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Game » consists of 2 releases. Released August 1992
The follow-up to id's 1993 game Doom, and one of the earliest first-person shooters to make full use of 3D polygonal graphics and level design. Featuring a dark and gritty atmosphere inspired by gothic and Lovecraftian fiction, players traverse numerous dimensions in an attempt to stop the invasion of eldritch forces led by the mysterious "Quake".
In this Saturn FPS, you control a state-of-the-art Laocorn (codenamed Robotica) attempting to regain control of the WSSS space station Daedalus. The game featured a dark claustrophobic atmosphere in a space station.
The sequel to Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold has futuristic secret agent Blake Stone infiltrating an abandoned training facility on the planet Selon, where elusive mad scientist Dr. Goldfire is believed to be creating a dangerous mutant army in a final attempt to conquer humanity.
Exact's Geograph Seal, released for the Sharp X68000 computer in 1994, is a precursor to Jumping Flash! Rendered in 3D polygons, it was the earliest first-person shooter with platforming mechanics. It also allowed the player to aim the weapon, and took place in free-roaming outdoor environments rather than the corridor labyrinths of contemporary FPS games like Doom.
Arcade light-gun shooter released by Taito in 1993. It supports 2 player co-op, and made use of digitized sprites and sprite-scaling to produce pseudo-3D graphics.
In one of the most revolutionary first-person shooters of the 1990s, players control the last remaining space marine in the demon-infested stations on Mars' moons.
When a rogue scientist plans to enslave humanity in the 22nd century (using soldiers, robots, aliens, and mutants), it's up to British secret agent Blake Stone to infiltrate his facilities and sabotage his plans.
Also known as Star Cruiser II: The Odysseus Project, Star Cruiser 2 was released in 1992 for the NEC PC-98 and Fujitsu FM Towns computers.
Considered by many to be the progenitor of the first-person shooter genre, Wolfenstein 3D is a 1992 first-person action game that pits the player, as Allied spy William "B.J." Blazkowicz, against the might of Nazi Germany.
The spiritual successor to the prototype multiplayer maze game MIDI Maze, Faceball 2000 is a cutesy non-violent first-person shooter released for the Game Boy (and later the SNES, PC Engine, and Game Gear).
Known as Gun Sight, this first-person shooter was released in Japan before the renamed Laser Invasion was released in the US, it released in Japan on March 15th 1991.
In Space Gun, players control a member of a rescue team that must free a space station from an alien menace. Players must travel through corridors and fight bosses while rescuing human prisoners.
An early Neo Geo action game featuring a limited first-person perspective, as a lone C.I.A. agent must fight the forces of a ruthless terrorist organization.
A light-gun rail shooter similar to Operation Wolf and Cabal, but with more detailed three-dimensional environments. The original arcade version's sprite/texture manipulation engine anticipated FPS ray-casting graphics and the look of texture-mapped polygons.
An Arcade shooter developed by Taito that pitted the player against a scrolling backdrop of targets as part of a mission to rescue hostages. It is the sequel to Operation Wolf and would later be followed by another sequel, Operation Wolf 3.
An early first-person role-playing shooter released by Arsys Software. Ahead of its time, it had 3D polygon graphics, FPS gameplay, strafing controls, open-world space exploration, and an epic sci-fi space opera plot.
An arcade game released by Sega in 1988, Last Survivor is the earliest known free-roaming, three-dimensional, third-person shooter, and one of the first shooters with a network multiplayer deathmatch mode.
Shoot bad guys and rescue the hostages in this 1987 first-person Arcade light-gun shooter from Taito.
An early 3D, first-person, role-playing shooter, released by Bullet-Proof Software in 1985. Ahead of its time, it was an early example of both the Action-RPG and FPS genres.
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