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 |
Windows (1997) Vigilance puts you at the center of counter-terrorist missions. You select the operatives and equipment for each mission, then take... |
PlayStation (1998) and Nintendo 64 (1999) The game takes place in the Western United States during a time of world-wide oil shortage in 1976. An organization... |
Game Boy Color (1999) This handheld version of Vigilante 8 keeps its style, but is implemented in different graphical way. Now gameplay is shown... |
PlayStation (1999), Dreamcast (2000) and Nintendo 64 (1999) More drivin' & blastin' fun in this sequel to Vigilante 8. The Coyotes gang returns with a shocking new leader... |
Xbox 360 (2008) Vigilante 8: Arcade is an updated re-release of Vigilante 8 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the original game. Available... |
Amiga (1989) Vindex is a simplistic arcade style pseudo-3D space age shoot-em-up, featuring special visual effects like scaling sprites and slickly animated... |
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Amstrad CPC (1988), Commodore 64 (1988) and ZX Spectrum (1988) In The Vindicator! aliens invaded earth and laid it into ruins. The rest of humanity had to flee underground and... |
Amiga (1991) and Atari ST (1991) A multi-level vertically scrolling shoot 'em up along similar lines to SWIV. You fly a plane through inhospitable landscapes full... |
Game Boy Color (2000) The game is based on the TV series starring Pamela Anderson about Vallery Irons Protection (V.I.P.) agency.Movie award ceremony was... |
PlayStation 2 (2002) and Windows (2002) V.I.P. is based on the TV series of the same name. V.I.P. is a bodyguard agency that protects its clients... |
PlayStation (1998) Aliens are trying to take over the world. It's your job to stop them - so you climb into your... |
Windows (1997) and SEGA Saturn (1995) Cast as one of two brave cops, players of Virtua Cop are charged with bringing down an evil crime syndicate... |
Windows (1997), Dreamcast (2000) and SEGA Saturn (1996) Virtua Cop 2 follows the same gameplay pattern of its predecessor. You are a police officer sent after criminals, from... |
PlayStation 2 (2002) Virtua Cop: Elite Edition is a combination of Virtua Cop 1 & 2.You play a cop who has been called... |
SEGA Saturn (1998) Virtua Cop Special Pack is a pack composed of the following games and accessories:
Virtua Cop
Virtua Cop 2
An... |
Windows (2008) Jason is an autistic child and he has never uttered a word in his life. His mother takes him to... |
DOS (1994) and 3DO (1994) Fight all sorts of virtual enemies as Our Hero, a rock star. Your shotgun is your only friend as you... |
SEGA Saturn (1997) It is the 22nd century. Human beings have long reached outer space and traveled to other planets. But they could... |
Windows (1997) Interesting attempt at a game where you battle within your own computer's directory structure and files. Traverse your directory tree... |
Amiga (1994) and Amiga CD32 (1995) "Vital Light" is one of those innovative games which only appear once a while. In this particular one, you have... |
Windows (2006) VitalSign is an online-only shooter with four playing modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Rounded base which is... |
Windows (2005) A team of navy seals investigating a series of strange reports from Soreo, a desolate volcanic island somewhere in the... |
Android (2011) and J2ME (2011) Vogelstein 2D is an almost top-down shooter, shown through a bird's-eye view and set during World War II. The game... |
Browser (1997) Void is basically an Asteroids variant. The player controls a space ship exploring different sectors of an asteroid belt. Before... |
