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 |
Xbox (2005) This is the console version of America's Army: Operations., the U.S. Army's free "recruitment tool" for computers. As in the... |
Xbox (2005) This special edition was only sold in Target stores in the US. It contains the full game America's Army: Rise... |
Windows (2003), Linux (2003) and Macintosh (2003) America's Army: Special Forces is the US Army's own soldier training simulation online multi-player game. You start the game offline... |
Amiga (1989) The Amiga Champions compilation contains the following three games:
After Burner
Double Dragon
Operation Wolf |
Amiga (1988) U.S. Gold's Amiga Gold Hits compilation contains the following 4 games:
Bionic Commando
Jinks
Leader Board
Rolling Thunder |
Amiga (1992) This disk from Amiga Power magazine contains playable demo versions of Flair's Trolls and Psygnosis' Combat Air Patrol, but the... |
Amiga (1989) The Amiga Software Extra Nr. 12 is a Markt & Technik compilation of three low-budget games developed in Germany that... |
Amiga (1991) Amnios is a multi-directionally scrolling top down shoot 'em up set across ten levels, each representing a planet whose eco-system... |
Xbox 360 (2009) Amniotic is a top down dual thumbstick shooter in which the player takes control of a cell in the human... |
Xbox 360 (2010) Amoeba Generator is a game where the player takes control of an amoeba and guides it through its life cycle... |
DOS (1996), Windows (1996) and SEGA Saturn (1997) Amok portrays a futuristic storyline on a planet which is identified in the manual as having the same name. There,... |
Odyssey 2 (1998) AMOK! was the first Odyssey² new release about 15 years after the console was discontinued. It is inspired by Berzerk.The... |
Windows (2000) The plot of AmsterDoom is simple: Aliens have conquered Amsterdam and the player has to drive them back. The defying... |
Windows (2008) This is a collector's edition of Cryostasis. The box contains:
The game
Thermometer key ring with game logotype
Gloves with... |
Amstrad CPC (1987), Commodore 64 (1987) and ZX Spectrum (1987) Inside an Ace Mk2 Interceptor tank, you have been assigned a hazardous 16-stage mission. You must travel to the overrun... |
Amiga (1990) and Atari ST (1990) As a Defender variant, Anarchy is a side-scrolling parallax shooter, in which you take on the evil Anarchists and their... |
BBC Micro (1988) and Electron (1988) In Anarchy Zone the player controls a space ship on a fixed screen (called Anarchy Zone) to shoot the enemies,... |
DOS (1992), Atari ST (1993) and Amiga (1993) After naval combat, the second sequel to The Ancient Art of War is all about aircraft combat in World War... |
Neo Geo (1992) The invasion of an unknown life source is getting worse. Nobody knows if the defensive line or the heart of... |
SEGA CD (1993) In Android Assault an alien species called the Xias have targeted human beings for extermination. They have assembled a massive... |
Dragon 32/64 (1983) and TRS-80 CoCo (1982) Android Attack is a 32K update of the Berzerk variant Robot Battle for 16K Tandy Colour systems. The extra memory... |
Amstrad CPC (1985) and ZX Spectrum (1983) Android One: The Reactor Run is a horizontally scrolling action shooter with tile-based graphics. The player must reach and destroy... |
ZX Spectrum (1983) Androids is a maze / shoot 'em up type of game for one player.The game consists of a maze. The... |
ZX Spectrum (1983), Commodore 64 (1984) and Amstrad CPC (1985) Android Two places the player in a maze featuring 5 Militoids to destroy within a time limit. Although they don't... |
Amiga (1988) Somewhere in the far reaches of space, an epic battle is taking place.As a lone hero, you fly your ship... |
