First-person shooters First-person shooters Day of Defeat (DoD) is a popular team-based multiplayer World War II first-person shooter computer game that immerses players into a 3D simulated virtual reality of the European Theatre of World War II. The game's graphics and sounds have been influenced by the movie Saving Private Ryan and use some of the movie's actual soundtracks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Day of Defeat"
Deathmatch Classic or DMC is a multiplayer mod of the popular first-person shooter, Half-Life. It was first released with the 1.1.0.7 patch of the game on June 11, 2001. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deathmatch Classic"
Deer Hunter is a five-part series of North American video games for the PC developed by WizardWorks Software, a division of Infogrames, and designed by Sunstorm Interactive. The original game in the series was released on December 31, 1997. 'Deer Hunter 5: Tracking Trophies' was released in November 30, 2001. After that, Atari started to create the Deer Hunter games, with 'Deer Hunter 2003', 'Deer Hunter 2004' and 'Deer Hunter 2005'. The original Deer Hunter and its sequel Deer Hunter II have also been released for Macintosh computers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deer Hunter (video game)"
Delta Force is a first-person shooter computer game by developer and publisher NovaLogic. It was released for the PC on November 1, 1998. Delta Force was designed to be a military simulation loosely based on the Delta Force special operations force. ...more on Wikipedia about "Delta Force (computer game)"
Installments in Novalogic's Delta Force series: ...more on Wikipedia about "Delta Force 2"
Descent is a 3D first-person shooter computer game noted for popularizing the use of portal rendering technology and providing the player with six full degrees of freedom (often abbreviated " 6DOF") to move and to look around. Descent spawned two direct sequels ( Descent II and Descent 3). The Descent name was used in an unrelated arcade space sim called Descent: FreeSpace. Descent was developed by Parallax Software and released in 1995. Although old by modern gaming standards, it is still cherished by a strong community of fans and new levels continue to be developed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Descent (computer game)"
Dino Stalker (Gun Survivor 3: Dino Crisis in Japan) is a PlayStation 2 game by Capcom, and part of the Dino Crisis series of video games. Though it can be played by other means, a light gun is recommended, as the game is one in a number of Capcom games that try to bridge the gap between light gun games and traditional games that allow the player greater range of control over their movements in the game. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dino Stalker"
Disruptor is a video game for the PlayStation. It was developed by Insomniac Games. They would later go on to create the popular Spyro the Dragon and Ratchet & Clank series. ...more on Wikipedia about "Disruptor (video game)"
Doom (or DOOM) is a 1993 computer game by id Software that is among the landmark titles in the first-person shooter genre. It is widely recognized for its pioneer use of immersive 3D graphics, networked multiplayer gaming, and the support for players to create custom expansions ( WADs). Distributed as shareware, Doom was downloaded by an estimated 10 million people within two years, popularizing the mode of gameplay and spawning a gaming subculture; as a sign of its impact on the industry, games from the mid- 1990s boom of first-person shooters are often known simply as " Doom clones". Its graphic and interactive violence has also made Doom the subject of much controversy reaching outside the gaming world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Doom"
Doom 3 is a sci-fi horror first-person shooter computer game developed by id Software and published by Activision. Set in 2145 in the Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) research center on Mars, it is a reimagining of the original Doom, with completely new graphics and game engine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Doom 3"
Doom II: Hell on Earth is a first-person shooter video game created by id Software. It was originally released on the IBM PC on September 30, 1994. It is the sequel to the popular and revolutionary game Doom, which was released a year earlier. In 1995, Doom II won the Origins Award for Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game of 1994. Unlike Doom which was initially only available through shareware and mail order, Doom II was a commercial release sold in stores. ...more on Wikipedia about "Doom II"
Duck Hunt is a first-person shooter video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game console system. It was one of the two original pack-in titles for the first release of the game system (the other was Super Mario Bros.). ...more on Wikipedia about "Duck Hunt"
Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter developed by 3D Realms and released on January 29, 1996 by Apogee Software, featuring the adventures of Duke Nukem, based on a character that had appeared in earlier platform games by the company: Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II. ...more on Wikipedia about "Duke Nukem 3D"
Duke Nukem 64 is a Nintendo 64 port of the first-person shooter PC ( MS-DOS) video game Duke Nukem 3D. There are many changes from the PC version. Some weapons use two different types of ammo. Duke's pistol can use "dum-dum rounds," which are significantly stronger than the standard ammunition. The shotgun can fire explosive rounds, with devastating results on Duke's enemies. Heat-seeking missiles are also available. There are also several new weapons: a grenade launcher (replacing the RPG), dual SMGs (replacing the chain-gun cannon), the Microwave Expander (from the Atomic Edition), a missile launcher (replacing the Devastator), and the Plasma Cannon, reminiscent of Doom's BFG (this weapon replaces the Freeze Thrower). The game no longer works in episodes, but as one big game, with some Atomic edition levels thrown in here and there. There are Overlord Clones in tandem with the Battlelord Clones. The new alien boss from the Atomic edition has been added to the game, and the Cycloid Emperor (in the final level) is now a fully rendered polygon character. ...more on Wikipedia about "Duke Nukem 64"
Duke Nukem Forever (DNF) is a yet-to-be-released first-person shooter video game being developed by 3D Realms, and is the next game in the popular Duke Nukem series. It is notorious for its protracted development, which has been ongoing since 1997. ...more on Wikipedia about "Duke Nukem Forever"
Dystopia is a cyberpunk-themed modification of the 2004 first-person shooter Half-Life 2. Its first playable demo was released on September 9, 2005, after a year of planning and nine months of development. Dystopia's popularity is quickly growing within the Half-Life 2 community, the demo having already been downloaded more than 90,000 times. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dystopia (computer game)"
Electronic Arts Battlefield franchise is a series of computer and console games that started with the PC game Battlefield 1942. The games feature a focus on large maps and vehicle warfare over and above traditional first person shooters. ...more on Wikipedia about "Electronic Arts Battlefield franchise"
Englaus is an FPS game developed by Crytek, but was later on cancelled so that resources could be spent on the game Far Cry instead. ...more on Wikipedia about "Englaus"
Ethnic Cleansing is a violently racist computer game developed by Resistance Records, an underground music label specializing in Neo-Nazi and white supremacist bands. In the game, the protagonist (the player can choose either a skinhead or a Klansman) runs through a ghetto murdering black people, before descending into a subway system to murder Jews. Finally he reaches the "Jewish Control Center", where Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel, is directing plans for world domination. The player must kill Sharon to win the game. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ethnic Cleansing (computer game)"
ETPub is a mod for the free game Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. ...more on Wikipedia about "ETPub"
F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon) is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Monolith Productions. It is published by Vivendi Universal and was released on October 18, 2005 for the PC. ...more on Wikipedia about "F.E.A.R. (computer game)"
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Far Cry is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Crytek Studios and published by Ubisoft on March 23, 2004. The game's story follows an ex- Special Forces man named Jack Carver, who is stranded on a mysterious Pacific archipelago. He is searching for a female journalist he was escorting after she went missing when their sailboat was destroyed by mercenaries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Far Cry"
Fate is a game which was in development in 1996. It was being developed by DogBone Software. Unfortuntely, Intracorp went bankrupt before the game could be completed. Only a demo with four playable levels was released. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fate (DogBone Software)"
A first-person shooter (FPS) is a combat computer or video game genre, which is characterized by the player’s on-screen view of the game simulating that of the character. ...more on Wikipedia about "First-person shooter"
Geist is a video game the Nintendo GameCube video game console, released on August 15th, 2005. It has been billed by its creators as "The thinking man's first-person shooter". This is the second game published by Nintendo to receive an M-rating (the first being Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem). ...more on Wikipedia about "Geist (video game)"
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