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Welcome to Game Collector, where GameSpot hunts for great deals on games so you don't have to. This week's edition includes a list of ultimate first-person shooters from the past several years at the best prices available anywhere. If you've been looking for elusive shooter and haven't had any luck, then Game Collector is the perfect place to start. Here, you'll find a list of classic shooters that we believe should be in everyone's game collection.
Half-Life (1998)
Street Price: $19.95
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Considered the best first-person shooter to date, Half-Life changed the way developers and gamers thought about the genre, and its influence is still strong today. Through a series of subtle and artistic design decisions, Half-Life creates a reality that is self-contained, believable, and thoroughly engaging. As scientist Gordon Freeman, you are involved in an experiment that goes awry and soon, aliens are everywhere. In this nightmare come to life, you must fight your way out of the mayhem that surrounds you.
Unreal Tournament (1999)
Street Price: $15.95
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GameSpot's action game of the year 1999 is widely regarded as one the best first-person shooters to date. Unreal Tournament strips away most of the single-player game in favor of fast and furious multiplayer combat. It has great-looking textures, interesting environments, and consistently strong level design, not to mention a variety of weapons and game types. Best of all, it still looks and plays great today.
Starsiege Tribes (1998)
Street Price: 19.95
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Since its release at the very end of 1998, Starsiege Tribes has remained one of the single most popular multiplayer shooters available. Its innovative gameplay emphasizes team tactics, deliberate strategies, and territorial conflicts set across very expansive environments. In spite of the release of Tribes 2 earlier this year, many players still prefer the original for its extremely smooth frame-rates and solid networking code.
No One Lives Forever (2000)
Street Price: $19.99
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In this campy and humorous take on '60s spy themes, you play as Cate Archer, a smart and sassy operative who must undertake missions that take her all over the world. From its stylish, colorful level designs to its comical dialogue, and from its impressive enemy artificial intelligence to its stealth features, No One Lives Forever appeared almost out of nowhere and earned widespread critical acclaim and our best action game of the year award.
Aliens vs. Predator Gold Edition (2000)
Street Price: $16.49
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Aliens vs. Predator may be a traditional shooter, but its success lies in its re-creation of the sense of dread from the sci-fi movies and its rendering of three distinct viewpoints: the human marine, the predator, and the alien. You can control any of these in either the game's single-player or multiplayer modes. Aliens vs. Predator would definitely a good addition to your action collection, especially if you're a fan of the movies.
Quake II (1998)
Street Price: $9.99
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Everyone remembers Quake, so what could be better than the game that made deathmatch a household word? Quake II. Id Software took some elements and perhaps a few lessons from the original and shaped the sequel to provide levels quite varied in terms of architectural composition, style, and setting, and they include plenty of opportunities for ambush, sniping, and close-quarter encounters that make deathmatch so fun.
Descent 3 (1999)
Street Price: $19.95
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Descent 3 is the most successful, most visually impressive installment in the innovative series, in which you pilot a nimble anti-gravity craft through a series of winding, dangerous environments. The game includes excellent single-player levels, as well as a full set of multiplayer options. Moreover, Descent 3 is gore-free and can be enjoyed by younger players. Last but not least, Descent 3 marks the return of guidebot, your trusty sidekick who helps you navigate the levels.
Duke Nukem 3D (1996)
Street Price: $4.95
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One of the most famous characters in first-person shooters gained his popularity in this game where over-the-top weapons and action, coupled with a raunchy sense of humor, entertained players who were hungry for something different and unusual. Once you have played this classic, you'll never forget Duke, and it's the perfect game to tide you over as you wait for the next Duke game, Duke Nukem Forever, to be released this fall.
Quake (1996)
Street Price: $6.95
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Upon its release, Quake caught some criticism for its lack of story and its use of earthy colors, but it was nevertheless a landmark game that showed off the possibilities of hardware-accelerated graphics and a fast and brilliant multiplayer game. It's remained a formative experience for a generation of adrenaline-addicted action gamers. Quake is a true classic that started a legacy, and it absolutely belongs in the library of every serious first-person shooter collector.
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (1997)
Street Price: $12.95
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As in the original Dark Forces, you play as Kyle Katarn in this Star Wars-themed shooter--but now you are a Jedi. Widely considered one of the best games of 1997, Jedi Knight II featues outstanding level design and great action sequences. The decisions you make during each level help determine your fate, and as you become aligned with the dark or the light side of the Force, the story unfolds.
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