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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Syphon Filter PlayStation (1999), PlayStation 3 (2007), PSP (2007), Android (2011) and PS Vita (2012) Gabriel Logan, one of the government's top covert agents, must neutralize the terrorists that threaten Washington D.C. and destroy a...
Syphon Filter 2 PlayStation (2000), PSP (2009) and PlayStation 3 (2009) The sequel to the previous year's Syphon Filter, Syphon Filter 2 adds new features such as a two player mode,...
Syphon Filter 3 PlayStation (2001), Android (2011), PSP (2007), PlayStation 3 (2008) and PS Vita (2012) Gabe and Lian are back -- however, this time, "The Agency" has put Lian and Gabe on trial for crimes...
Syphon Filter: Combat Ops PSP (2007) Syphon Filter: Combat Ops is an online only game for the PSP, using the same multiplayer engine as Syphon Filter:...
Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror PSP (2006) and PlayStation 2 (2007) In this fifth installment to the Syphon Filter series, you play multiple characters, including Gabe Logan, all who are agents...
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow PSP (2007) and PlayStation 2 (2010) Logan's Shadow, the second PSP iteration of the long running Syphon Filter series, sees Gabe Logan in the battle of...
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain PlayStation 2 (2004) and PlayStation 3 (2012) The hero of the first three Syphon Filter games, Gabe Logan has recruited a new counter-terrorist organization called IPCA. Throughout...
System Shock DOS (1994), Macintosh (1995) and PC-98 (1996) The year is 2072. A hacker from a Saturn colony breaks into computer system of TriOptimum Corporation and gets arrested....
System Shock 2 Windows (1999) In the year 2114, forty-two years after the events described in System Shock, a soldier joins the military organization Unified...
T2: The Arcade Game DOS (1993), Game Boy (1992), Genesis (1993), Amiga (1993), SNES (1993), SEGA Master System (1993) and Game Gear (1993) As the title states, this is the home conversion of the arcade rail-shooter based on the film Terminator 2: Judgement...
T3mp3st Windows (2005) This open-source, freeware remake of the classic vector-based arcade game adds several new sets of levels with curious shapes, and...
Tachyon: The Fringe Windows (2000) Jake Logan was an ace pilot, living in Sol and holding a steady job flying for Advanced Ganymede Technologies. However...
Tac-Scan Atari 2600 (1983) Enemy airships are approaching your command base! You need to fly your five plane squadron into battle to defend it....
Tactical Assassin Browser (2005) In Tactical Assassin the player takes on a role of a stick figure sniper, eliminating fellow stick figures for a...
Tactical Assassin 2 Browser (2008) Tactical Assassin 2 is the sequel to Tactical Assassin, where once again the player takes command of a stick figure...
Tactical Assassin Substratum Browser (2008) Tactical Assassin Substratum is the third entry into the series where once again the player takes control of the stick...
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror Windows (2002) Like the popular Half-Life: Counter-Strike team-based shooter, Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror lets players assume the role of a terrorist...
TAGAP 2: The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins 2 Windows (2011) TAGAP 2 picks up almost immediately after the first game. Our penguin heroes Pablo and Pedro are now working together....
TAGAP: The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins Windows (2007) The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins - The title kinda sums it up. Mad scientist doctor Glowenko is planning to take...
Tag: The Power of Paint Windows (2008) Tag: The Power of Paint is a trick-based puzzle platformer played from a first-person perspective. Perhaps giving a nod to...
Tail Gunner Browser (1998) The player is a tail gunner defending his spaceship against incoming vessels in space. Shown from a first-person perspective the...
Tai-Pan Amstrad CPC (1987), Commodore 64 (1987), MSX (1987), ZX Spectrum (1987), Atari ST (1987) and DOS (1987) You wish to make your fortune in China, in this adaptation of James Clavell's book. First job is to get...
Taito Legends: Power-Up PSP (2006) Empire Interactive's Taito Legends series of compilations moved onto handheld in Europe and the US with Taito Legends Power-Up. It...
Taito's Super Space Invaders DOS (1991), SEGA Master System (1991), Commodore 64 (1991), Amiga (1991), Atari ST (1991), ZX Spectrum (1991), Amstrad CPC (1991) and Game Gear (1992) Remember that arcade classic Invaders? Well this game takes it to the next level with harder aliens, bosses, power ups,...
Take 'Em Out Amiga (1989) Take 'em Out is a Operation Wolf clone. As in that game, the player has to shoot waves after waves...