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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Wibarm DOS (1989), PC-88 (1986) and FM-7 (1986) Wibarm is an action game with RPG elements, and several gameplay modes. The player controls a robot who can also...
Wilberforce: The Sorcerer's Apprentice Commodore 64 (1994) The Sorcerer's Apprentice has made a big mistake, casting a spell causing all the brooms to come to life and...
Wild 9 PlayStation (1998) Wex Major is a teenager from Earth whose parents were kidnapped by aliens. Traveling through space, Wex comes into contact...
Wild Gunman NES (1984) As a lawman in the old west, you carry around a tin star and your NES Zapper. Your goal to...
Wild Guns SNES (1994) and Wii (2010) KABOOM!Annie & Clint, two gunslingers, arrive at Carson City and get caught up in a gunfight. It's raining bullets and...
Wild Life Amiga (1990), DOS (1990) and Atari ST (1990) Wild Life is basically the same game as the developer's previous Safari Guns with new scenarios (America, Arctic, India and...
Wild Metal Country Windows (1999) and Dreamcast (2000) Wild Metal Country is an action game in which one of five little tanks can be selected to control. Tank-like...
Wild Turkey Hunt Windows (1999) Wild Turkey Hunt is a budget game that has the player hunt turkeys in 5 different environments. The game is...
Wild West Guns Wii (2008) Wild West Guns is a shooting game for the Wii in the tradition of the classic laser games. There are...
Williams Arcade Classics DOS (1995), Windows (1996), PlayStation (1996), Dreamcast (2001), SNES (1996), Genesis (1996), SEGA Saturn (1997) and Game.Com (1997) Williams Arcade Classics is a compilation that includes the following games: Defender Defender II Joust Robotron: 2084 Sinistar The PC,...
William Shatner's TekWar DOS (1995) You're an ex-cop who was sentenced to cryo sleep. When you awake you are recruited by the Cosmos Detective Agency...
Will Rock Windows (2003) Will Rock has been described as Serious Sam set in Greece.A budget First Person Shooter where you take the role...
WinBack 2: Project Poseidon PlayStation 2 (2006) and Xbox (2006) A third-person action game which centers around the exploits of a crisis response team. The three player characters, Craig Contrell,...
WinBack: Covert Operations PlayStation 2 (2001), Nintendo 64 (1999) and PlayStation 3 (2012) A combination of Metal Gear Solid and Syphon Filter, WinBack has you as part of the Strategic Covert Actions Team...
Winds of Steel Android (2010) Winds of Steel is a game for the Android systems that places the player in a position of a pilot...
WinFight Windows 3.x (1993) This is for all the would-be gunslingers who'd rather be playing Law of the West than doing a mail merge....
Wing Arms SEGA Saturn (1995) Wing Arms is action/shooter starring airplanes mainly from the WW2 era. There is very little simulation here as you shoot...
Wing Commander 1+2 Windows (2011) and Macintosh (2012) This digitally distributed game collection includes: Wing Commander Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
Wing Commander II: Deluxe Edition DOS (1992) and FM Towns (1995) This is a compilation of the entire Wing Commander II saga on a single CD. The compilation includes: Wing Commander...
Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger DOS (1994), PlayStation (1996), 3DO (1995), Macintosh (1995) and Windows (2011) The war against the Kilrathi is going badly for the Confederation. Its flagship, the Concordia, has been destroyed, battles are...
Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi DOS (1991) Your carrier, the Tiger's Claw, is destroyed by Kilrathi stealth fighters. You are blamed for the loss of the ship....
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom DOS (1996), PlayStation (1997), Windows (1996), Macintosh (1996), PlayStation 3 (2009) and PSP (2009) Christopher Blair, "Heart of the Tiger" had retired to a farming planet after the war, content with retirement, so he...
Wing Commander: Prophecy Windows (1997) and Game Boy Advance (2003) Following the Border Worlds conflict of Wing Commander IV, the galaxy is once more at peace. Colonel Christopher Blair, hero...
Wing Commander: Prophecy (Gold Edition) Windows (1998) This Gold Edition contains: Wing Commander: Prophecy (base game) Wing Commander: Secret Ops (expansion pack)Secret Ops was previously only available...
Wing Commander: Prophecy (Special Edition) Windows (1997) This special edition package comes in an enlarged box which includes a copy of Wing Commander: Prophecy along with a...