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 (2003) Angriff vom Saturn is a freeware 2D vertically scrolling space shooter.It's the year 3860 and the inhabitants of the Saturn... |
DOS (1996) In this game the player controls Werner Mueller, working as a Sysop at the GIC Headqurters in Futura City. One... |
Windows (1999) This is a kids paintball game in isometric view featuring Wakko, Yakko, and Dot from the tv animated series. You... |
Atari ST (1991) Annihilator is a Galaxian variant written in 68000 assembler.Your ship is at the bottom of the screen and you control... |
VIC-20 (1982) and Commodore 64 (1983) Annihilator is a single player Defender clone. The player pilots a small space ship over the surface of a rocky... |
DOS (1995) Annihilator Tank is a shareware game for DOS in which the player commands a tank and must destroy greater and... |
Windows (2008) This compilations includes all three games from Ex Machina series by Targem Games (with last patches):
Hard Truck: Apocalypse
Hard... |
Windows (2009) Antologiya S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Serebryannoe izdanie is a compilation which includes:Latest versions (in both Russian and Ukranian) of:
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl... |
Windows (2012) Anyman is a newly developed robot who must fight against the robot minions of Dr. Alien in six rounds of... |
iPhone (2011), PSP (2010), PlayStation 3 (2010), Browser (2009) and Android (2013) Apache Overkill is a side-scrolling pixel/retro style shooter that originated as a Flash game on the web and was upgraded... |
DOS (1989), Commodore 64 (1989) and Macintosh (1987) The year is 1997. You're piloting an AH-64 Apache helicopter through enemy city streets on search and destroy mission. Your... |
Amiga (2000) The player takes the role of a captain on a research mission in outer space. An emergency signal has been... |
Windows (2010) APB: All Points Bulletin is an MMOG set in a the modern-day, fictional city of San Paro. Conceived by David... |
Windows (2011) APB Reloaded is the free-to-play (F2P) adaption of 2010's APB. APB was bought from its original developer Realtime Worlds by... |
Amiga (1992) and Windows (2002) A side-on scrolling shoot-em-up with a twist: You play as a wasp (actually a man turned into a wasp) seeking... |
PlayStation (1998) In Apocalypse, the player takes the role of Trey Kincaird, a nano-physicist with the look and voice of Bruce Willis.... |
Amiga (1994) In its simplest essence, Apocalypse a helicopter-based shoot 'em up inspired by Choplifter!. You must enter the jungle fortress of... |
Windows (2003) The forces of good and evil collide in this third-person gothic science fiction shooter. The single-player mode lets players select... |
Xbox 360 (2010) and Windows (2010) Aqua is a twin-stick arcade shooter with a steampunk theme where the player controls a naval ship from a top-down... |
Amiga (1995) This side-view shoot ‘em up scrolls in multiple directions, moving it away from the R-Type game style and more towards... |
Amiga (1989) and Atari ST (1989) In Aquanaut, the protagonist has to find and kill the leader of an alien race which wants to destroy Earth.... |
Windows (2001) In this sequel to Archimedean Dynasty, the player once again controls Emerald "Dead-Eye" Flint, the hero from the first game.... |
Windows (2003) It is the 27th century, and humanity has fled the surface of the Earth, plagued by radioactivity, into the depths... |
Windows (2007), Macintosh (2008) and iPad (2011) Naija lives in a city on a rock floating high in the sky. She dreams of the ocean, painting pictures... |
ZX Spectrum (1983) Your enemy has built destructive machines in underwater caverns. As you are skilled in underwater combat, it is your job... |
