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 |
Amiga (1996) In 2048, all of Earth's defenses was handed over to three neural computers called Nemac I, II and III constructed... |
Amiga (1997) The Director's Cut of Nemac IV is the name given to the CD-release of the game. The only difference to... |
MSX (1987) In the year 6664 Dr. Venom, the director of the Space Science Agency, was exiled to the planet Sard for... |
MSX (1987) Nemesis 3 (Gradius 3 in Japan) is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up. Shooting at certain enemies will leave a... |
Sharp X68000 (1993) Nemesis '90 Kai is an enhanced remake of Nemesis 2. The main difference lies in presentation, with higher-quality music and... |
Commodore 64 (1983) Neoclyps is a game very similar to the game Defender in concept.It's a side scrolling space shoot 'em up has... |
PlayStation 2 (2004) Neo Contra is the sequel to Contra: Shattered Soldier. The game is a 3-D Shooter with lots of action and... |
Windows (2004) In the middle of the 28th century massive warfare and reckless pollution have brought the life on earth to the... |
Nintendo 64 (1999) Neon Genesis Evangelion is a game adaptation of Yoshiyuki Sadamoto’s manga of the same name which also got an anime... |
Apple II (1987) You are a daring ship captain trying to rid our solar system of the flurry of evil emanating from our... |
Windows (1999) Nerf Arena battle is based on the play toys of the same name, and combines the blast 'em up action... |
Wii (2008) Nerf N-Strike is a rail shooter game where the player moves through a shooting gallery with different challenges aiming at... |
Wii (2009) Nerf N-Strike Elite, the sequel to Nerf N-Strike, is an on-rails shooter where the player can select their hero out... |
DOS (1995) Nerves of Steel is settled in the near future of South East Asia. From a secret underground complex called the... |
PC-98 (1997) Net Guardian is a vertically scrolling shoot-em-up that takes place in a futuristic virtual reality. Criminals have found ways to... |
DOS (1998) Netmaze is a freeware IPX network-only tank game.
You and your friends play by controlling your tank, and trying to... |
Linux (1994), Windows (1996), Amiga (1993) and Macintosh (2006) Netrek is essentially a "Star Trek" themed multiplayer "team Spacewar", where 2 teams of up to 8 players each command... |
Windows (1997) netWAR was an online-only multiplayer shooter allowing up to 16 players to battle in arena combat. Players could select from... |
DOS (1993) This first-person 3D space shooter that Novell, Inc. released to show NetWare's IPX capabilities has single-player and multi-player modes.During gameplay... |
Windows (2006) Several centuries in the future, Earth is at the center of a galaxy-spanning empire. Most colonies are loyal to Earth,... |
PlayStation 3 (2012) and Xbox 360 (2012) NeverDead is a third-person shooter starring protagonist Bryce Boltzmann. He is a demon hunter of over 500 years old who... |
Windows (2002) New World Order is a single and multiplayer first person shooter in a near-future setting. A terrorist organization wants to... |
Spectravideo (1984) In New York Bomb Blitz, the player is an invader from the planet TROK and assigned to destroy the city... |
Linux (2005), Windows (2005) and Macintosh (2008) Nexuiz is an open source 3D multiplayer shooter, licensed under the GPL, and has been in development for over 3... |
Windows (2012) and Xbox 360 (2012) Nexuiz is a commercial remake of the 2005 open source shooter Nexuiz.
In the future, arena battles are broad-casted over... |
