Is FPS all that's left from the Arcade on PS3/360?

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Pyro as Bill said:

Khuutra said:

What?

Why would a side-scrolling shooter-

I'm going to go away now, excuse me

Lol, you asked me to show how an FPS game evolved from a game where you aim and shoot from the FP-perspective as opposed to a game where you run to the right shooting at enemies. Maybe we have our wires crossed. You do mean games like R-Type and Contra when you say side scrolling shooters, don't you?

Now are we really saying the First Person Shooter evolved from games like Contra as opposed to games like Duck Hunt?

Yes, from games like Duke Nukem and Commander Keen, where you had control of where your character goes, only changing it from one perspective to another.

I would say they have more in common with an FPS than Duck Hunt does. Contra is more like an arcade styled on-rails since you can never go backwards. You can only go where the camera lets you.