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[edit] Distinctions

I'm working on the genre articles and I'm somewhat confused over the distinctions between shooting galleries, rail shooters and light gun shooters. Take Operation Wolf, you can't direct the game path, only guide your reticule and fire. It would seem to be both a rail shooter and a shooting gallery. It is listed as a shooting gallery on its page, but wouldn't rail shooter be better?

In short, what are the analytical differences (if any)? Are shooting galleries stop-action games where you reach a position, shoot everything that's not made from condensed neutrons, then move on, while rail shooters are constantly moving? If so, House of the Dead should be a rail shooter (and is in fact listed as such in its aricle) but is in this article listed as an example of shooting gallery. Mikademus 11:03, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Danmaku ?

Should there be an explanation about Danmaku (barrage) shooter ? - Try over at Scrolling shooter or Shoot 'em up

[edit] What a shooter truly is

First-person shooters are first-person shooters.

Third-person shooters are third-person shooters.

First-person shooters and third-person shooters are NOT "simply shooters".

Shooters = shmups, only shmups, nothing but shmups. Stop mixing the genres!

- Stormwatch 18:00, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

This comment may be years old, but I'd like to bring it up all the same. In common parlance in the gaming world, "shooter" means exactly as this person says, with little or no confusion between other genres such as FPSs. As it stands, this collection of articles is extremely confusing, and mostly redundant. There is duplicate information in the pages Scrolling shooter, Shoot 'em up, and this one, and I vote that:

(a) this page and Scrolling shooter be merged, and the content focused mainly on the content of the latter, with a disambiguation link at the top referring the reader to FPSs, shooting gallery games etc.

(b) all useful information from Shoot 'em up be salvaged and brought here, and the page deleted. The term as I see it is archaic, and many of the subgenres it discusses have so few members as to make them unworthy of classification.

Does anyone else share my views on this? 83.70.178.165 (talk) 10:05, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Identify this game

What type of shooter is Tank Mania? SharkD 17:33, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Gunstar heroes-lvl1.png

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