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Grid-based first-person movement

Video game concept

First person games where the movement and other elements are locked to a grid. May or may not have a smooth transition.

527
games
64
platforms

Alternate names: First-person grid
Name variations: Grid-based first-person

Swords of Glass (MS-DOS)
Swords of Glass
DOS 1986
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan (MS-DOS)
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan
DOS 1990
Zoids: Mokushiroku (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Zoids: Mokushiroku
NES 1990-12-21
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (MSX 2)
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
MSX2 1987
Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon (MS-DOS)
Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon
DOS 1991
Chaos Strikes Back (Amiga OCS)
Chaos Strikes Back
OCS 1990
Whale's Voyage (MS-DOS)
Whale's Voyage
DOS 1993
Labyrinthe Survie (Thomson)
Labyrinthe Survie
THMS 1984
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday (Commodore 64)
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
C64 1990
Spirit of Adventure (Amiga OCS)
Spirit of Adventure
OCS 1991
Alternate Reality: The Dungeon (Apple II E)
Alternate Reality: The Dungeon
IIE 1987
Champions of Krynn (Apple II E)
Champions of Krynn
IIE 1990

The first video game about Grid-based first-person movement was released on September 1981.

ASCII, SSI and Electronic Arts has published most of these games

This is a specific variation of 3DoF (three degrees of freedom): forward/back, left/right, and yaw (in 90 degree increments). Many are also only 2DoF with the lack of side stepping.

Better name for this concept is needed, but since there's no agreement on it besides grid based movement or similar elsewhere and that doesn't distinguish from other uses of grids, we're limited to this currently.
Related:
* Grid

Related: (environment rendering)
* Tile-based
* Pre-rendered backgrounds

Platforms

MS-DOS 95
Linux 50
Amiga 39
Windows 32
NEC PC9801 28
C64 24
Atari ST 20
Apple II E 19
Mac OS Classic 18
NES 17
NEC PC8801 12
Sharp X1 11
GB 9
BeOS 9
MICRO 7 - FM7 9
Amstrad CPC 7
FM Towns 7
GBC 6
MSX 6
Amiga AGA 6
SNES 6
Mac OS X 6
MSX2 5
Saturn 5
X68000 5
Mega Drive 4
BSD 4
C128 4
iOS 4
Mega-CD 4

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