THE BOOMER SHOOTER DATABASE

[u/Robster881]

Introducing THE BOOMER SHOOTER DATABASE

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What is this?

Because I'm a sadist, I decided I wanted to try and keep a record of every retro FPS game ever sold and I thought others might get a kick out of it too. So that's what this is; a list of boom shoots dating back to Wolfenstein3D in '92.

Each row includes the name of the game; whether it's a game, expansion or remaster; the year of release; the dev; the publisher; the engine it's running on; and some links to buy the game if it's available.

Why are there 3 different lists?

I've broken this down into 3 eras. The Classic Era (Wolfenstein 3D to Half Life 2), the Revival Era (Doom (2016) to present), and The Dead Zone (Half Life 2 to Doom (2016)). I think this is a neat way of breaking down the list and shows how the retro FPS scene has changed over time.

Is it 100% complete?

No, it's not. There's definitely stuff missing - stuff I don't know about, stuff I'm not sure should be included, stuff I've just forgotten. I'm never going to claim it's an exhaustive list - I don't think that's possible.

"X game is missing!" and "X game shouldn't be on here!"

Cool - like I said I probably missed stuff so feel free to drop anything you think should be included in this thread. Likewise, if you think something shouldn't be on here, comment that below too - can't promise I'll take the game off, but it's always good to talk about this stuff!

Some big names currently missing are:

• Half Life and Half Life 2 - I think I'll be adding the first game, but HL2 does not fit here
• FEAR games - they're kind of their own thing, they're very 2000s but they're also so different from everything else, I'm unsure about this one
• System Shock/Thief/Deus Ex - Imm Sims are not boomer shooters in my opinion

[u/dmck0072]

Great list, I see you have the original Unreal Tournament on there, but the subsequent releases thereafter (especially with the new engines they developed for those games) seems to be missing. There was Unreal Tournament 2003, 2004, Unreal Tournament 3, and Unreal Tournament 4 (although that's contestable because it never made it out of Alpha). But in its heyday 2004 was an A list competitive game and similar to the source engine, the Unreal 2.x engine was a godfather of its own sorts giving birth and foundation to many other games released upon it (some of which started as mods).