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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.

577
games
69
platforms

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

Demise: Rise of The Ku'tan (Windows)
Demise: Rise of The Ku'tan
WIN 2000-01
Tyrann (Amstrad CPC)
Tyrann
CPC 1985
Undercroft (Windows)
Undercroft
WIN 2006
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos (MS-DOS)
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos
DOS 1993
Wizardry III: Diamond no Kishi (Game Boy Color)
Wizardry III: Diamond no Kishi
GBC 2001
Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard (Nintendo DS)
Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard
NDS 2008-02-21
Demon Master Chris (Windows)
Demon Master Chris
WIN 2013-10-31
Dungeon Master (Atari ST)
Dungeon Master
ST 1987
MacSokoban (Macintosh OS Classic)
MacSokoban
MAC 1992
City of Death (ZX Spectrum)
City of Death
SPC 1985
Champions of Krynn (Commodore 64)
Champions of Krynn
C64 1990
Swords of Glass (MS-DOS)
Swords of Glass
DOS 1986
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

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The first Grid-based first-person movement video game was released in 1980.

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

Platforms

MS-DOS 97
Linux 50
Amiga 40
Windows 34
NEC PC9801 32
C64 28
Apple II E 21
Atari ST 20
Mac OS Classic 19
NES 17
NEC PC8801 15
Sharp X1 12
MICRO 7 - FM7 10
Amstrad CPC 10
GB 9
BeOS 9
MSX2 8
X68000 8
Mac OS X 8
ZX Spectrum 7
FM Towns 7
Amiga AGA 7
MSX 6
SNES 6
GBC 6
Saturn 5
C128 5
Mega Drive 4
BSD 4
PS Vita 4

Most common companies

ASCII33
SSI31
Electronic Arts27
Sir-Tech22
Starcraft18
New World Computing16
Silmarils12
Starbyte10
Datasoft9
Elf8
Pony Canyon8
Mindscape8
Avalon Hill7
Interplay7
Fatbot Games6