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Arena shooter

Frantic multiplayer matches on small, enclosed maps where everyone starts equal and the winners are those who move fastest, control the map's weapons and aim best.

Also known as: arena FPS

This is a basic entry: it has the definition and the classification. Full entries add history, games and a demo.

History

  1. 1999
    Origin

    Quake III Arena, Unreal Tournament and Turok: Rage Wars, all from 1999, were the first built purely for multiplayer; MIDI Maze (1987) already had a similar idea.

    Arena shooter (Wikipedia)