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These are what I consider to be the most important videogame first-person shooters in history. Some might disagree, but these are no doubt the biggies. Oh, and no sequels are on the list. That's cheating.

Created by patrick on Mar 31, 2008

Last updated: 03/11/10 at 10:00 PM

• Dipity Timeline Created
  Mar 31, 2008 11:03 PM

• "Portal" released"
  Oct 9, 2007

• "BioShock"
  Aug 20, 2007

• "Far Cry"
  Mar 22, 2004

• "Call of Duty"
  Oct 28, 2003

• "Metroid Prime"
  Nov 17, 2002

• "Battlefield 1942"
  Sep 11, 2002

• "Halo: Combat Evolved" released for Xbox
  Nov 14, 2001

  The original Halo game released the same day as the Xbox. Halo become a big hit in a large part to its split-screen and LAN network play, physics based vehicles, and it's composite, yet compelling sci-fi universe.
  http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo/

• "Counter-Strike" released
  Nov 7, 2000

• "Deus Ex"
  Jun 21, 2000

• "Thief: The Dark Project"
  Dec 2, 1998

• "Half-Life" released
  Nov 18, 1998

• "Rainbow Six"
  Jul 1998

• "Unreal"
  May 21, 1998

• "GoldenEye 007"
  Aug 24, 1997

• "Quake"
  Jun 21, 1996

• "Duke Nukem 3D"
  Jan 28, 1996

• "Marathon"
  Dec 20, 1994

• "System Shock"
  Sep 22, 1994

• "Doom"
  Dec 9, 1993

• "Wolfenstein 3D"
  May 4, 1992

• "Ultima Underworld"
  Mar 26, 1992