The Evolution of The FPS Genre

Inspired by this great thread on gametrailers forums, I decided to do the same here, and added some new ones! Enjoy, eh eh!

(Source: http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthre ... ost6900732)

First FPS:

1982 - 3D Monster Maze

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1991-1993: Defining the genre

1991 - Catacomb 3D

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1992 - Wolfenstein 3D

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1993 - Doom

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1994-2000: After Doom

1994 - Marathon

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1995 - Rise of the Triad

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1995 - Descent

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1995 - Hexen

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1995 - CyberMage

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1996 - Duke Nukem 3D

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1996 - Quake

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1996 - Team Fortress

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1997 - GoldenEye 007

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1997 - Blood

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1997 - Turok: Dinosaur Hunter

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1997 - Quake 2

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1997 - Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II

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1998 - Half-life

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1998 - Delta Force

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1998 - Rainbow Six

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1998 - Unreal

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1999 - System Shock 2

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1999- Requiem: Avenging Angel

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1999 - Starsiege: Tribes

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1999 - Kingping

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1999 - Quake III Arena

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1999 - Alien vs Predator

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1999 - Unreal Tournament

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1999 - SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle

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The 2000s: Strides for Realism

2000 - Soldier Of Fortune

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2000 - Deus Ex

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2000 - Counter Strike

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2000 - No One Lives Forever

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2000 - Perfect Dark

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2001 - Operation Flashpoint

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2001 - Ghost Recon

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2001 - Red Faction

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2001 - Halo: Combat Evolved

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2002 - Return to Castle Wolfenstein,

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2002 - Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

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2002 - Battlefield 1942

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2003 - Call of Duty

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2003 - Rainbow Six 3

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2003 - Day of Defeat

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2003 - Farcry

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2004 - Doom 3

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2004 - Half Life 2

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2004 - Unreal Tournament 2004

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2004 - Halo 2

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2005 - Fear

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2005 - Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

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2005 - Call of Duty 2

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2005 - Battlefield 2

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2006 - Condemned: Criminal Origins

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2006 - Rainbow Six Vegas

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2007 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R

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2007 - Bioshock

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2007 - Call of Duty 4

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2007 - Team Fortress 2

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2007 - Unreal Tournament 3

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2007 - Crysis

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Quote from D3ads

Good thread, but missing a load of titles, ie:Blake Stone

Kingpin

Soldier Of Fortune

Shadow Warrior

Blood

Shogo: Mobile Armour Division

No One Lives Forever

Requiem: Avenging Angel

Clive Barker's Undying

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I tottally agree buddy, gonna edit the thread soon!

Quote from D3ads

System Shock 2/Rainbow Six aren't FPS's either

Well, Of course SS2 is a FPS, It's a FPS/RPG. And rainbow six is a shoother nevertheless!

I'm gonna add new ones soon

Ok, added new screens/games and edited some of the low res ones.

Ah, good you mentioned Swat3, what a great game! It was a gem in it's year!

* Added Condemned: Criminal Origins.

* Added Swat3

* Fixed Hexen screenshot, thanks for pointing that out Quakis.

dux, I couldn't find any decent Blood screenshot, care to help me?

Btw, if anyone want to help add a new game, simply post here the name and year of the game, plus a screenshot would be nice too.

Another way to help, would be posting better screenshots for some of the games, as some of them are kinda old, and hard to get shots.