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video games branched off into games involving choises,
which would influence how the character developed.
Most games fall within a particular category, others
bridge different gaming styles and, thus, could appear
under more than one category simultaneously and some of
them pioneer new approaches to electronic entertainment.
It is easy to classify particular titles much more
narrowly and, thus, create dozens of genres and/or sub-
genres, but for the sake of the paper I will attempt to give
a broader perspective of types of video games.
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Shooter: One of the oldest genres of video game is the
classic shooter. It has roots in the early 60s with Steve
Russell's Spacewar! Shooters are games that require the
player to blow away enemies or objects in order to survive
and continue gameplay.
They usually fall into one of two categories:
horizontal, or vertical. However, like Spacewar, Star
Castle, and Asteroids, there are shooters that are neither
horizontal or vertical.
These involve moving around the screen and shooting
in whatever direction necessary to keep from being
destroyed. Other classic examples include Defender,
Galaga, R-Type, Phoenix, Space Invaders, Tempest etc.
First-Person-Shooter (or FPS): This is an example of a
sub-genre that has grown enough to become its own genre. In
fact, because of the prevalence of these games, many people
use the term "shooter" to refer to first-person-shooters.
These games are realtime fast-paced action games in
which the player navigates an environment from a first-
person perspective and, usually, blows everything and
everyone away whenever possible.

1. https://www.thocp.net/software/games/reference/genres.htm, September 10, 2017.