The History Of The First Person Shooter

The History Of The First Person Shoõter Violence Level Wolfenstein 3D Units Sold MS First modern FPS Game, grandfather of the 3D shooter Influenced a new form of PC gaming and introduced the world to run-and-gun archetype gaming. 1 test) Million 1992 INFLUENCED: The Grandaddy of the FPS HEALT ITEM * 20 RE 1993: Blake Stone: Aliens Of Gold Violence Level Units Sold Doom Most Influential shooter of all time, the highly controversial and gory shooter also made the first 2.85 Million MS 1993 person genre extremely popular. INFLUENCED: Every FPS ever. 1994: System Shock 1996: Duke Nukem 3D Violence Level Quake Units Sold MS Even though Doom became the staple point of FPS for gamers , it was Quakes Engine which was developed and 1 test) Million 1996 evolved into the framework of the ID tech3 which runs the worlds biggest FPS franchise - Call Of Duty INFLUENCED: Engine Became Id Tech3 which runs COD 1997: Turok Violence Level Goldeneye Units Sold The N64s third biggest seller was also another game that intially failed to impress, however huge acclaim from the media, including high quality graphics and location mapping. 8.1 Million 1997 INFLUENCED: Future Rare games, FPS Multiplayer 1998: Starseige: Tribes 1998: Tom Clancys: Rainbow Six Violence Level Half Life Units Sold MS The 1997 E3 expo wasn't kind to Half-Life, but on release Valve dominated with an extremely playable, enjoyable and beautiful first person experience. 1998 Million INFLUENCED: An Array of PC shooters, Portal, Left4Dead Released: 2001 1999: Counterstrike Violence Level Unreal Tourmament Units Sold MS A contender for one of the first games to specialise in deathmatch competitions, UT was praised for high Al skills and for developing online multiplayer gameplay. 1.2 Million 1999 INFLUENCED: online multiplayer gameplay Violence Level Medal Of Honor Units Sold Perhaps the first true "war" game was released by EA in 1999. The Medal of Honor series has been a rolling success 2.6 Million 1999 since but lost the battle to Call of Duty a few years later. INFLUENCED: FPS war games. Call of Duty and Battiefield 2000: Perfect Dark 2000: Timesplitters Violence Level Halo (Combat Evolved) Units Sold Bungie's groundbreaking graphic shooter is now one of the Xboxs biggest franchises, the giant seller also features some of the most technically advanced play of its time. 忡忡 忡 2001 6.43 Million INFLUENCED: Biggest Microsoft gaming franchise 2002: Battlefield 1942 2003: Call Of Duty 2004: Killzone 2004 Half Life 2 Violence Level Units Sold Call Of Duty 4: Modem Warfare Not the first, but COD4 is what has launched the franchise into becoming the most financially succesful FPS series of all time. Groundbreaking in its own way 2007 INFLUENCED: One of the biggest gaming franchises in history 16 Million Violence Level Portal Units Sold The First non-killing FPS is superbly...brilliant. Valves puzzler is emersing and addicting, a true breakthrough in the first person shooter genre 3.6 2007 Million INFLUENCED: apart from Portal 2, Valves unique game remains in a class of its own (as part of the orange box) 2007: Crysis 2007: Biohazard 2007: Borderlands 2009: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Violence Level Units Sold Battlefield 3 Battlefield 3s Frostbite engine was a first for FPS gaming with its literally explosive gameplay and tough as nails multiplayer engine. 2011 INFLUENCED: New war shooters 12 Million Brought to you by: |palicomp.co.uk Gaming And Custom PC Specialists Sources: enwikipedia.org vgchartz.com n4g.com The History Of The First Person Shoõter Violence Level Wolfenstein 3D Units Sold MS First modern FPS Game, grandfather of the 3D shooter Influenced a new form of PC gaming and introduced the world to run-and-gun archetype gaming. 1 test) Million 1992 INFLUENCED: The Grandaddy of the FPS HEALT ITEM * 20 RE 1993: Blake Stone: Aliens Of Gold Violence Level Units Sold Doom Most Influential shooter of all time, the highly controversial and gory shooter also made the first 2.85 Million MS 1993 person genre extremely popular. INFLUENCED: Every FPS ever. 1994: System Shock 1996: Duke Nukem 3D Violence Level Quake Units Sold MS Even though Doom became the staple point of FPS for gamers , it was Quakes Engine which was developed and 1 test) Million 1996 evolved into the framework of the ID tech3 which runs the worlds biggest FPS franchise - Call Of Duty INFLUENCED: Engine Became Id Tech3 which runs COD 1997: Turok Violence Level Goldeneye Units Sold The N64s third biggest seller was also another game that intially failed to impress, however huge acclaim from the media, including high quality graphics and location mapping. 8.1 Million 1997 INFLUENCED: Future Rare games, FPS Multiplayer 1998: Starseige: Tribes 1998: Tom Clancys: Rainbow Six Violence Level Half Life Units Sold MS The 1997 E3 expo wasn't kind to Half-Life, but on release Valve dominated with an extremely playable, enjoyable and beautiful first person experience. 1998 Million INFLUENCED: An Array of PC shooters, Portal, Left4Dead Released: 2001 1999: Counterstrike Violence Level Unreal Tourmament Units Sold MS A contender for one of the first games to specialise in deathmatch competitions, UT was praised for high Al skills and for developing online multiplayer gameplay. 1.2 Million 1999 INFLUENCED: online multiplayer gameplay Violence Level Medal Of Honor Units Sold Perhaps the first true "war" game was released by EA in 1999. The Medal of Honor series has been a rolling success 2.6 Million 1999 since but lost the battle to Call of Duty a few years later. INFLUENCED: FPS war games. Call of Duty and Battiefield 2000: Perfect Dark 2000: Timesplitters Violence Level Halo (Combat Evolved) Units Sold Bungie's groundbreaking graphic shooter is now one of the Xboxs biggest franchises, the giant seller also features some of the most technically advanced play of its time. 忡忡 忡 2001 6.43 Million INFLUENCED: Biggest Microsoft gaming franchise 2002: Battlefield 1942 2003: Call Of Duty 2004: Killzone 2004 Half Life 2 Violence Level Units Sold Call Of Duty 4: Modem Warfare Not the first, but COD4 is what has launched the franchise into becoming the most financially succesful FPS series of all time. Groundbreaking in its own way 2007 INFLUENCED: One of the biggest gaming franchises in history 16 Million Violence Level Portal Units Sold The First non-killing FPS is superbly...brilliant. Valves puzzler is emersing and addicting, a true breakthrough in the first person shooter genre 3.6 2007 Million INFLUENCED: apart from Portal 2, Valves unique game remains in a class of its own (as part of the orange box) 2007: Crysis 2007: Biohazard 2007: Borderlands 2009: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Violence Level Units Sold Battlefield 3 Battlefield 3s Frostbite engine was a first for FPS gaming with its literally explosive gameplay and tough as nails multiplayer engine. 2011 INFLUENCED: New war shooters 12 Million Brought to you by: |palicomp.co.uk Gaming And Custom PC Specialists Sources: enwikipedia.org vgchartz.com n4g.com