======The Ego Shooter======
  * //also known as:// First-person shooter, FPS, [[doom_clones|Doom clone]], corridor shooter.

=====Notable Examples=====
  * Doom

=====First-person modes=====
For first-person modes in other shooters, and perhaps worth mentioning other combat-based games like //[[game:bushido_blade_series#Bushido Blade]]//?
  * ?

=====Subgenres=====
====Doom clones====
The first form of the genre. Mostly defined by non-polygonal graphics, and lacking of a ability to look up and down. //[[game:Duke Nukem 3D]]// is on the cusp of the classification, //[[game:Quake]]// aint, despite its similar gameplay structure.
  * //Main article: [[doom_clones|Doom clone]]//

====The Japanese take====
The first-person perspective is not uncommon in Japanese videogames, but the first-person //shooter// is a rare enough occurrence that each is a curiosity. 
===Games===
  * **//[[game:BRAHMA Force]]//**
  * **//[[game:Coded Arms]]//**
  * **//[[game:Counter-Strike Neo]]//**
  * **//[[game:Cyber Drive]]//**
  * **//[[game:Epidemic]]//**
  * **//[[game:Expert]]//**
  * **//[[game:GunBuster]]//**
  * **//[[game:Gunmen Wars]]//**
  * **//[[game:half_life_2_survivor|Half Life 2: Survivor]]//**
  * **//[[game:kiliea|Kileak: The DNA Imperative]]//**
  * **//[[game:Maken X]]//**
  * **//[[game:Outtrigger]]//**
  * **//[[game:Space Griffon VF-9]]//**

==Not-quites==
  * **//[[game:Breakdown]]//**
  * **//[[game:Killer7]]//**
  * etc

===See also===
  * [[http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=33505|Japanese first-person shooters]] - SB forum thread.

=====See also=====
  * [[http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=38916|What FPS/TPS Did This/That First?]] - SB thread for establishing ego-shooter convention firsts.
  * [[http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=30281|H.U.D of affection - the FPS thread]] - Ego Shooter discussion, and news.
  * [[http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=2BBA1AB1CF53EEAC|Obscure First Person Shooters]] - A Youtube playlist, by 'MarphitimusBlackimus'.
  * [[http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=43200|map design (now in KoP)]] - Forum thread discussing map desing in ego shooters.