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Play as an Zodiac Agent investigating a series of murders around Universal Cybernetics Corporation's factory in London in this early FPS/RPG hybrid developed by Core Design.
Stunts (also known as 4D Sports Driving) is a classic 3D racing game developed by Distinctive Software, Inc. It places the player in races on stunt tracks with jumps, loops and corkscrews.
Stop the comet Damocles from destroying the planet Eris.
Flight of the Intruder is an military flight simulator set during the Vietnam war, released as a tie in to the 1991 movie and book of the same name.
Test Drive III: The Passion is a driving game from 1990 developed by Accolade. The game features 256-color VGA graphics and true 3D environment built up by simple non-textured objects.
Hi-octane racing on insane tracks. Use your nitros wisely and leap hundreds of feet in the air to beat your rival and become the Stunt Car Racer Champion.
F29 Retaliator is an combat flight simulator by Digital Image Design, published by Ocean Software in 1989.
S.T.U.N. Runner is a high-speed racing game in which players take control of a speed bike and must navigate a series of tunnels and other environments while encountering various types of enemies.
Atari's polygonal arcade racer, later adapted for consoles by Tengen.
An early first-person role-playing shooter released by Arsys Software. Ahead of its time, it had 3D polygon graphics, FPS gameplay, strafing controls, open-world space exploration, and an epic sci-fi space opera plot.
Released by Namco in 1988, this was the first arcade driving game to use fully 3D polygon graphics. It was the inaugural title for the Namco System 21 "Polygonizer" arcade hardware, the first dedicated 3D gaming system.
Players control a flying vehicle in this game based on Zarch for the Acorn Archimedes.
M-1 Abrams Battle Tank is an arcade style tank simulator developed by Dynamix Inc and published by Electronic Arts. It was later ported to the Sega Genesis by Realtime Games Software Ltd.
Powerdrome is a racing game created by Electronic Arts for Amiga, Atari ST and PC.
Released for the Fujitsu FM-77 AV computer in 1986, this game was an early 3D first-person shooter. It was notable for its advanced 3D graphics engine, which processed 3D polygons at high frame rates for its time. It was the first FPS to use 3D polygons.
An early role-playing shooter released by Arsys Software for the PC-88, PC-98 and FM-7 computers in 1986 and ported to MS-DOS by Brøderbund. An early RPG-shooter hybrid, it was one of the first computer games with polygonal 3D environments, along with full 360-degree third-person exploration for indoor environments.
Silpheed is a 1986 vertically scrolling shoot 'em up featuring 3D flat-shaded polygon graphics. Successive ports featured improved graphics but retained the same core gameplay. The Sega CD version in particular used pre-rendered FMV as backgrounds.
A first-person adventure game with RPG elements, released by Microcabin in 1986. The game featured environments rendered in 3D polygon graphics, for possibly the first time in a home video game, along with early survival horror elements. However, the game is better remembered for its cyberpunk narrative, which was adapted into a sci-fi novel shortly afterwards.
First-person action game, published by SystemSoft for Japanese computers in 1986. Its polygonal 3D graphics engine was a technical milestone, rendering 3D environments at a fast pace and (compared to the tile-based, right-angle movement of earlier first-person games) allowed the player to move with full 360-degree movement.
An early 3D, first-person, role-playing shooter, released by Bullet-Proof Software in 1985. Ahead of its time, it was an early example of both the Action-RPG and FPS genres.
Created by Ian Bell and David Braben, this space trading / combat game was revolutionary; combining wireframe 3D graphics with open-ended gameplay to create a distinct gaming experience. Originally released for the BBC Microcomputer in 1984.
Ahead of its time; I, Robot was the first arcade game to feature filled 3D polygons.
Action racing game created by TechnoSoft and released in 1984, initially for the PC-88 and then other Japanese computer platforms. It was the first home video game with 3D polygon graphics.
Stunt Driver is a PC Racing game.
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