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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.

552
games
65
platforms

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

Eye of the Beholder (Atari Lynx)
Eye of the Beholder
LYNX 1993
Might and Magic: Book One - Secret of the Inner Sanctum (Sharp X1)
Might and Magic: Book One - Secret of the
SX1 1988-01
Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds (Sharp X1)
Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds
SX1 1987-01
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos (NEC PC9801)
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos
9801 1994
Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra (Sega-CD/Mega-CD)
Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra
SCD 1993
Dragon Knight (X68000)
Dragon Knight
X68K 1990-10-31
Wolfenstein RPG (iOS)
Wolfenstein RPG
IOS 2009-08-11
Lightning Warrior Raidy II (Windows)
Lightning Warrior Raidy II
WIN 2007-06-15
Deep Dungeon II: Yuushi no Monshou (MSX)
Deep Dungeon II: Yuushi no Monshou
MSX 1988
Dungeon Master (NEC PC9801)
Dungeon Master
9801 1990-02-09
Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom (Commodore 128)
Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom
C128 1988
Might and Magic: Book One - Secret of the Inner Sanctum (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Might and Magic: Book One - Secret of the
NES 1990-07-31

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 97
Linux 51
Amiga 39
Windows 34
NEC PC9801 31
C64 25
Atari ST 21
Apple II E 19
Mac OS Classic 19
NES 17
NEC PC8801 14
Sharp X1 11
BeOS 9
GB 9
MICRO 7 - FM7 9
Amstrad CPC 9
Mac OS X 8
X68000 7
MSX2 7
FM Towns 7
Amiga AGA 6
SNES 6
GBC 6
MSX 6
Saturn 5
iOS 4
Mega-CD 4
BSD 4
Mega Drive 4
C128 4

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