Phantom Slayer (Dragon 32 - 1982) - The First FPS

This is a short video showing gameplay from the Dragon 32 game “Phantom Slayer“ by Ken Kalish, released in 1982 for the Dragon and Coco (TRS-80) home computers. Some consider this to be the very first single-player FPS, released nearly a full 10 years before Id's Hovertank 3D and Catacomb 3D (1991). Depending on how you define the genre, of course. Players move around a randomised maze armed with a “laser pistol“ looking for “Phantoms“ to destroy. If the Phantoms touch you, you're dead. Nearby Phantoms ca