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).

[edit description | view history]

Viewing Page 115 of 246

(items 2851-2875 of 6127)

Previous | Next

Game Title

0 - 2
3
4 - a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y - z

Game Title
In the Hunt PlayStation (1995), SEGA Saturn (1995) and Windows (1997) A 2D side scrolling shooter in which you take control of a small attack submarine and engage in underwater combat....
In the Line of Duty: Firefighter Windows (2000) Step into the boots of a fireman in this action shooter. The overall objectives are to put out raging fires...
Intifada DOS (1989) The game takes place during the First Intifada, and casts the player as an Israeli soldier who has to stop...
Into the Eagle's Nest DOS (1987), Commodore 64 (1987), Atari ST (1987), ZX Spectrum (1987), Amiga (1987), Amstrad CPC (1987), Apple II (1986) and Atari 8-bit (1988) Pandora's first game combines the Gauntlet style with the World War 2 setting, and specifically the Eagle's Nest building which...
Into the Sun: Projected Distruction DOS (1995) Into the Sun: Projected Distruction (sic) is a Korean-made horizontally-scrolling shooter similar to IAS. The player controls a fighter craft...
Intruder Atari ST (1989) Intruder is a side-scrolling shooter. The player controls a space ship, flies from left to right and shoots everything on...
Intrusion 2 Windows (2012) Intrusion 2 is a fast-paced action-packed sci-fi platformer set on a 'reserve' planet occupied by a hostile military corporation conducting...
INV Atari 2600 (1998) This is an Atari 2600 version of Space Invaders designed to have eleven rows of invaders. It also adds three...
INV+ Atari 2600 (2004) This is an updated version of the game INV. The following items were corrected or added: Scoring more closely matches...
Invader Game Boy Advance (2002) Invader is a vertical scrolling shoot-em-up for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. There are 8 levels to shoot through each...
Invader Attack Windows (2010) Invader Attack is a 3D, top-view, one-screen shoot-them-up game. There are many different types of levels, enemies, bosses and power-ups....
Invader Force Atom (1981) Invader Force is a Space Invaders clone. The player moves a laser cannon left and right and has to shoot...
Invaders Atari ST (1991) Invaders is a Space Invaders clone. A large group of aliens ordered in 5 rows with 9 columns moves back...
Invaders ZX81 (1981) Invaders is a Space Invaders clone: In the game the player controls a gun which can move left and right...
Invaders 1978 DOS (1996) Invaders 1978 is a clone of Taito's Space Invaders, modeled to closely resemble the original arcade version. The player is...
Invaders 95 Windows (1995) Invaders 95 is a single player, freeware clone of Taito's Space Invaders. The objective of the game is to achieve...
Invaders: Corruption Macintosh (2010) and Windows (2010) Invaders: Corruption is a single-screen arena shooter similar to Geometry Wars. Players control a space ship, with a single life,...
Invaders from Hyperspace! Odyssey 2 (1979) The players are in the Battle Control Central at the heart of the United Planets Interstellar Galactic Empire. From there,...
Invaders Possibly from Space Windows (2009) A space invaders tribute set in the Futurama universe. Its based off the episode "Anthology of Interest II" It is...
Invasion Deutschland Windows (2000) Invasion Deutschland is the German version of the Dutch game AmsterDoom. Instead of Amsterdam the 15 levels represent important German...
Invasion from Beyond PlayStation (1998) Strange sights have been seen in the sky, crop circles appear on the ground. These can only be signs of...
Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom DOS (1995) This game, despite its cheesy name, is one of the cutest shoot-'em-up style games ever made for the PC. There's...
Inversion Windows (2012), PlayStation 3 (2012) and Xbox 360 (2012) Inversion is a third-person shooter set in the near future and the fictional Vanguard City. Players control the cop Davis...
IO Windows (2007) IO is a remake of the Kinetic Designs 1988 Commodore 64 game of the same name. It is a side-scrolling...
IO Commodore 64 (1988) An enemy has entered your region of space in a mothership, and unleashed foes aimed at destroying you. As the...