Shooter Guide

Shooters

A shooter is a game genre where the primary weapon of the player object (or even the player, in the case of a light gun game) is a projectile weapon (or simulated projectile weapon, once again in the case of a light gun game).

Shooting Gallery Games

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The first kind of shooters were shooting gallery games, which were electronic versions of the common carnival game that was often played in the non-electronic arcades that pre-existed the video arcade generation. Shooting gallery games required the player to shoot as many targets as possible within a given time.

Slide Shooters

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A slide shooter is a game where the player object slides in two directions, usually left and right at the bottom of the screen. It therefore appears that the player object slides.

Vertical Shooters

A vertical shooter or vert shooter is an evolution of the slide shooter where the background scrolls automatically downward. Vertical shooters evolved from slide shooters.

Bullet Hell Shooters

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A bullet hell shooter is a vertical shooter that places a special emphasis on throwing hundreds of bullets in patterns at the player.

Platform Shooters

A platform shooter is a platform game genre where the emphasis is on action and shooting rather than jumping and squashing.

Platform Shooter Games

• Contra Series
• Mega Man Series

3D Shooters

First Person Shooter

(Full article : first person shooter)
A first person shooter or FPS is a type of shooter where the point of view is that of the player object.

List of Shooters

Asteroids

(Full article : Asteroids)
Asteroids is a famous arcade shooter.

Centipede

(Full article : Centipede)
Centipede is a famous arcade shooter.