PC First FPS

[bobrpggamer]

What is the first FPS you played? Leave out Dungeon Master or Eye of the Beholder, they are tile based and not true free-look.

My first was Ultima Underworld if you can believe that. First gun-based FPS was Doom. My favorite FPS was Half Life 2 and F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon.

Yeah, I am a bit bored.

 

[Riamus]

Too long ago to name the first. I played DOOM, Rise of the Triad, Wolfenstein 3D, and many others. Maybe one of those was first, maybe not.

 

[bobrpggamer]

I remember seeing Wolfenstein 3D at a office store in about "93" or "94" on a PC that probably cost over $2000.00 in the the early 90, that was so out of my reach I would have had to sell a kidney for it. I first played Doom in about "96" or "97" and due to this I never played Wolfenstein 3D.

 

[pApA^LeGBa]

Not actually first person because Commodore 64, but it was Fusion. I think. Might have been something else. It´s been a while since the 80ies.

 

[4sheetzngeegles]

I don't remember the name, but it was the wild west shooter in the arcade.
Where you would have to quick draw in a shootout, on pc I think it was Outlaws
by Lucas Arts.

Does Beam Gun: Duck Hunt in 1976 count?

 

[bobrpggamer]

Not actually first person because Commodore 64, but it was Fusion. I think. Might have been something else. It´s been a while since the 80ies.

Commodore 64. My absolute first computer in 1988. I fell In love with RPG games, like Wasteland, Ultima III and Might and Magic: Secret of the Inner Sanctum.

Does Beam Gun: Duck Hunt in 1976 count?

I mainly mean keyboard and mouse on a home PC, or I guess Consoles, but games you play at home not in an arcade. I did spend some time in arcades in the late 70s early 80s (and was really bad and lost a lot of quarters) and do not remember that game.

 

[4sheetzngeegles]

I mainly mean keyboard and mouse on a home PC

What I clearly remember
The duck hunt I mentioned was on a console, but it wasn't actually duck hunt, It may have been a console
clone.

I tried looking for it with a lot of queries, but no luck. I know it was in the 70s I think i was between 9 and 12
years old, when my mother bought it for me. The one thing I do remember is it was Heavy, looked like metal,
and had a gun addon, that broke easily.

Now I think I should have kept it, instead of taking it apart to see how it worked.

Gee, thanks a lot for driving me nuts trying to remember it. I would have to reverse engineer my thoughts
to do that deep dive.

 

[bobrpggamer]

Gee, thanks a lot for driving me nuts trying to remember it. I would have to reverse engineer my thoughts
to do that deep dive.

Well sorry about that. I do not know of any console other than the Atari 2600 in the 70s. I was about 12 in 1979 when I really wanted an Atari 2600 as my friend across the street had one, but my parents said "absolutely not".

 

[Riamus]

RCA Studio II was in the 70s, but I doubt that was the console for that game. That was my first console.

 

[4sheetzngeegles]

It's all good. I just hadn't thought back that far dealing with games in a long time.
A lot of it overlaps. I bought games, as soon as they were available. Then I realized that
they all were clones with different graphics, Doom, Duke Nukem, Shadow warrior, Wolfenstein
the original maze. Quake.

Because my mother had bought an open box toy, the gun would misfire so I took it apart.
Thinking back I was kind of lucky, But my atari 2600 came later; I had to buy it from my father
using my allowance and PT jobs for $500 with 16 cartridges.

I have had most consoles up to the my chipped original xbox and xbox 360, those I still have.
I switched to and stayed with pc games around diablo because of the flexibility.

Wow that is a lot of history and memories, but I digress. I will stick with Outlaws as the first that
I remember.

 

[pApA^LeGBa]

Well actual first person with mouse and keyboard would be Wolfenstein 3D then.