First-person shooter

Game genre concept

A shooter from first-person perspective with fairly free movement (not locked to a grid, rails, or autoscrolling) and view direction. As such, despite the name, simply being from 1st person perspective and being a shooter is not enough to qualify.

1965

games

platforms

Alternate names: FPS
Name variations: 1st person shooter

Quake II

BEOS 1998-01-06

Quake II

N64 1999-02-07

Garry's Mod

WIN 2006-11-29

MechWarrior 4: Vengeance

WIN 2000-11-24

Operation Body Count

DOS 1994

ÜberSoldier II

WIN 2007

Star Wars: Imperial Academy

IOS 2010-12-04

Medal of Honor: Underground

PS1 2000-10-24

Prey

WIN 2006-07-10

They

PS3 2009

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

GBA 2002-09-24

Battle Frenzy

SCD 1995

Activision, Electronic Arts and Ubisoft has published most of these games

Parent group

Shooter

Child group

Doom

compare with these groups

Platforms

Linux		443
Windows		419
X360		101
MS-DOS		95
PS2		86
Xbox		80
PS3		76
Mac OS X		66
Wii		52
PS4		39
Mac OS Classic		35
BSD		34
PS		34
GameCube		26
Xbox One		24
iOS		23
Saturn		19
Arcade		18
BeOS		18
GBA		16
N64		15
Wii U		13
PSP		13
Amiga AGA		12
3DO		12
Nintendo DS		12
OS/2		11
3DS		11
Pandora		10
Dreamcast		9

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