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).

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The Mummy Returns Game Boy Color (2001) Based on the 2001 movie starring Brendan Frasier and Rachel Weisz, this version differs greatly from it's console version. The...
The Muppet CD-ROM: Muppets Inside Windows (1996) The Muppet CD-ROM: Muppets Inside is based on the TV shows The Muppet Show and Muppets Tonight and features seven...
M.U.S.H.A. Genesis (1990) and Wii (2009) A spin-off from the Aleste series by Compile, Musha Aleste takes the same top-down shooter mechanics of its predecessors but...
Mushihimesama PlayStation 2 (2005) Mushihimesama is a vertically scrolling shooter; players need to control their character over the constantly scrolling terrain and score points...
Mushihimesama Futari Ver 1.5 Xbox 360 (2009) Mushihimesama Futari is a port of the 2006 arcade "bullet hell" shooter of the same name, and the sequel to...
Mushihimesama (Limited Edition) PlayStation 2 (2005) The limited edition of Mushihimesama contains the following items: The game Mushihimesama A collectible figurine
Mushroom Mania DOS (1987), Oric (1983) and Commodore 16, Plus/4 (1984) Mushroom Mania is a shoot 'em up that clones the Centipede game style. The player must shoot at a giant...
Muslim Massacre Windows (2008) In Muslim Massacre, a game of modern religious genocide, the player is invited to "stop acting like a liberal pussy"...
Mutant Alert ExEn (2003) Mutant Alert is a real time 1st person shooting game where you control a scientist in a lab that tries...
Mutant Mahem Windows (2004) Mutant Mahem is a top-down shooter where you have to destroy uncountable numbers of mutants while staying alive. At the...
Mutants Amstrad CPC (1987), Commodore 64 (1987) and ZX Spectrum (1987) In the distant future, human beings have outposts all over the galaxies, but wars and aggression have not died out....
Mutant Storm Linux (2002), Windows (2002), Macintosh (2002) and Xbox (2005) The inhabitants of a world, far away, are been hit by dark ray and have been transformed into rampaging mutants....
Mystery of the Nile Amstrad CPC (1986), MSX (1986), ZX Spectrum (1986) and Commodore 64 (1986) In this unofficial adaptation of the film "The Jewel of the Nile", three travelers have been captured by a dictatorial...
Mystical MSX (1991), Amiga (1990), Amstrad CPC (1990), Atari ST (1990), DOS (1990) and ZX Spectrum (1991) Acquiring the title of Supreme Magician, you should travel from the Marsh of Eternal Stench to the Garden of Eden,...
MysticFormula TurboGrafx CD (1993) In a world where advanced technology and magic co-exist, the Magic Empire controls the vast arid wastelands and the dwellings...
Mystic Midway: Phantom Express CD-i (1993) and DOS (1993) Mystic Midway: Phantom Express is a gallery shooter and spin off from the game Mystic Midway: Rest in Pieces. In...
Mystic Midway: Rest in Pieces DOS (1994) and CD-i (1992) Mystic Midway: Rest In Pieces is basically a shooting gallery with a B-movies/TV horror theme - complete with a demonic...
N2O Nitrous Oxide PlayStation (1998), PlayStation 3 (2010), PSP (2010) and PS Vita (2012) N2O Nitrous Oxide's gameplay is in many ways similar to the arcade classic Tempest. The game involves flying a ship...
N90 LAN Windows (2008) N90 LAN is a platform shooter multiplayer game intended to be played over a local area network. It has some...
Naious Sharp X68000 (1990) In 21th century the Earth became overpopulated, and humans began building colonies in the solar system. Technological expansion led to...
NAM DOS (1998) The year is 1966, shortly after USA deployed its troops to participate in the Vietnam War. Alan "The Bear" Westmoreland,...
Namco Museum PlayStation 2 (2001), GameCube (2002) and Xbox (2002) A total of 12 games are offered in Namco Museum: Pac-Man Pac-Man Arrangement Galaga Galaga Arrangement Dig Dug Dig Dug...
Namco Museum Essentials PlayStation 3 (2010) Namco Museum Essentials is a compilation of six games: Pac-Man Galaga Dig Dug Xevious Dragon Spirit Xevious Resurrection Each game...
Namco Museum Vol. 5 PlayStation (1997) This Namco Museum series member combines Pac-Mania, Dragon Spirit (which is a combination of 1942 and Xevious), Metro-Cross (a type...
The Nameless Mod Windows (2009) The Nameless Mod is an unofficial add-on for Deus Ex which is available on DVD or as freeware download. It...