Old School FPS Style Games

[Forlorn Drifter]

I just wanted to get a thread going, listing the old school styled FPS games out there. Some general guidelines would be an open level design, more than likely with secrets. In most cases, one can hold an unlimited amount of guns, although not in every case.

I'd like to mention any large differences in any ports. Not if there is one or two different levels, but in cases like Quake II PC compared to Quake II 64, etc.

1. Doom
2. Doom 2
3. Wolfenstein 3D
4. Quake
5. Quake II
6. Quake II 64
7. Dark Forces
8. Hexen
9. Heretic
10. Hexen 2
11. Heretic 2
12. Duke Nukem 3D
13. Blood
14. Rise of the Triad
15. Blake Stone
16. Shadow Warrior
17. Serious Sam
18. Doom 64
19. Exhumed/Powerslave
20. Unreal
21. Redneck Rampage
22. Marathon
23. Marathon 2: Durandal
24. Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
25. Killing Time
26. Escape from Monster Manor
27. PO'ed
28. Alien vs Predator


Any additions would be appreciated.

[MrPopo]

Hexen's definitely a shooter; most of your weapons are ranged, it's just fantasy themed.

You've got the Serious Sam series which includes secrets but the level design isn't as open as Doom's.

[CFFJR]

Some more:

Blood
Rise of the Triad
Blake Stone
Shadow Warrior

[valgalder]

Blood was awesome!

[Brendand]

Final doom, Doom 64 , Turok Dinosaur hunter,Turok 2, Exhumed/Powerslave, Alien trilogy,Duke nukem forever, Painkiller, Blake stone, Doom 3, Serious sam 2,Killing time

[Hobie-wan]

Doom 3

I liked Doom 3, but it is definitely not like an old school FPS. You're sneaking around and fighting 1-3 things at a time, not in large rooms with a horde of stuff after you going ohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrap.

[BoringSupreez]

Doom 3

I liked Doom 3, but it is definitely not like an old school FPS. You're sneaking around and fighting 1-3 things at a time, not in large rooms with a horde of stuff after you going ohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrap.

It is old school, but it's not PC old school. It's more like console old school, ala Medal of Honor.

[Xeogred]

I think Unreal kind of bends the line. Could fit, or maybe not. But I'd say it's arguably a bit more simplistic and old school in design than say, Half-Life which was out around the same time, or System Shock 2, Thief, etc.

[isiolia]

Redneck Rampage. Marathon series.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Marathon series.

QFT. Marathon Durandal is one of the best classic FPS games (only surpassed by my love of Doom) ever made. Yet because it was made only for Mac OS, it didn't get a lot of attention. There was an XBLA re-release, and you can get the game for free on PC/Mac/Linux in the form of AlephOne.