Great games that preceded FPS games

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Did anyone ever play that Terminator 2029 DOS game? It ruled. You could look in 4 directions and blast shit with the mouse. It was sort of like a combination of T2 Arcade, Mechwarrior and Doom. There were underground mazes and all kinds of shit. So fun. I wish had a SoundBlaster. :(

― Jonothong Williamsmang (ex machina), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 19:03 (twenty years ago)

HOSTAGE: THE EMBASSY MISSIONS (I think this was called Rescue in the US)

― melton mowbray (adr), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

Xybots has a FPS-like interface, although there is a visible avatar. It's really more of a behind-the-shoulder shooter, but I think it should count here.

http://retrogames.info/automaten/o/xybots_s.png

Notice the Rogue-like map! And simultaneous two-player mode! And you turn corners by twisting the joystick. The impossibility of emulating this feature makes the PS2 version on Midway Arcade Classics 2 kinda boring.

Jon: I spent four hours playing this with Patrick May at a huge arcade in New Hampshire two summers ago.

― allenalenelnalenelnae (allenriley), Thursday, 6 October 2005 03:42 (twenty years ago)

Battlezone?

― Chris F. (servoret), Thursday, 6 October 2005 06:24 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=1138

― GET EQUIPPED WITH BUBBLE LEAD (ex machina), Friday, 23 December 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

also stellar 7

― GET EQUIPPED WITH BUBBLE LEAD (ex machina), Friday, 23 December 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

Hired Guns for Amiga
http://batman.jypoly.fi/~saku/lehti/online/43/pelit/kuvat/parhaat_pelit/hired_guns.jpg

It is FPS-ish I guess, but you control up to 4 people, can only look in 4 directions, move one grid block at a time, etc. The best part was picking out characters/weapons before each mission, but the ones that looked coolest always kind of sucked for some reason.

― sleep (sleep), Friday, 23 December 2005 19:18 (twenty years ago)

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