What is First-person shooter?
{{about|the video game type|the acronym meaning frames per second|Frame rate}} [[File:Freedoom007 01.png|thumb|right|Freedoom, a first-person shooter]] A '''first-person shooter''' ('''FPS''') is a type of [[video game]]. In a first-person shooter, a player sees through the eyes of a character. The character uses a gun to shoot objects or enemies. The character travels and shoots in a [[3D|three-dimensional]] world. == History == The first first-person shooters were made in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 1970s, schools like the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) and the [[University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Illinois]] made ''Maze War'' and ''Spacism.'' These games were not sold. In 1980, [[Arcade game|arcades]] got a tank game called ''Battlezone.'' In 1983, [[Home computer|home computers]] got ''Battlezone.'' It was the first successful first-person shooter sold to many people. In the 1990s, first-person shooters were very popular. Many people played the first-person shooters ''Wolfenstein 3D'' and ''Doom'' because they were [[shareware]]. In 1998, ''Half-Life'' was made. ''Half-Life'' was different because it had a strong [[narrative]]. {{video-game-stub}} {{Video game genre}} [[Category:First-person shooters| ]] [[Category:Video game genres]]