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	Shooter game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shooter games cover a fairly broad spectrum of sub-genres that have the commonality of controlling a character who is usually armed with a firearm that can be freely aimed.
		The term rail shooter traditionally describes games where the player cannot control their own movement, as if their path travels along a fixed 'rail'.
		A run-and-gun shooter is a combination platform game and scrolling shooter, this type of game involves a character running along a plane while shooting enemies in multiple directions, as in games like Contra and Metal Slug.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shooter_game (756 words)

	Rail shooter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In a rail shooter the player control is limited to directing where to fire a virtual gun; the player does not have control over the ultimate path their avatar takes from the start to the end.
		Although the strictest definition of rail shooter includes genres such as a scrolling shooter and light gun games such as Operation Wolf, in practice the term is used mostly to describe games that don't fall within those two genres (e.g.
		Some rail shooters allow the player to control a single aspect of motion; for example, the Time Crisis series, which gave players the ability to hide behind a barrier.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rail_shooter (642 words)

	TIRSPORTIF IPSC FRANCE RULES règles du jeu de l'IPSA, PIN SHOOTING (gun weapon firearm rule ipsa)
		Shooters are positioned behind a rail which is approximately 36 inches high and 25 feet from the front edge of the pin table.
		Shooters will be asked to sign their score card and given a copy of their scores when they complete that event.
		Shooters are responsible to retain their copy of the score card and notify match officials of any errors in match postings.
	www.tirsportif.com /REGLES/ipsarules.htm (3188 words)

	Scrolling shooter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		A scrolling shooter is, as the name suggests, a shoot 'em up that takes place against a scrolling...
		Scrolling shooters can be divided into two categories:...
		Now you have a scrolling shooter; compared to Gradius, Xevious would be a vertically-scrolling shooter, whereas Gradius is a horizontally-scrolling shooter.
	www.wanskin.com /scrolling+shooter.html (953 words)

	Terrorist Takedown - GameCritics.com
		Rail Shooter fans should definitely check this out—there isn't a lot of movement in the genre right now, and this could be just what you're looking for.
		Rail shooters are my comfort games—they don't have to try very hard to make me like them.
		Generally rail shooters avoid this problem by including many different varieties of enemies, as well as clever boss battles.
	www.gamecritics.com /review/terroristtakedown/main.php (1015 words)

	Home of the Underdogs - Additional game resources for game: House of the Dead, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		House of the Dead is indeed a rail shooter, and an excellent one at that.
		The fact that you can sometimes change "rails" is a great addition, and certainly adds to the replay value, but it does not change the fact that this is a rail shooter.
		House of the Dead is NOT a rail shooter.
	www.the-underdogs.org /game-resources.php?gameid=2929 (396 words)

	Terrorist Takedown Review - PC
		The game is actually a rail shooter where your viewpoint is presented from that of the gun and the game moves around while you shoot.
		In most rail shooters you usually never have control over where you move or where the action is headed.
		Rail shooters have their place in gaming history and if done right can still be entertaining.
	pc.gamezone.com /gzreviews/r24630.htm (1681 words)

	Ravage D.C.X. for PC video game review and cheats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Ravage D.C.X. is unabashedly a "rail" game, in which the player follows a pre-determined path (involving limited freedom of movement) within six worlds and Washington, DC while fighting a seemingly endless array of enemies.
		Well, I am hereby announcing that I actually love rail games, and I firmly do not believe that their gameplay is any less challenging or provocative than games with more freedom of movement.
		Instead, rail games are in some ways a purer form of arcade shooter, where the premium is placed not on strategy or ability to navigate and find secret passageways, but rather on skill in targeting and destroying small and fast-moving adversaries whizzing by as one pursues one's objectives.
	www.gamezilla.com /review.aspx?review=7751 (840 words)

	GBAtemp Forum -> Review - Star Fox Assault (Gamecube)
		First revealed at E3 2003, the Namco-developed shooter turned few heads at that event, mostly attracting interest only from Star Fox diehards who hoped the game would be a long-awaited return to the series' roots.
		While this all may sound fairly basic, the result is surprisingly fulfilling if you're a shooter fan, though never nearly as satisfying as the sustained, seat-of-your-pants excitement of a well-made rail-shooting level.
		And while there is certainly potential for future chapters in the series to further refine and expand upon the framework of free-range levels presented here, this potential fails to obscure the fact that the Star Fox design was not ready to shoulder such massive alterations in a single installment of the series.
	www.gbatemp.net /index.php?showtopic=25042 (3818 words)

	Rail shooter - TheBestLinks.com - On rails, First person shooter, Video game, Time Crisis, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Rail shooter - TheBestLinks.com - On rails, First person shooter, Video game, Time Crisis,...
		On rails, Rail shooter, First person shooter, Video game, Time Crisis, Action...
		Usually the player's sole defense against enemy attacks in the game is shooting the enemy first.
	www.thebestlinks.com /On_rails.html (467 words)

	Comments for: Late Night Consoling - ja.zz
		i was just reading ign's review of panzer dragoon orta and they call it a rail shooter but say you can move...
		#31, Except it's not a rail shooter, and i'm having you and the r...
		#61, By that definition Panzer Dragoon Orta is NOT a rail shooter...
	www.shacknews.com /ja.zz?id=7839979 (352 words)

	subdividing the shooter genre - Emuforums.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Of course it is the lightgun so these games should be put in their own category in which they all share this common peculiarity.
		How I see it all "rail based shooters" would end up fitting in other previously made categories or categories which are yet to be made to address their more specific attributes shared by other games.
		Star Wars Trilogy Arcade is mostly a rail based shooter with an analog flight stick.
	forums.ngemu.com /game-discussion/32774-subdividing-shooter-genre.html (695 words)

	Panzer Dragoon Orta
		Panzer Dragoon Orta is a rail shooter, a rare type of game more popular in the '80s and early '90s.
		But unlike most shooters, where you must always kill to survive, many of the enemies in Orta don't have to be shot in order to progress.
		Comment: The rail shooter has gone the way of the dodo, now that most shooters allow the player to move around at will as in Doom or Full Spectrum Warrior.
	www.aweno.com /games/info/B00006LU9C/Panzer_Dragoon_Orta.html (2196 words)

	Electric Playground
		I'm all for the theory that if you are insanely good enough, you can beat an arcade game on a single life or quarter, but I suspect many coin-op rail shooters are specifically designed to be impossible to complete on one life, so that you'll keep pumping in quarter after quarter (gee, ya think?).
		At this writing, House of the Dead III is the only rail shooter available for the Xbox.
		Every console needs a rail shooter or two, and this one gets the job done.
	www.elecplay.com /reviews_article.php?article=9978 (893 words)

	PowerLabs Electromagnetic Weapons!
		There is more than enough firepower in even a small pistol to accomplish the goal it is intended for and making that pistol fire a projectile through electromagnetic means would only mean making it larger, heavier, more expensive and less practical.
		PowerLabs Thompson's Coil and Disk Shooter Research: Thompson's coils repel conductive materials in the vicinity of their magnetic fields due to induced eddy currents.
		A Thompson's coil is demonstrated levitating a copper ring, along with an interesting spin-off from its principle of operation: a type of coil gun that works by repelling the projectile instead of attracting it: the Disk Shooter.
	www.powerlabs.org /emguns.htm (791 words)

	Kikizo Games: Xbox Review: Panzer Dragoon Orta
		The game is arguably the best rail shooter ever conceived, but it's still a rail shooter.
		Those who avoid rail shooters like Trekkies avoid women might want to pass on this one (read on for more).
		For the uninitiated, a rail shooter involves flying around and blowing away hordes of bad guys.
	games.kikizo.com /reviews/xbox/pd_orta.asp (1196 words)

	Terrorist Takedown :: Computer :: Review :: DreamStation.cc
		Like all rail shooter games, you have no say in where you go, so in order to get through the level you need to take out as many enemies as you can before the screen starts shifting to a different portion of the level.
		The gameplay and controls are what you'd expect from a rail shooter.
		Rail shooters are fun to play, but after awhile they get incredibly boring especially if it is a single player game.
	www.dreamstation.cc /reviews/computer/terrorist_takedown (710 words)

	GameSpot Forums - GameCube - So is Killer 7 just a rail shooter?
		its on rails but you can choose what paths to go down and you can backtrack all you want.
		yeah even thos its a rail shoooter, you still get confused on where to go, cuz hell i got confused alot i dunno where to go.
		Killer 7 is rail shooter, though you have some cotrol of movement.
	www.gamespot.com /pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=24194121 (674 words)

	www.gameindustry.com
		While everyone was playing the other launch titles (Daytona USA and Virtua Fighter), the unorthodox Panzer was the true showcase of the system, an impressive 3D Rail Shooter that truly brought out the power of the Saturn, and eventually became a cult favorite.
		Panzer Orta once again returns to the original concept of the "rail shooter." The flow of the game might be on a set course, or "rail" but you have total control of the dragon (at least from the front view, you only control the gunsight from the sides and rear).
		Smilebit brings Xbox owners one of the best shooters to come out in a long time, and it is a welcome addition to fans of the series.
	www.gameindustry.com /review/item.asp?id=164 (600 words)

	WORTHPLAYING - - All about games !
		Flight of the Falcon, being a Star Fox-style rail shooter, does not lend itself to be put through the "Super Star Wars" filter.
		It is a rail shooter of the most simple breed, with very straightforward environments, and simplistic enemies.
		I think this is an example of why rail shooters simply do not work that well on a D-pad; they beg for the exactness of an analog joystick or thumb pad.
	www.worthplaying.com /print.php?sid=15487 (989 words)

	Panzer Dragoon Orta - Reader Review - GameFAQs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		To clarify the game's genre, a rail shooter is one where the player's course is predefined by the game.
		Moving away from the all-action shooter, Team Andromeda released Saga as an RPG with shooting sections limited to key battle sequences.
		As this is a shooter, your job as player is simply to kill as much as possible without getting killed.
	www.gamefaqs.com /console/xbox/review/R80547.html (1415 words)

	Dreamcast VIDEO GAME REVIEWS... Confidential Mission __________\|
		Its a good little shooter, and coming in at around 20 US dollars, you can't beat it.
		There are 3 Missions to progress through in the arcade conversion, and each is quite lengthy.
		Overall, Confidential Mission is a good buy if you are a fan of the shooter genre.
	www.gamevortex.com /gamevortex/ra_dc_cm.html (453 words)

	Mindjack - Games - Panzer Dragoon Orta
		After all, Panzer Dragoon Orta is a "rail shooter" - a mostly moribund genre where players move forward at a constant rate of motion, blasting nearly everything coming towards them.
		Delivering a $50 rail shooter game these days demands something extra.
		But my mind was blown better by Sega's Rez, a 2002 shooter for the PlayStation 2.
	www.mindjack.com /games/dragoon.html (593 words)

	Into Liquid Sky - Game Reviews
		Orta is a young woman has been imprisoned for as long as she can recall.
		Panzer Dragoon Orta is, without a doubt, a "rail shooter", which means you'll be faced with wave upon wave on enemies to shoot down.
		ILS is not affiliated with, endorsed by or related to any of the products, companies, artists or parties legally responsible for the items referred to on this website.
	www.intoliquidsky.net /site/reviews/panzer_do.html (944 words)

	Shooter to Chair ATOC
		Adrian Shooter, chairman of Chiltern Railways, has stepped in to chair ATOC as a temporary measure following the departure of Keith Ludeman, chief executive of Go-Ahead Rail Division.
		Adrian Shooter, as acting chairman, will be responsible for relations with government and Network Rail at a senior level.
		Adrian Shooter is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Institution of Mechanical Engineers and of the Chartered Institute of Transport.
	railwaypeople.com /rail-news-articles/shooter-to-chair-atoc-729.html (222 words)

	Killer7 (GCN/PS2) - A JimD73 Review
		The game is a rail shooter, mean that the analog stick has very little to do with movement.
		The weird thing is that, despite the rail system, you still can explore a lot of area in the game, as there are numerous crosspaths to take that will give you different shortcuts, pathways or opportunities.
		The controls are responsive enough to let you turn on a dime, so you never feel constricted, even though by logical standards you have very little freedom.
	www.jimd73.greatnow.com /killer7.html (3353 words)

	Panzer Dragoon Orta Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		It lives up to and surpasses it's predesseors, setting a new mark by which all other rail shooters MUST be gauged.
		Known as a rail shooter, this limits the amount of freedom the player has (Starfox for the SNES is another fine example of a Rail Shooter).
		However, unlike games like Starfox, PDO gives players the ability to rotate in a fulll 360 degree rotation around the dragon, given Orta and the dragon the ability to fire at targets who are flanking the dragon or coming in from behind.
	www.deeko.com /xbox/reviewdetail.asp?id=6 (691 words)

	Download Bitfuse 0.11 for Linux - Bitfuse project is an arcade rail shooter. - Softpedia
		Download Bitfuse 0.11 for Linux - Bitfuse project is an arcade rail shooter.
		Bitfuse is a rail shooter where you move the aim to lock on to, and destroy enemies.
		When enemies are destroyed they leave pickups that needs to be locked in the correct order before time runs out.
	linux.softpedia.com /get/GAMES-ENTERTAINMENT/Puzzle/Bitfuse-8672.shtml (170 words)

	Trade Games Now The Rant: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
		Well, Rebel Assault was one of the earlier Star Wars PC games, and it was a rail shooter.
		A rail shooter is essentially a shooter that takes you on a set path; you're in control of the shooting, but not the movement.
		Well, this concept was acceptable for it's time, and it wasn't necessarily bad, it just didn't really have anything to keep it going to allow it to cross over to later gaming systems.
	www.tradegamesnow.com /rant_rogue.cfm (1052 words)

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