Evolution of Shooters

[Driden]

A look back at our favorite genre. First Person Shooters


1991 - Catacomb 3D
http://www.old-games.ru/games/Catacomb_Abyss/catgo_001.png

1992 - Wolfenstein 3D
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060901/wolfenstein-02.png

1993 - Doom
http://www.trustedreviews.com/images/article/inline/3413-doom1.jpg

1994 - Marathon
http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/07/marathon_durandel.jpg

1995 - Descent
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/Descent.jpg

1996 - Duke Nukem 3D
http://www.hardwaretidende.dk/hard/artikelimages/18062004-22.jpg

1996 - Quake
http://www.gatecentral.com/games/doc/pic/shoot03.jpg

1997 - GoldenEye 007
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/N64_GoldenEye.jpg

1997 - Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/Turokscreen2.jpg

1998 - Half-life
http://yannick.fleurit.free.fr/Culture/Screenshots/Half%20Life/Half%20Life%20(1).jpg

1998 - Rainbow Six
http://armm.planetrainbowsix.gamespy.com/nato3/fnp90.jpg

1998 - Tribes
http://i24.tinypic.com/vncjs9.jpg

1999 - System Shock 2
http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/SS2/ss2_2.jpg

1999 - Quake III Arena
http://images.betanews.com/screenshots/950853027-1.jpg

1999 - Unreal Tournament
http://images.betanews.com/screenshots/955436898-1.jpg

2000 - Deus Ex
http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/8475/deusexscreenshot26lb.jpg

2000 - Counter Strike
http://game.china.com/zh_cn/download/patch/cs101b.jpg

2001 - Operation Flashpoint
http://xboxmedia.gamespy.com/xbox/image/article/670/670499/operation-flashpoint-elite-20051123095848188.jpg

2001 - Ghost Recon
http://www.armchairempire.com/images/Reviews/pc/ghost-recon/ghost_recon_1.jpg

2001 - Halo: Combat Evolved
http://files.xboxic.com/xbox/halo/halo1.jpg

2002 - Return to Castle Wolfenstein
http://www.armchairempire.com/images/Reviews/pc/return-castle-wolfenstein/RtCW_5.jpg

2002 - Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2002/pc/act/mohspearhead/m_screen001.jpg

2002 - Battlefield 1942
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20070202/battlefield1942.jpg

2003 - Call of Duty
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/images/articles/94/1.jpg

2003 - Rainbow Six 3
http://www.skoar.com/images/2rain1.jpg

2004 - Doom 3
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/reviews/pc/doom-3/doom-3-a.jpg

2004 - Farcry
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/pc/farcry/0422/far_screen005.jpg

2004 - Half Life 2
http://www.mobygames.com/images/i/14/07/184107.jpeg

2004 - Unreal Tournament 2004
http://www.forumzone.it/public/uploaded/neo/2004212114445_UT2004%202004-02-12%2011-04-34-87.jpg

2004 - Painkiller
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Boohscreen1.jpg

2004 - Halo 2
http://news.softpedia.com/images/reviews/large/HALO2a_005-large.jpg

2005 - Fear
http://news.softpedia.com/images/reviews/large/FEAR_001-large.jpg

2005 - Call of Duty 2
http://www.fightersofwar.nl/images/call%20of%20duty%202.jpg

2005 - Battlefield 2
http://images.ea.com/eagames/official/battlefield/battlefield2/us/screenshots/bf2wake_01.jpg

2006 - Rainbow Six Vegas
http://www.xbox360france.com/upload/Gallery/Rainbow_six_vegas_5_081006.jpg

2006 - Gears of War
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/744/744356/gears-of-war-20061107035023862.jpg

2007 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R
http://img.hexus.net/v2/gaming/screenshots_pc/stalker/stalker3_large.jpg

2007 - Bioshock
http://jakeinthecity.com/jitc/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/bioshock_16a.jpg

2007 - Call of Duty 4
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2007/228/reviews/939212_20070817_screen001.jpg

2007 - Team Fortress 2
http://orange.half-life2.com/images/screens/tf2/TF2_Screen02.jpg

2007 - Unreal Tournament 3
http://www.tech2.com/media/images/2007/Jul/img_11881_ut3.jpg

2007 - Crysis
http://aycu28.webshots.com/image/35907/2000799303841432285_rs.jpg

[Galerian]

Awesome!

[Highwayman]

Wow... great thread man... I've played most of those games; Golden Eye being the most addicting I remember but games 2002 - Present I havn't played. I need to get back into the groove.

Quick question: FarCry... worth buying for 20 bucks?

[King_ov_Hell]

Most fun genre in my opinion. I miss playing most of these games, especially Goldeneye 007, very addicting.

[FrighT MasteR]

I think the first shooter that really got me into them was Quake 2. :nod:

[Il Duce]

I remember getting my first start in shooters in games such as Wolfenstein 3D and Doom brings back memories.

[SonOfSavini]

Ah...good times, good memories.

I think Metroid Prime 3 : Corruption (2007) for the Wii deserves some mention. The control scheme alone broke TONS of console FPS barriers.

http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/814/814437/metroid-prime-3-corruption-20070822001342976.jpg

[Luris Blear]

There were vector-based FPS's on the Atari 2600. This feels very incomplete.

[Driden]

I forgot about Metroid. I blame the fact I don't have a Wii. lol actually I didn't add a lot of games like Resident Evil 4, House of the Dead, Rogue Spear, etc. As for Atari based games. Good idea, but what FPS games were there? Closest that I recall as a shooter was Asteroids or Missile Command?

[Luris Blear]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlezone

Hm. Looks like I was wrong about the Atari 2600 version using true 3D. There was still the arcade version, however.

And MIDIMaze.

[Highwayman]

I bought FarCry Instincts for Xbox today and it rocks. Graphics and gameplay are great but getting used to the Xbox controls are alittle tough at first (used to playing PS1/N64/Snes/Nes) but very fun game.

[Gatsu18]

Golden eye and doom.... mmmmmmm delicious