First FPS ever

GreenHell · 29-10-2003 11:52am #1

Can anyone remember or those anyone what the first ever FPS was, I don't believe it was Wolfenstein was the first but I could be wrong.

El_MUERkO · 29-10-2003 12:03pm

Wolfenstein, I played it no the SNES though didnt get a PC till after Doom 2

I also played an FPS on the Sega Megadrive that I loved but I cant remember thae name of it for the life of me.

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Actually maybe Hired Guns on the Amiga was first...

Stormfox1020 · 29-10-2003 12:09pm

According to Games tm Mag, the first first person shooter ever was, 3D monster maze on the ZX81 (1982) , even tho there was no shooting, it had all the other elements of a FPS, then there was midi maze on the atari ST (1987).

[CrimsonGhost] · 29-10-2003 12:14pm

Hover Tank by our beloved friends at id software. It predates anything else I know of in the FPS. I got it on an id anthology cd. I'm sure you'd find it on abandon ware sites somewhere if you were really bothered. You'll probably need an older machine to get it up and running though if you do find it.

Basically you go through a maze and shoot things. and it's all first person. F.P.S.

Retr0gamer · 29-10-2003 12:25pm

Quake 3:D

Seriously, what about the vector graphics arcade star wars game.

_CreeD_ · 29-10-2003 3:44pm

Hmm I'd think it was The Eidolon by lucasarts on the C64, it used fractals to generate 3d caves and yup it was a First person shooter. It's the first I remember anyway.

DiscoStu · 29-10-2003 3:54pm

driller

satchmo · 29-10-2003 4:10pm

Originally posted by DiscoStu
driller

What a great game... whenever someone says 'amethyst' I think of driller for some reason!

superfly · 29-10-2003 4:19pm

Originally posted by Jazz
What a great game... whenever someone says 'amethyst' I think of driller for some reason!

heehee! i get that every time i see Lapis Lazuli

RopeDrink · 29-10-2003 4:34pm

"*Something* Tank" On the Spectrum (*Something* highlighting the fact that I can't remember the first name) was the first one I ever played... Basically you controlled 2D tanks (Light, med or heavy depending on you're preferance) all over this map until you cross the path of an enemy one with which it went into it's adorable (and full of LINES) 3D(ish) FPS mode where you basically had to blast the **** to bits... Everything was drawn with lines hence it was hell slow but quite a ****ing gobsmacking discovery for me for my age at the time. Wether you'd class it as an FPS, I don't know, but for me twas something worth a pat on the back.

Other than that, Wolfenstein and Doom were the next for me to witness...

BKtje · 29-10-2003 5:22pm

Obviously not the first as i dont seem to have been born at that stage but the first i remember on the PC was Abyss, Rise of the Triads(loved that game btw), Wolf then Doom.

So Abyss was the first i ever played but no idea what was the first ever

_CreeD_ · 29-10-2003 7:50pm

Hmm, can First person view from a vehicle really be included? that widens the 'search' a lot.
Driller was great, brilliant soundtrack and the first game ever to have realtime 3d filled polygons.

shinzon · 29-10-2003 8:10pm

i remember driller from me c64 days, but for the life of me i cant remember who made them

can someone enlighten me

shin

po0k · 29-10-2003 8:57pm

Originally posted by RopeDrink
"*Something* Tank" On the Spectrum (*Something* highlighting the fact that I can't remember the first name) was the first one I ever played... Basically you controlled 2D tanks (Light, med or heavy depending on you're preferance) all over this map until you cross the path of an enemy one with which it went into it's adorable (and full of LINES) 3D(ish) FPS mode where you basically had to blast the **** to bits... Everything was drawn with lines hence it was hell slow but quite a ****ing gobsmacking discovery for me for my age at the time. Wether you'd class it as an FPS, I don't know, but for me twas something worth a pat on the back.

Other than that, Wolfenstein and Doom were the next for me to witness...

Battlezone, was the first 3D First person shooter.
Vector graphics (lines).
Though I do beleve Tempest may have a tenuous claim to the first 3D shoot-em up....

hamster · 29-10-2003 9:10pm

shinzon,

It was Freescape that came out with Driller in 1988. I still like to listen to that 20 minute tune that came with the game now and again. Darkside was the next one which was quite short but easy to complete. Never really liked the Total Eclipse series though... but anyway back on topic....

Scarabaeus was another early FPS on the C64...

shinzon · 29-10-2003 10:45pm

Freescape, damn that was the name, was bugging the hell outta me alnight

Shin

Samson · 29-10-2003 11:13pm

Originally posted by B-K-DzR
Obviously not the first as i dont seem to have been born at that stage but the first i remember on the PC was Abyss, Rise of the Triads(loved that game btw), Wolf then Doom.

So Abyss was the first i ever played but no idea what was the first ever

The game you mention was called Catacomb Abyss and it was Id's precursor to Wolfentein 3D.
And, Rise of the Triad was released quite a while after Doom.

Matt Simis · 29-10-2003 11:52pm

Yeah, ROTT was well after Doom. It featured such advanced features as jumping, looking up and down etc.

Also, something that doesnt feature any shooting cannot, by definition, be called a First Person Shooter.

Matt

BKtje · 30-10-2003 2:15am

The game you mention was called Catacomb Abyss and it was Id's precursor to Wolfentein 3D.
And, Rise of the Triad was released quite a while after Doom.

yer catacomb abyss. That was fun

Yer youu right again, course ROTT was after Doom. not sure whay its the other way around in my head

GreenHell · 30-10-2003 1:21pm

Thanks guys, Driller was made by Incentive Software, now renamed superscape.

hamster · 30-10-2003 1:41pm

Ever play with the 3D Construction Kit that they released? I remember getting it on the Amiga in '92. It was pretty cool to construct worlds with some basic logic in it... but anything complex and it slowed right down. A bit like SEUCK really.... great for the designer but who would play them?

Retr0gamer · 30-10-2003 7:09pm

Was reading an old copy of PCGamer today and they say it was Beach head. However the PCGamer I read was from the current era which is run by idiots.

However they could still be right.

_CreeD_ · 30-10-2003 7:46pm

Beach head? Nooooo. It was a collage of many different game styles but no FPS (Unless they're trying to claim the naval artillery bit was FPS which is stretching things a hell of a lot).

String · 30-10-2003 10:02pm

Wolfestein 3d

hamster · 30-10-2003 10:43pm

I believe Wolfenstein 3D was the first recognised 3D FPS. It was the first to make you notice.

Doom's had textures on the ceiling/floor next and that was wow. Quake replaces sprites with polygons.... and so on we go... what will FPS's be like in another 10 years time... that what I would like to know. Jaded or changed beyond recognition? :eek:

lordsippa · 31-10-2003 1:30am

Not the first FPS but Ultima Underworld was the first "proper" 3d game. Or so I remember reading long ago...

Anyone remember Gloom on the Amiga?

superfly · 31-10-2003 10:24am

i have Gloom at home, never finished it though!
it was tough and that was even with finding a way of upping my ammo with the code system

Oriel · 01-11-2003 12:58am

Doom

First FPS ever

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