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 |
Genesis (1991) It's 1999, the terrorist organization "DAGGER" has taken down the communication system that provides communication for the world's military bases.... |
DOS (1998) In January 20, 1996, an UFO incident ocurred in Varginha, Brazil, involving reports of UFOs and aliens, supposedly captured by... |
Windows (2007) Varia is a futuristic vertically-scrolling shooter created for the SHMUP-DEV Competition 2k7 Round 2. Entries revolved around the theme of... |
Atari 2600 (2001) Vault Assault is based on the Game-A-Tron coin-op game Space Zap that was licensed to Midway.You are a base in... |
Atari 2600 (2002) This is an altered version of the game Vault Assault that was released at the Philly Classic 3. The game... |
MSX (1987) Vaxol is best described as a Space Harrier look-alike. You are a heavily armed robot, seen from behind running across... |
Windows (2006) Veck is a freeware space shooter inspired by Robotron: 2084, Geometry Wars and many vector games of the early 1980’s.... |
Genesis (1995), Wii (2007) and Windows (2010) The future of the human race looks hopeless when maintenance drones accidentally replace the orbot leader's head with a salvaged... |
Browser (2008) Vectoroids is another Asteroids variant with a graphical style similar to Geometry Wars.The player takes control over a spaceship and... |
iPhone (2009) Vector Tanks is a firstperson tank shooter with retro-styled vector graphics. It is designed by Peter Hirschberg, the inventor of... |
Windows (2008) Vector Vendetta is a frantic shooting game that pits your triangular ship against the invasion of the evil vectors. The... |
PC-88 (1988) and TurboGrafx-16 (1990) In the year 2324, Earth is in no good shape: alien forces attacked the planet since three years. But now... |
iPhone (2008) Vektrax is a 3D gravity racer game where the player is put in control of a spaceship racing down a... |
Windows (2009), Xbox 360 (2009) and Macintosh (2012) Velvet Assassin is a 3rd-person stealth shooter set during World War II and inspired by the real life secret agent... |
ZX Spectrum (1988), MSX (1988), Commodore 64 (1988) and Amstrad CPC (1988) VENOM Strikes Back is a single player side scrolling, two dimensional, shoot-em-up. It is the third game to be based... |
NES (1989) It's the year 2089 AD, 71 years after the Planet Venus has been made habitable. Long "Ishtar" and "Aphrodia" fought... |
Amiga (1990) and Atari ST (1990) After humanity destroys the earth through over-population and excess pollution, it becomes essential to send a robotic fly through to... |
Virtual Boy (1995) This is a Gradius style top down shooter with the standard power-ups of Laser, Wide Shot, and Shield.Each power-up can... |
Genesis (1991) Humanity has long since advanced into space, and colonies have been established on many planets, but humanity has yet to... |
Amiga (1988) and Atari ST (1988) The Operation Wolf arcade game was the obvious inspiration for this shoot 'em up. As a lone soldier you must... |
Commodore 64 (1990) This is a horizontal-scrolling shooter that consist of only three stages. The aim is to guide your ship, shooting any... |
DOS (1990) Fun game, you are a diver and must collect underwater treasure while avoiding Sharks and other underwater enemies. |
Atari 2600 (2008) VGEvo Gorf is a graphic hack of the Atari 2600 release of Gorf. Some of the enemy sprites have been... |
NES (1991) Quinn Hart and his partner, Detective Reese of the VICE squad both work to stop the trafficking of illegal substances.... |
VIC-20 (1982) VIC Scramble is another Scramble for the VIC-20, but with some alterations that make it stand out. As usual, you... |
