The Rise & Fall of Arena Shooters

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  @TheActMan · 3 years ago · pinned

  RIP Arena Shooters. You will not be forgotten <3

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  @SplendidCoffee0 · 3 years ago

  Boomer shooters will always hold a special place in my heart thanks to my dad. He introduced me to DOOM, Quake, and Battlefield 1942 in 2002 (not an arena shooter, but still). To this day, every pc I ever get has these classics installed on them. Thanks, Dad, you’re a real one.

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  @Stephanie_Rose · 3 years ago

  Doom, half-life, quake, unreal and most of the others will always hold a place in my heart.

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  @fonkyfesh-old · 3 years ago

  I remember reading about arena shooter tournaments in the 90's where the winners won cash prizes. The idea that you could win money by playing your favorite game was mind-blowing to me as a kid

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  @TheJonStark · 3 years ago

  Unreal Tournament was the first arena shooter I ever played, it's also the game that got me in to PC gaming in general. So many fond memories.

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  @Mokster43 · 3 years ago

  This video is literally my childhood growing up playing video games, the amount of nostalgia I'm feeling right now is unbelievable

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  @thelosttraveler5808 · 3 years ago

  Dusk and Ultrakill have been pretty succesful lately and show there's still interest in the genre, all my young friends from the new generations are discovering how fun this playstyle is thanks to them ^^

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  @nuggo8711 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Arena shooters were so much fun because they were not really taken seriously. They were kind of like party games except you were shooting at people instead. Wish I got to experience LAN parties

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  @gregwolz · 3 years ago

  I still remember the first time I played counter-strike, I was completely blown away. Still can't believe that was over 20 years ago and I still play 1.6 to this day. What a masterpiece and blessing to the first person shooter gaming community.

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  @wangless · 3 years ago

  New Blood is making all sorts of boomer shooter styled games, the genre may not be in the limelight but it exists and will always in some capacity. ❤

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  @coffee0093 · 3 years ago

  Quake 3 literally got me into gaming as a little kid, so the Quake series and arena shooters always had a special place in my heart

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  @SiliconSlyWolf · 3 years ago

  Tribes also did something that was very true to that super high skill ceiling of traditional arena shooters that was also very different.  Instead of bunny hopping at an angle like a drunken coke addict, it had something I can really only describe as "skiing".  You had to use your jet pack, physics of your flying around, and then sliding around on hills to build up speed to borderline fly around the map even when not using the jet pack actively.

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