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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Asteroids Hyper 64 Nintendo 64 (1999) An updated version of the classic arcade blast 'em up, this game features full 3D environments, all-new weapons and defense...
Asteroid Smash DOS (2000) In this simple game the idea is to shoot the asteroids that are coming towards the Earth. Your ship is...
Asteroids Online Browser (2010) Following the classic gameplay of the original Asteroids, Joju Games and Atari worked together to release a faithful remake where...
The Astonishing Adventures of Mr. Weems and the She Vampires Amstrad CPC (1987), ZX Spectrum (1987) and Commodore 64 (1987) In this top-view shooter with similarities to Gauntlet, Mr. Weems has set out to kill the She Vampires in their...
Astraia Windows (2004) Astraia is a 3rd-person one-on-one Japanese fighting game with mechs. It offers deadly duels between big robots. One of them...
Astro3D DOS (1997) Astro3D is a shareware space shoot 'em up game based on the classic game Asteroids.The story is that Earth signed...
Astro Assembler Windows (2001) Astro Assembler is a space-faring, top-down, vertically-scrolling, shoot-em-up. Pilot your spaceship against insurmountable swarms of enemy ships and asteroid-planted bases....
Astro Avenger Windows (2005) In the year 2375, humanity is finally at peace after the Empire has conquered five galaxies. However all not all...
Astro Avenger II Windows (2008) Astro Avenger II is the sequel to AstroAvenger. In this vertically scrolling shooter the player has to save mankind from...
AstroBlast Dragon 32/64 (1982) and TRS-80 CoCo (1982) Astroblast is a plain space shoot'em'up, a clone of the arcade game Astro Fighter, which evolved only slightly from the...
Astro Boy: Omega Factor Game Boy Advance (2003) Astro Boy: Omega Factor is a side-scrolling action game based off a 2003 remake of Osamu Tezuka's classic Astro Boy...
Astro Chase Atari 5200 (1983), Commodore 64 (1984) and Atari 8-bit (1982) As pilot of a spaceship, your job is to save the planet Earth! Eight mega mines are slowly homing in,...
Astroclone ZX Spectrum (1985) To finally get rid of the vicious Seiddab, a crack pilot has been cloned 15 times, to produce an army...
Astro-Dodge DOS (1982) In this Asteroids clone, you get points by shooting enemy ships, and asteroids which gradually break down into smaller and...
Astro Fire DOS (1994) and Windows (1999) Astro Fire is basically a run-of-the-mill Asteroids clone, but with a few twists: instead of asteroids you've got monsters of...
Astro Fury Windows (2006) Jump into your single seater and blast a gigantic horde of alien invaders. Using eighteen different types of plasma guns...
Astro Invader ColecoVision (2005) The Astro Invaders are attacking! You must use your laser base to defend the Earth. Beware of the incoming invaders...
Astronoid.net Windows (2005) Astronoid.net is an online futuristic racing game allowing up to 8 players per race. Several elements, reminiscent of WipeOut, expect...
Astro Panic Commodore 64 (1984) and Atari ST (1986) Astro Panic is a shoot'em up similar to Space Invaders except there are less enemies and they move around the...
Astro Robo Sasa NES (1985), MSX (1984) and Spectravideo (1984) This is a shooting game with a twist. You are in control of a small character who has to go...
Astrosmash Intellivision (1981), Atari 2600 (1982) and Mattel Aquarius (1983) In Astrosmash you control a laser canon at the bottom of the screen; your goal is to earn as many...
Astrotit DOS (1987) Setting the scene for a shoot-'em-up game is always a stiff proposition and never anywhere more so than here: due...
Astro Tripper PlayStation 3 (2008) and Windows (2009) Astro Tripper is a remake of PomPom's debut game Space Tripper. Like its predecessor it plays similarly to Uridium which...
Astro Warrior SEGA Master System (1986) Basic Sega shoot-em-up in which you must guide your ship through three zones while avoiding hazards. Your only weapon are...
Astro Warrior / Pit Pot SEGA Master System (1986) Two games on one cartridge:Pit Pot: The Magical Castle The princess has been kidnapped. To rescue her, navigate your way...