The first third person shooter?

**Chrono Archangel** · September 13th, 2006

It's been a while since I've started a thread but what the heck. I was talking with a buddy of mine and for some reason the discussion turned to gaming and we we're wondering what was the first FPS ever made. We eventually agreed Wolfenstein 3D was it (unless there are some obscur games I'm not aware of)

We then tried to find what was the first Third Person Shooter... blank... I can't come up with any old TPS... maybe Tomb Raider? Third Person Shooters were never my genre of games but I'd like to know what you guys think the first one was? Thanks

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Project Epsilon · September 13th, 2006

what about that old vector graphics tank game? anyone know the one i'm talkin bout? does that count as a fps?

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Coolsvilleman · September 13th, 2006

no i dont think it does. there were some old 2d posing as 3d games that could be called fps but im not sure any reall as we know it fps came about till the 3d age.

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firyace · September 13th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Project Epsilon

what about that old vector graphics tank game? anyone know the one i'm talkin bout? does that count as a fps?

Yeah I remember, those are good times. I think it is named vector, but I am mostly wrong. And, if I remember correctly, you can switch between fps and third person with a frame tank in white frame and black background.

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beckham_m7u · September 13th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Project Epsilon

what about that old vector graphics tank game? anyone know the one i'm talkin bout? does that count as a fps?

mm... I think you've taken this wrong... CMIIW, but... Chrono is stating the first third person shooter not first person shooter..
At first, I also read first person shooter

anyway, I don't know about the first 3rd person shooter, but the first that I played was Tomb Raider.. and it's quite good, but it's beginning to lose its magic nowadays...IMHO

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**Chrono Archangel** · September 13th, 2006

you guys gotta read carefully

somehow Tomb Raider doesnt seem old enough... a google search gave me nothing good

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guenthar · September 13th, 2006

I'm not sure what the first 3rd person shooter was (since I don't play those kinds of games) but I played fps games when I was a kid and the first one I ever played was long before Wolfenstine 3d. I don't remember the name of the game but I use to play it at the arcade within a pizza place back in the 80's and it was black and white and had been there since before I could remember so at least the early 80's.

PS. This would be considered a real first person shooter since it was simular in game play to Wolfenstine 3d where you had guns and killed things (in this it was robots) and went from level to level.

**Chrono Archangel** · September 13th, 2006

try to find out the name of it. I'm intrigued

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firyace · September 13th, 2006

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Originally Posted by beckham_m7u

mm... I think you've taken this wrong... CMIIW, but... Chrono is stating the first third person shooter not first person shooter..
At first, I also read first person shooter

anyway, I don't know about the first 3rd person shooter, but the first that I played was Tomb Raider.. and it's quite good, but it's beginning to lose its magic nowadays...IMHO

I did mention of the vector game being able to switch out into a 3rd person frame tank and shoot at people right?

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**Chrono Archangel** · September 13th, 2006

Are you talking about Battlezone?... I've never considered it as a FPS since you werent really playing as a human...but a tank... I guess it fits the description though
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlezone

Wikipedia has a nice section for FPS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_person_shooter

Too bad there 3rd Person Shooter section isnt as well documented
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_person_shooter

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**Katsuya** · September 13th, 2006

All the old shooter games are third person shooters. (Like contra) but if you mean the first thing that was similar to tomb raider (looking at the back of a 3d polygon character as they shoot projectiles) it will take me some time to remember the name, but I believe it was made by namco.

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beckham_m7u · September 13th, 2006

@firyace: sorry, my bad, then...

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Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,846	The first third person shooter? It's been a while since I've started a thread but what the heck. I was talking with a buddy of mine and for some reason the discussion turned to gaming and we we're wondering what was the first FPS ever made. We eventually agreed Wolfenstein 3D was it (unless there are some obscur games I'm not aware of) We then tried to find what was the first Third Person Shooter... blank... I can't come up with any old TPS... maybe Tomb Raider? Third Person Shooters were never my genre of games but I'd like to know what you guys think the first one was? Thanks __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

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Project Epsilon Fire good... Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: By The Orange Light... Posts: 427	what about that old vector graphics tank game? anyone know the one i'm talkin bout? does that count as a fps? __________________

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Coolsvilleman Emulation to the max! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,560	no i dont think it does. there were some old 2d posing as 3d games that could be called fps but im not sure any reall as we know it fps came about till the 3d age. __________________ Q6600 Core 2 Quad \|\| Soundblaster X-Fi Extreme HD \|\| e-VGA 8800GTX \|\| 4096mb 4-4-4-12-2T Dual-Channel RAM \|\| MSI P6N Diamond \|\| 2x 320GB Hardrive \|\| 5.1 Speakers \|\| Remote control \|\| 8x USB 2.0 \|\| DVD/CD ±RW Drive \|\| 1x IEEE1394 www.coolsvilleman.homedns.org Normally down. E-mail me for a DVD @ coolsvilleman@gmail.com

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Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,846	you guys gotta read carefully somehow Tomb Raider doesnt seem old enough... a google search gave me nothing good __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

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guenthar Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 60	I'm not sure what the first 3rd person shooter was (since I don't play those kinds of games) but I played fps games when I was a kid and the first one I ever played was long before Wolfenstine 3d. I don't remember the name of the game but I use to play it at the arcade within a pizza place back in the 80's and it was black and white and had been there since before I could remember so at least the early 80's. PS. This would be considered a real first person shooter since it was simular in game play to Wolfenstine 3d where you had guns and killed things (in this it was robots) and went from level to level.

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Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,846	try to find out the name of it. I'm intrigued __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

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Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,846	Are you talking about Battlezone?... I've never considered it as a FPS since you werent really playing as a human...but a tank... I guess it fits the description though http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlezone Wikipedia has a nice section for FPS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_person_shooter Too bad there 3rd Person Shooter section isnt as well documented http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_person_shooter __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

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Katsuya - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: - Posts: 1,934	All the old shooter games are third person shooters. (Like contra) but if you mean the first thing that was similar to tomb raider (looking at the back of a 3d polygon character as they shoot projectiles) it will take me some time to remember the name, but I believe it was made by namco. Last edited by Katsuya; September 13th, 2006 at 09:35..

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