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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Amstrad CPC (1986), Commodore 64 (1986) and ZX Spectrum (1986) Cyrus T. Gross has built the TALOS asteroid and directed it towards earth. Only the Nemesis Organisation's Mobile Attack Droid... |
Windows (2008) Nombz: Night of a Million Billion Zombies is a third person shooter game where a million billion zombies have overrun... |
Windows (2002) and Macintosh (2003) A year has passed since Cate Archer foiled the plans of the terrorist organization known as H.A.R.M. The tension between... |
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Windows (2003) Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi is action driven shock-style horror first person shooter game. You face the challenge of freeing... |
Windows (2004) This game is, like the title suggests, a space shooter.The player is in control of a red space fighter and... |
Windows (2011) Nous is a single-screen arena shooter that offers fast-paced gameplay as well as interaction with a computer programme called Nous... |
Android (2010), iPhone (2009), iPad (2010), PSP (2010), bada (2010), PlayStation 3 (2010) and webOS (2010) N.O.V.A. (Near Orbital Vanguard Alliance) is a first person shooter in a Sci-Fi universe where mankind had to construct huge... |
DOS (1991) and Amiga (1992) It has been two years since the Stellar 7 war. Gir Draxon, the villain, has not been found. Nova 9... |
ColecoVision (1983), Intellivision (1983) and Commodore 64 (1984) Nova Blast is a side-scrolling sci-fi shooter in which your must defend 4 shielded cities from invaders that attack from... |
Xbox 360 (2006) Alien robots from the planet Nova have abducted humans and put them in a deadly competition to observe their toughness.... |
Windows (2009) This compilation includes:
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
Delta Force: Xtreme
Joint Operations: Escalation
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising |
DOS (1994), PlayStation (1995), SEGA CD (1994), 3DO (1994) and FM Towns (1993) In the distant future humans have left Earth, carrying its ecosystem with them. However, the journey to the stars lasted... |
PlayStation 2 (2006) NRA Gun Club is a non-violent, first person shooter. Over 100 licensed firearms are in the game and the game... |
SG-1000 (1983) Originating in the arcades, N-Sub puts the player in control of a submarine in the Cobalt Blue Sea. The action... |
Windows (2011) and Macintosh (2011) Nuclear Dawn is a team shooter set in a post-nuclear world. Two factions, the Empire and the Consortium of Free... |
Macintosh (2011) and Windows (2011) This plutonium edition is a retail release of a game that was previously only available through digital distribution. It contains:... |
Amstrad CPC (1986) Nuclear Heist is a single player shoot-'em up game.Mankind has abandoned the surface of his polluted planet and now lives... |
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DOS (1998) 'Disallowed' by FormGen, they sold user made levels on this rare CD (96). Micro Star later gained rights to produce... |
DOS (1996) Nuke It 1000 contains a 1000 add-on levels (500 of them are multiplayer) for Duke Nukem 3D as well as... |
DOS (1997) The CD contains 309 maps (50 Dukematch) collected from the Internet and BBS (1996) for Duke Nukem 3D. The CD... |
Mattel Aquarius (1983) Another Space Invaders clone: move your gun left/right to hide behind bunkers, then shoot at the advancing ranks of aliens;... |
Windows (2005) NVA was the national army of the former German Democratic Republic aka East Germany. Based on the movie of the... |
DOS (1991), ZX Spectrum (1990), Amiga (1990) and Amstrad CPC (1990) NY Warriors is a top down action game in which you must face various armed gangs in a post apocalyptic... |
