Turrets

Creatures entity

Immobile weapons that seek targets and fire at them automatically.

199
games
27
platforms

Alternate names: Emplacements, Sentry guns
Name variations: gun turrets, missile turrets, rocket turrets

Related:
* Hacking - hacking is occasionally possible for these.
* Robots - turrets are basically immobile robots, though shouldn't be considered part of them
* Auto-turrets - when attached to player's vehicle or character
Commonly these pop-up from some protective box like structures or similar to fire upon anyone they can find. Also commonly found as part of internal defence system of military bases, especially in science fiction.

This also includes manned turrets if the people manning it are an integral part of it (as in, they abandon it or otherwise leave it; often the people manning the turret are animated as part of it rather than individuals).

Occasionally these are indestructible.

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Games by year

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The first Turrets video game was released in 1982.

11 bit studios, 2K Games and Electronic Arts published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 86
Linux 35
Mac OS X 20
PS3 16
X360 16
iOS 2
Android 2
N64 2
Mac OS Classic 2
Wii 1
PS 1
PS2 1
Amiga 1
Wii U 1
Apple II E 1
C64 1
Tandy Coco 1
Atari ST 1
PS Vita 1
Amstrad CPC 1
PS4 1
ZX Spectrum 1
MICRO 7 - FM7 1
MS-DOS 1
NEC PC8801 1
TRS-80 1
Switch 1