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First-Person Shooters

Behind the gun, eyes forward — GoldenEye, Doom, and the games that put you inside the action looking out.

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Wolfenstein 3D SNES port (1994) — heavily censored version of id Software's genre-defining PC shooter, with Nazi symbols remo

Super Famicom / SNES

Wolfenstein 3D

Wolfenstein 3D

first-person shooter · 1994

Wolfenstein 3D is a 1994 first-person shooter port for the Super Famicom and Super Nintendo, developed by id Software an…

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Nintendo 64

Quake

Quake

first-person shooter · 1996

Quake is a 1996 first-person shooter for the nintendo 64, developed by id Software, directed by John Romero, with music …

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Nine developers — most with zero game experience — built GoldenEye 007 (1997, N64). It sold 8 million copies and defined cons

Nintendo 64

GoldenEye 007

ゴールデンアイ 007

FPS · 1997

Released in 1997, GoldenEye 007 proved that a first-person shooter could thrive on a home console — a claim most of the …

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Uncommon

Nintendo 64

Doom 64

ドゥーム64

First-Person Shooter · 1997

Doom 64 (1997) is not a port — it is a wholly original N64-exclusive entry in the Doom franchise, built from the ground …

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Nintendo 64

Duke Nukem 64

Duke Nukem 3D

first-person shooter ·

Duke Nukem 64 is a Nintendo 64 game released in 1997, developed by Eurocom, published by GT Interactive. It is a first-p…

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Quake II for Nintendo 64 (1999) — Raster Productions' complete reimagining with twenty new levels, Expansion Pak support, and

Nintendo 64

Quake II

Quake II

first-person shooter ·

Released for the Nintendo 64 in 1999, Quake II was developed by Raster Productions as a complete reimagining of id Softw…

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Quake III Arena (1999) stripped the campaign and kept only the arena. John Carmack called it 'pure.' Dreamcast port (2000) su

Dreamcast

Quake III Arena

Quake III Arena

first-person shooter · 1999

Quake III Arena is a 1999 first-person shooter for the dreamcast, developed by id Software, directed by Graeme Devine, w…

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Unreal Tournament for dreamcast (1999) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

Dreamcast

Unreal Tournament

Unreal Tournament

first-person shooter · 1999

Unreal Tournament is a 1999 first-person shooter for the dreamcast, developed by Epic Games, with music by Michiel van d…

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32 MB cartridge — the largest N64 cart made. Perfect Dark (2000, Rare) packed 45 minutes of voiced cutscenes. Expansion Pak r Uncommon

Nintendo 64

Perfect Dark

パーフェクトダーク

First-person shooter · 2000

Perfect Dark is the 2000 Nintendo 64 first-person shooter developed by Rare as a spiritual successor to their landmark G…

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Doom — the Game Boy Advance release of 2001 by David A. Palmer Productions for Activision. Its history, the people behind it,

Game Boy Advance

Doom

DOOM

first-person shooter ·

Doom is a Game Boy Advance game released in 2001, developed by David A. Palmer Productions, published by Activision. It …

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Half-Life — the PlayStation 2 release of 2001 by Gearbox Software for Sierra Entertainment. Its history, the people behind it

PlayStation 2

Half-Life

ハーフライフ

first-person shooter · 2001

Half-Life is a PlayStation 2 game released in 2001, developed by Gearbox Software, published by Sierra Entertainment. It…

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Treyarch built Call of Duty 3 in eight months — the shortest cycle in the series. PlayStation 2 (2006). It became their 『firs

PlayStation 2

Call of Duty 3

コール オブ デューティ3

first-person shooter ·

Call of Duty 3 (2006) is a World War II first-person shooter developed by Treyarch for multiple platforms including Play…

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