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	Game engines
		It is generally considered to be a 2.5D engine as the basic world geometry is two-dimensional with an added height component as each sector may have a different ceiling and floor height, and the ceiling and floor may be angled along one line of the sector.
		The engine was designed by John Carmack, who also created previous engines such as those for Doom and Quake, which are also generally recognised as marking significant advances in the field.
		Engines that included games that have first person view and a third person view are included.
	www.shortopedia.com /G/A/Game_engines (1940 words)

	ipedia.com: First-person shooter Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		First-person shooters have been subject to substantial controversy due to their levels of violence and the realism inherent in the first person perspective.
		Among the early heirs of Spasim were first-person shooter 3D games such as Battlezone (the earliest commercial first person shooter) and Tail Gunner (a fixed screen shooter with 3D aspects).
		The first first person shooter with colored walls, floors is probably Hovertank 3D (April 1991), but textured walls and the concept of showing the player's hand only appeared in Catacomb 3D (a.k.a.
	www.ipedia.com /first_person_shooter_2.html (1605 words)

	What's Your Perspective?
		"First person is dead as a perspective." So said one of the designers of one of the most famous first-person perspective PC action games of the '90s.
		In a first person game the camera always looks wherever the player is looking, and since the character is always in a "valid" location in the game-world, the camera is always in the same position relative to this character.
		In a first person game, the player sees their actions carried out by the movement of their camera through the world or the changing state of that world as viewed by their character.
	www.paranoidproductions.com /gamingandgraphics/fifth.html (2952 words)

	First-person shooter engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Generation 2 game engines are the first to do real 3d, this is also the largest segment because of it's key feature, it has to use at least lightmapped textured polygons as a main rendering method, other requirements are basic physics (gravity) and stereo sound.
		The Doom 3 engine was the first game engine to comply with the gen 3 requirements and can therefore be seen as the absolute minimum of what a third gen game engine should be able to do, but as other more recent engines like Unreal Engine 3 show us what you can do with it.
		Generation 4 game engines does not currently exist but, one of the key features would be the the use of ray tracing as a main rendering method instead of or in conjunction with rasterization like is used today.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_person_shooter_graphics_engines (774 words)

	PIXELSURGEON \| Reviews \| Games \| Shellshock: Nam '67
		First one company has a good idea, and, if that company makes a great execution of that idea, everyone else jumps on the bandwagon and follows suit.
		First cut-scene into the game sees you arrive at Base Camp and told to have a bit of a walk around, get to know the boys, stop by the firing range for a bit of practice and then see your CO to begin your first tour.
		There is a noise about the graphics, infact the entire screen has a whitenoise layer over it, which is a bit wierd at first but I can only assume is there to help anti-alias edges and the like and help the environment feel more believeable by, well, blurring it a bit.
	www.pixelsurgeon.com /reviews/review.php?id=542 (1385 words)

	chaotic n-space network
		Unlike the DOOM engine, the 3D engine in Dark Forces (the "Jedi Engine") allows for one vertical level to be placed over another.
		First, it set of a wave of first-person three-dimensional shooters which have strongly dominated the games market ever since.
		Its fully three-dimensional graphics were beyond anything available at the time, and it multiplayer capabilities forced it to the extreme top of popularity.
	www.cnspace.net /cge/pc/pcgames.html (1871 words)

	New Media // Computer Game Engines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One of the more exact engines being ones that have been designed for First Person Shooter games, games where the user/player’s sight, allocation, movement, object interaction and person interaction is mimicked as in real life - frontal.
		But now computer game engines not only calculate a perspective space as you move - but now it is possible to view reflections of your shadow on a wall - and as you move around a light source (3)(ex.
		Computer game engines are, undeniably, their own independent structures that are ten times more responsive to the user than in previous years.
	a.parsons.edu /~lev/mtessay.htm (1890 words)

	Gamerdad - Chrome SpecForce
		It was clear that the Quake III and Unreal graphics engines had run out of extendibility, and several new engines were being announced in conjunction with new games.
		When it comes to first person shooters, my baseline opinion is that they are intended for teens and above, so I start from a GamerDad Seal of 14+.
		First person shooters seldom have mitigating factors such as educational value that might be found in a role-playing or strategy game.
	www.gamerdad.com /print.cfm?itemID=3105 (749 words)

	GameOver - Sin (c) Activision
		Graphics engines are a dime a dozen and the aliens invading earth plot is getting a little old.
		The background graphics set the mood for each level perfectly, I really felt as if I was there getting ready to blast my way through an oil rig.
		Personally I'm a little of both, a lot of the time I got frustrated at the puzzles and wanted more action.
	www.game-over.net /review/november/sin/index.html (1882 words)

	Crystal Space: an Open-Source 3-D Graphics Engine
		Although the primary purpose of the engine is to produce 3-D graphics, it even has a 2-D API to go along with its 3-D API.
		Tyberghein is looking for people who are skilled in programming graphic engine internals and adept in algorithmic thinking--essentially those who can help fine-tune the performance of the core engine itself.
		There are several new special effects that the graphics engine can draw, like hazes and lens flares, and there is the addition of a particle-rendering system.
	www.linuxjournal.com /node/5514/print (1491 words)

	Hackenslash by INQ7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The first two negatives are very minor when compared to the standards by which games should be rated, such as quality gameplay, fun factor, immersiveness, etc. The reviewer made little to no mention of these, which IMO (in my opinion) should be covered when reviewing a game.
		As for the graphics comment, yes, Empire at War doesn’t have cutting-edge FPS (first-person shooter) graphics, but it is still a visually fantastic game.
		Graphics engines aren’t everything; the art direction and composition is superb.
	www.hackenslash.net /pc/index.php?story_id=70828 (589 words)

	G4 - Feature - Inside 'XIII': Evolving Graphics
		A first-person shooter's a culmination of combat gaming elements designed to put the player in a position to defend their own lives.
		The genre is a little over a decade old, and while the intensity of barreling down long hallways with your twitchy trigger finger on the mouse remains the same, the graphics have seen plenty of upgrades.
		While first-person shooters evolved to their current pinnacle, a new graphic style emerges into the world of gaming.
	www.g4tv.com /xplay/features/46020/Inside_XIII_Evolving_Graphics.html (382 words)

	Online Gaming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The old days of choppy slow graphics have been replaced with bouncing bloody heads that roll around after a body is dismembered.
		Quake was the first real solid and popular game on the scene with amazing graphics and decent game play.
		is a first person shooter with advanced graphics and a game engine based on the earlier game "engines".
	home.comcast.net /~c.savino/onlinegame (313 words)

	www.gameindustry.com
		However its 3D engine had its moments, and when accelerator cards were released, the engine set the foundation for future shooters.
		Running on the DOOM 3 engine, the PC version of Quake 4 runs at a smooth clip, but since Quake 4 feels more like an action title rather than a horror title (as DOOM 3 was,) the scare factor is diminished.
		I know that this is the first generation of 360 titles, but after seeing Call of Duty 2, and to a lesser extent Perfect Dark Zero, running smoother, this is inexcusable.
	www.gameindustry.com /review/item.asp?id=621 (772 words)

	PCShooter.com
		With that there is the element of first person shooter gameplay but it is essentially a giant robot combat game because that is really where our experience lies.
		One of the things we really like about our engine versus other engines that are out there is really the combination of the vast scrawling outdoor expanses that you’ll remember from Mech 2 and Heavy Gear, and the combination of the indoor spaces.
		You can see that we really wanted to give you the sense that there is this installation somewhere that you can go around in, a big base with just human-sized areas so you can’t bring your battlesuit in which makes for a very interesting strategic gameplay.
	www.pcshooter.com /interviews/mk1.html (811 words)

	LinuxDevCenter.com -- Free Frags with Cube: The Linux First-Person Shooter
		Some, such as the original Quake engine, have even been released as open source (although long after they became technically outdated and were no longer of value to license for game development).
		Because the engine is intended to power first-person shooters, it works best at generating interior locations rather than simulating the outdoors.
		There are five weapon types: the super shotgun (similar to the one in DOOM II), the rocket launcher (a clone of Quake's), the chain gun (with similarities to the lightning gun in Quake III), the rifle (a counterpart of the railgun in Quake II and III), and the fist (like Quake III's gauntlet).
	www.linuxdevcenter.com /pub/a/linux/2002/10/10/cube3d.html (844 words)

	Xbox.com \| QUAKE™ 4 - Impressions
		Beloved first-person shooter developer id Software has been the driving force behind some of the most significant technological advances for game engines ever.
		His most recent 3-D engine was released last year, powering the blockbuster DOOM 3® for PC and Xbox®.
		Audio Heaven: While graphics may be most noticeable, the 5.1 surround QUAKE 4 offers is equal to its visual counterpart, and is equal to the Pepsi challenge against any of its current next-gen counterparts.
	www.xbox.com /en-US/games/q/quake4/20051128-preview.htm (580 words)

	MacGamer - Get In The Game
		Doom 3 is one of the most anticipated first person shooters in gaming history.
		Id Software has long been known for their highly detailed graphics engines and Doom 3 is no exception.
		First to Fight puts you in control of a 4-man Marine team using the RTFAS system, or "Ready, Team, Fire, Assist".
	www.macgamer.com /news/?date=2005-02-11 (467 words)

	FirstAdopter.com: March 2004 Archives
		I’m sure the first day I’ll be in line with the rest of you, my money in hand, wondering what Sony has in store for us.
		First it was the founder of eBay, now another billionaire is blogging away on the web.
		You have to code graphics and sound to the lowest common denominator (most of the time it seems the game is coded for the PS2 and then ported to the Xbox and the Gamecube) and often there is no time before the game ships to optimize for the more powerful hardware.
	www.firstadopter.com /fa/archives/2004_03.html (7695 words)

	bit-tech.net \| F.E.A.R. Graphics & Gameplay
		That is why we have spent several days putting it through its paces to find out how it runs on a variety of systems, so you can decide if you might need to budget for some upgrades before you shell out £30 on the game itself.
		In our familiar format, we will first discuss the gameplay elements before deconstructing some of the fancy new eye candy and finally some performance benchmarks on a raft of ATI and NVIDIA hardware.
		This is a similar Matrix-esque BulletTime effect that we first saw in Max Payne, and its presence is justified by the fact your character features special abilities that include lightning-fast reactions.
	www.bit-tech.net /gaming/2005/10/24/fear/1.html (1637 words)

	Strategy Informer: Shooter Channel: Game List
		Defining the first person shooter genre for the last decade, UNREAL has set the standard for the worlds ultimate multi-player experience.
		Lena, wife of the main character of the first part has found that her husband has been kidnapped and possibly murdered.
		All music, sounds, graphics and levels are taken from the original, but in some cases they are processed and/or modiffied in order to make them easier to use with...
	www.strategyinformer.com /pc/shooter/first-person/headquarters.html (1853 words)

	FirstCoast News.com - Print Article
		The $55 sequel typifies the first person shooter genre id pioneered in the early 1990s with the original "Doom," "Quake" and "Wolfenstein 3D": gamers run and gun through hordes of monsters or other enemies in three dimensions.
		The success has turned co-owner and technical director John Carmack into one of the game industry's most revered gurus, renowned for his skill at creating game "engines," the underlying foundation of a game which makes everything from graphics to sound possible.
		Between his time finishing up the game and developing rockets with his Armadillo Aerospace company, he and his wife, Anna, are expecting their first child, Christopher Ryan Carmack, in mid-August.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=22291 (911 words)

	First-person shooter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Many other shooter genres, such as on-rails shooters, are viewed from a first-person perspective, while flight simulators frequently involve the use of weapons; however, these are not considered FPSs.
		It is arguably the first game to use AI controlled teammates, unarmed/ambiant characters, duel weilding, secondary functions on weapons, and free look, most of which are widely used to this day.
		Wolfenstein 3D was also remade with a newer graphics engine (albeit one not as sophisticated as Doom 3's), resulting in Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First-person_shooter (9225 words)

	Alex's site
		I have tried a lot of different offline browsers, there is a but this one was first not to choke if you request too many files.
		First-person shooter with good graphics an sound and most importantly with old-style deathmatch gameplay reminiscent of Unreal Tournament and Quake 3.
		This program allows to see the disk usage graphically mapped using a treemap, so you can easily see both the proportion and the structure, and easily find big unneded files.
	personal.stevens.edu /~asedunov/FOSSguide.htm (2000 words)

	3DActionPlanet - A Member of The GameSpy Network
		They are armed, dangerous, cunning, and prepared for danger, be it from the hostile environment of the Zone, the inhabitants that reside there, or other groups of Stalkers seeking to take their booty.
		While still on the subject of graphics engines, you will please grant me a small intermission whilst I reattach the lower portion of my jaw.
		GSC is building Oblivion Lost, again like Outbreak, on their own technology, and what an engine it is. I will freely admit that I would never have given a (to me) virtually unknown Ukrainian development team this much credit.
	www.3dactionplanet.com /features/firstlooks/oblivionlost (589 words)

	Shacknews - It gets you chicks
		TimeShift will leverage first-of-its-kind gameplay abilities and functionality, the latest graphics technology, and high production values to create a truly unique action game experience that is expected to be available in autumn 2005.
		Saber Interactive's proprietary Saber3D game engine includes groundbreaking graphics technology, such as normal mapping to create amazingly high-detailed textures and characters, as well as advanced parallax lighting, allowing for realistic depth to environmental textures.
		An array of devastating and unique weaponry from the world's alternate timeline will be at the player's disposal, including bizarre incarnations of traditional sniper guns, machine guns, pistols and more, as well as never-before-imagined armaments from an era humanity has never seen.
	www.shacknews.com /docs/press/011005_timeshift.x (661 words)

	GGL - The Shooter Of The Future (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		More realistic graphics, richly detailed locations and improved particle effects continue to be the most touted improvements, and developers claim these make for a better gaming experience.
		Shooters have come a long way since the original Wolfenstein 3D, which wasn’t even quite truly three-dimensional.
		I was recently able to change my graphics on CS:S from lowest resolution and all the settings on the lowest to highest resolution and all settings maxed out.
	www.ggl.com /news.php?NewsId=2932 (928 words)

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