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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Nintendo DS (2009) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sacrifice is a survival horror game that takes placed after season 7 of the television series.... |
Windows (2000) and Macintosh (2003) Retro-style but state-of-the-art shooter that have you in a little ship shooting all sorts of bugs dropping from the sky... |
Apple II (1981), PC-88 (1984) and FM-7 (1984) Bug Attack is a colorful shoot-em-up where you are assaulted by dagger-throwing millipedes, ants, and med flies. The game looks... |
Windows (2001) In Buggers the player takes control over a space ship who has to destroy aliens which want to conquer earth.... |
Amstrad CPC (1990), DOS (1990), MSX (1990) and ZX Spectrum (1990) Year 2019, in a post-apocalyptic world, we must fight versus the evil machines that destroy our planet... This is the... |
Atari 8-bit (1987) Fixing bugs in a new computer circuit board late at night is hard, but it gets even worse when suddenly,... |
Atari 2600 (1982) You have been sent to a long-dead planet to investigate life sign readings. When you get there, giant bugs are... |
Windows (1998) B.U.G.S. is a space shooter with many similarities to Galaga, but it isn't a straight clone of that arcade game.... |
Atari ST (1991) Bug Spray is a game in which you have to protect your growing plant against hungry larvae and other insects.... |
Commodore 64 (1987) Bulldog is a vertically scrolling shooter. Piloting a small ship, your goal is to blast your way through enemy defenses... |
Windows (2006) and Macintosh (2006) Bullet Candy is a top down arena shooter. The player takes control of a space ship and has to defeat... |
Windows (2009), Linux (2009) and Macintosh (2009) Bullet Candy Perfect is a top-down bullet hell arena shooter. It is a remake of the original Bullet Candy using... |
Windows (2012) Bullet Run is a fast-paced first-person shooter in which the player takes the role of a contestant in the ultimate... |
PlayStation 3 (2011), Windows (2011) and Xbox 360 (2011) Bulletstorm is a fast-paced first-person shooter. Players take the role of Grayson 'Gray' Hunt, the captain of a space pirate... |
Xbox 360 (2011) The Epic edition includes:
Bulletstorm
Gears of War 3 beta invitation
25,000 XP bonus for multiplayer
Access to the following... |
PlayStation 3 (2011) and Windows (2011) The Limited edition includes:
Bulletstorm
25,000 XP bonus for multiplayer
Access to the following in-game items:
Golden leash
Peace Maker... |
Browser (2009) Bullet Time is a very fast side-scrolling shooter where the player controls a space ship that simply needs to survive... |
Xbox 360 (2006) The year is 2013 and the world has been overrun by an army of evil monsters. The military has been... |
DOS (1992) Bulls-eye!! is a shareware archery game for one or two players. The left and right arrows are used to aim... |
Macintosh (1996) Bumbler is an insect-themed shooter in which you defend your beehive from invading insects. Your bee always flies forward, and... |
Macintosh (1997) Bumbler Bee-Luxe is an insect themed shooter. As a bumblebee, defend your hive from invaders: beetles, stinkbugs, spiders, moths, centipedes,... |
NES (1990) The Burai, a race of evil super-brain aliens, have launched their plan to conquer the universe with their army of... |
Game Boy (1990) The Burai, a race of evil super-brain aliens, have launched their plan to conquer the universe with their army of... |
DOS (1988) Burger Blaster is an arcade shooter with a twist.Hamburger parts are flying through the sky, you must shoot them down... |
