, and is invaded by... |
PlayStation 2 (2005) An evil fallen angel steals the Divine Crystal, one of Heaven's untouchable treasures. With this crystal he gains the power... |
Supervision (1992) Honey Bee is a vertically-scrolling shooter that bears a striking similarity to Konami's TwinBee. The player controls a cute-looking ship... |
Windows (2007) Honeyblaster has classic shoot-em-up gameplay, but with the player controlling a humble-bee in its natural environment rather than a ship... |
DOS (1998) and Windows (1998) Hong Pong is a Pong variant set in five different war zones (including one hidden) and with tanks instead of... |
DOS (1992) Hoosier City is a top-down action game in 3 episodes. You must rid a city of evil mutants in a... |
Apple II (1982) While on a routine patrol of one of the five planetoid outposts of the
Galactic Federation, you are set upon... |
TurboGrafx CD (1993) Originating on the arcades (where it was known as Demon's World to the Western audience), Horror Story is an "old-style"... |
DOS (1989), NES (1989), Atari ST (1988), Amiga (1988), Commodore 64 (1989), ZX Spectrum (1990), Amstrad CPC (1990), MSX (1990), Apple IIgs (1990), Macintosh (1989), BBC Micro (1990), Electron (1990) and Acorn 32-bit (1990) In the game you control the members of SWAT, which only goal is to free the hostages from Embassy. Firstly,... |
Atari ST (1990) Hostile Reception is a multi screen shoot'em-up game written in STOS.You must destroy the evil Slians and restore peace to... |
Amiga (1989) In this game you play the role of a detective who is hunting murderers in a hotel. The gameplay involves... |
Macintosh (2013) and Windows (2012) Hotline Miami is a violent top-down action game set in Miami, Florida in 1989. The protagonist is a hitman, nicknamed... |
NES (1986) In Hottāman no Chitei Tanken, players help guide Hottāman as he explores fifteen different underground locales. The most important part... |
PlayStation 2 (2007), Xbox 360 (2007), Wii (2007) and Windows (2007) In Hot Wheels: Beat That!, the player can take the controls of 30 authentic Hot Wheels cars and compete in... |
Windows (2001) Hot Wheels: Jetz puts the player in the cockpit of one of seven available jet fighters. The mission: Save your... |
Xbox 360 (2007) and Windows (2008) Hour of Victory is a World War II-themed first-person shooter from nFusion, the guys responsible for the Deadly Dozen series.Players... |
Wii (2008) This compilation bundles the following games:
The House of the Dead 2 (Dreamcast)
The House of the Dead III (Xbox)... |
Windows (2001) and Dreamcast (1999) The House of The Dead 2 is a conversion of Sega's popular light gun arcade game. In this game you... |
Xbox (2002), Windows (2005) and PlayStation 3 (2012) Twenty years after the events of The House of the Dead II, Lisa Rogan and Agent G are desperately searching... |
Wii (2009) This collector's edition comes in a slipcase and contains:
The House of the Dead: Overkill
Graphic novel Prelude to an... |
PlayStation 3 (2011) This extended cut is an updated version of the original Wii game The House of the Dead: Overkill reworked to... |
