Screenshots from Tempest, Contra, and Galaga When video games first appeared in arcades in the 1970s, one of the biggest genres was shooters. Today, most people likely think of first-person shooters when they hear “shooter,” but throughout the 1980s and ‘90s, “shooter” encompassed a whole bunch of sub-genres. These included light-gun, rail shooters, run-and-gun, shoot-’em-ups, fixed-shooters, and so many more. We […]