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The term Shooter encompasses a wide variety of video games that employ shooting as the primary method of interaction with other objects in the game. As a result, Shooters can differ greatly from one another in the following criteria.
- Fixed or Scrolling: Very early arcade shooters, such as Space Invaders and Galaxian were limited to one single screen. Improved technology and increased memory have allowed more sophisticated shooters to scrolls across an entire stage, like Xevious or Gradius
- Fixed Orientation or Open: Some scrolling shooters only allow you to scroll in one particular direction like Xevious or Gradius, while others allow you to scroll in any direction of your choice, like Sinistar or Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved. Others are a mix, like Star Fox and Star Fox 64.
- Vertical or Horizontal Scrolling: Among the fixed orientation shooters, many opt for only one type of scrolling such as Vertical (e.g. Xevious, Raiden) or Horizontal (e.g. Gradius, R-Type). Others present of mix of orientations, like Life Force.
- Manual or Automatic Scrolling: Some scrolling shooters scroll automatically, forcing you to dodge oncoming obstacles at a predesignated speed, such as the Gradius series, while other scrolling shooters allow you to dictate the speed at which you progress through the stage, such as the Metal Slug series.
- Perspective: A majority of shooters are third-person perspective. You are either looking at a profile of your character/ship from the side, as in any side scroller, or you are looking at your character/ship from a locked perspective over the shoulder or adjustable perspective, as in a majority of 3-D shooters.
Exceptions: Note that first-person perspective shooters are considered to be in their own genre, namely the FPS genre. Also note that games which employ a light gun as their primary method of input should be classified under the Light gun genre.
Subcategories
This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Pages in category "Shooter"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 505 total.
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A
- Abadox
- Ace Combat
- The Adventures of Bayou Billy
- Adventures of Dino Riki
- Aero Fighters
- Aero Fighters Assault
- Aeroboto
- After Burner
- After Burner II
- Air Combat (1976)
- Air Combat 22
- Air Fortress
- Air Zonk
- Air-Sea Battle
- Airwolf
- Akkanvader
- Akuu Senki Raijin
- Alien Invaders--Plus!
- Alien Mind
- Alien Swarm
- Alien Syndrome
- Aliens
- Aliens: Extermination
- Alien³: The Gun
- Alpha Mission
- Andromeda
- Apple Invaders
- Argus
- Army Men: Air Combat
- ASO: Armored Scrum Object
- Asphalt
- Assault
- Assault Plus
- Astro Blaster
- Astro Warrior
- Attack of the Zolgear
- Avenger
- Axelay
B
- B-Wings
- Babel Sword
- Bakutotsu Kijuutei
- Balloon Bomber
- Balloon Monster
- Baltron
- Bangai-O
- Bank Panic
- Baraduke
- Barnyard Blaster
- Batman (Arcade)
- Battlefield
- Battlezone
- Battlezone (Activision)
- Battlezone II: Combat Commander
- Bazooka Blitzkrieg
- Big Challenge! Dogfight Spirit
- Black Widow
- Blast Off
- Blasted
- Blazer
- Blazing Lazers
- Blue Shark
- Boot Hill
- Borderline
- Bosconian
- Bradley Trainer
- Bravoman
- Brothers in Arms DS
- Bubble Trouble: Golly! Ghost! 2
- Bug Hunt
- Burai Fighter
- Burn Zombie Burn!
- Burning Force
C
- Cabal
- Caravan Shooting Collection
- Carnival
- Choujikuu Yousai Macross
- Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Ai Oboete Imasu ka
- Commando
- Commando (1983)
- Computer Space
- Cosmo Gang: The Video
- Cosmo Genesis
- Cosmos Cop
- Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams
- Crater Raider
- Crime Busters
- Crisis Zone
- Crush
- Cyber Commando
- Cyber Sled
- Cybernoid
D
- Dangerous Seed
- Darius
- Darius Gaiden
- Darxide
- Dead Space: Extraction
- Deep Scan
- Defender
- Defender II
- Deimos Rising
- Demon
- Demoneye-X
- Desert Falcon
- Detana TwinBee Yahho! Deluxe Pack
- Detana!! TwinBee
- Die Hard Trilogy
- Dino Crisis
- Dog Patch
- Dogosoken
- Doraemon
- Dragon Ball: Dragon Daihikyou
- Dragon Saber
- Dragon Spirit
- Drakengard
- Driv3r
- Dyad
E
F
G
- G-Darius
- Galaga
- Galaga '88
- Galaga Arrangement
- Galaga Legions DX
- Galaga: Destination Earth (Game Boy Color)
- Galagon
- Galaxian
- Galaxian³
- Gall Force - Eternal Story
- Gaplus
- Geimos
- Geometry Wars: Galaxies
- Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
- Ghost Squad
- Giga Wing
- Ginga Denshou - Galaxy Odyssey
- Gofer no Yabou: Episode II
- Gokujou Parodius
- Gokujou Parodius Da! Deluxe Pack
- Goldwing
- Golly! Ghost!
- Gorf
- Gradius
- Gradius 2
- Gradius Collection
- Gradius Deluxe Pack
- Gradius Gaiden
- Gradius Galaxies
- Gradius II
- Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou
- Gradius III
- Gradius III and IV
- Gradius Portable
- Gradius V
- Gravitar
- Great Tank
- Grind Stormer
- Grobda
- Guided Missile
- Guild01
- Gun Fight
- Gun-Nac
- Gun.Smoke
- Gun.Smoke (NES)
- Gunbird 2
- GunForce II
- GunForce: Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island
- Gunhed
- Gunmen Wars
- Gunstar Super Heroes
- Gyrodine
- Gyruss