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FPS: First Person Shooter

A documentary about first-person shooter video games.

Director

David L. Craddock, Christopher Stratton

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documentary, action

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CreatorVC

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Homepage

http://fpsdoc.com

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We had enough IMLACs, we could
get some pretty good games going. - FPS: First Person Shooter

We had enough IMLACs, we could get some pretty good games go...

The researches are spending
late nights inviting their friends to - FPS: First Person Shooter

The researches are spending late nights inviting their frien...

People would come in from all
over the lab which was, you know, - FPS: First Person Shooter

People would come in from all over the lab which was, you kn...

J.C.R Licklider himself, we're
seeing playing the game sometimes - FPS: First Person Shooter

J.C.R Licklider himself, we're seeing playing the game ...

It was kind of like eSports.
I guess it's kind of like eSports. - FPS: First Person Shooter

It was kind of like eSports. I guess it's kind of like ...

It would download into
your IMLAC, the Maze Game, - FPS: First Person Shooter

It would download into your IMLAC, the Maze Game,

That basically enabled it to
be played over the Internet. - FPS: First Person Shooter

That basically enabled it to be played over the Internet.

You could just come in, start up an instance of
being a player in the game, and off you went. - FPS: First Person Shooter

You could just come in, start up an instance of being a play...

You could shoot, you could
chase each other around, - FPS: First Person Shooter

You could shoot, you could chase each other around,

We pioneered online gaming - FPS: First Person Shooter

We pioneered online gaming

It was shocking. It's totally shocking. - FPS: First Person Shooter

It was shocking. It's totally shocking.

It was one of those many
things that was kind of retrofitted. - FPS: First Person Shooter

It was one of those many things that was kind of retrofitted...

Maze itself appeared in late 1973. - FPS: First Person Shooter

Maze itself appeared in late 1973.

Years went by, and the
hardware for playing games - FPS: First Person Shooter

Years went by, and the hardware for playing games

Once the PCs came out,
billions and billions of knock offs - FPS: First Person Shooter

Once the PCs came out, billions and billions of knock offs

I could see that it would catch on, - FPS: First Person Shooter

I could see that it would catch on,

These days, people see, like, Fortnite, and
they assume harbor rendering has always been. - FPS: First Person Shooter

These days, people see, like, Fortnite, and they assume harb...

No, we came from very,
very humble beginnings, - FPS: First Person Shooter

No, we came from very, very humble beginnings,

Battlezone was a brilliant application. - FPS: First Person Shooter

Battlezone was a brilliant application.

It was so compelling to me, and - FPS: First Person Shooter

It was so compelling to me, and

The first time you saw that, everything you needed to
know about a first person shooter was already defined. - FPS: First Person Shooter

The first time you saw that, everything you needed to know a...

The first person shooter is
the closest thing you can be to - FPS: First Person Shooter

The first person shooter is the closest thing you can be to

I remember, as a kid, you put your face through
the gunner mechanism, and then you could turn - FPS: First Person Shooter

I remember, as a kid, you put your face through the gunner m...

It was so immersive.
You're brought into that world, - FPS: First Person Shooter

It was so immersive. You're brought into that world,

Use the joysticks, play it
like it was meant to be played, - FPS: First Person Shooter

Use the joysticks, play it like it was meant to be played,

I just played and played, and I got
so good that I got to the point where - FPS: First Person Shooter

I just played and played, and I got so good that I got to th...

There are things in Battlezone that
Carmack and Romero had to learn - FPS: First Person Shooter

There are things in Battlezone that Carmack and Romero had t...

Ed Rotberg figured them out for the
very first time and mastered them, right? - FPS: First Person Shooter

Ed Rotberg figured them out for the very first time and mast...

I tried playing it recently,
and I'm still pretty good. - FPS: First Person Shooter

I tried playing it recently, and I'm still pretty good.

I still have that feel for
the game which is so weird - FPS: First Person Shooter

I still have that feel for the game which is so weird

It's beautiful.
It's like a poem. It's fantastic. - FPS: First Person Shooter

It's beautiful. It's like a poem. It's fantas...

There's games out there
that basically prove something - FPS: First Person Shooter

There's games out there that basically prove something

It sort of set a bar in a
number of different dimensions - FPS: First Person Shooter

It sort of set a bar in a number of different dimensions

You don't think, 'Oh, I could do that',
until you see somebody else do it. - FPS: First Person Shooter

You don't think, 'Oh, I could do that', until...

So, I wanted to build a game, and
I started out working on Apple II's. - FPS: First Person Shooter

So, I wanted to build a game, and I started out working on A...

I was really obsessed. The Apple II
had some games that were images, - FPS: First Person Shooter

I was really obsessed. The Apple II had some games that were...

On January 24, Apple
Computer will introduce Macintosh. - FPS: First Person Shooter

On January 24, Apple Computer will introduce Macintosh.

I put money down on it. Soon after, the store
gives me a call and says, 'Your Mac is here.' - FPS: First Person Shooter

I put money down on it. Soon after, the store gives me a cal...

So, they were giving me
their demonstration computer - FPS: First Person Shooter

So, they were giving me their demonstration computer

It was, to me, the future of computing, - FPS: First Person Shooter

It was, to me, the future of computing,

I invented at least half
of mouselook, if you will. - FPS: First Person Shooter

I invented at least half of mouselook, if you will.

You take the mouse, and you move
left and right, you'd turn left and right. - FPS: First Person Shooter

You take the mouse, and you move left and right, you'd ...

Since I couldn't look up and down, what I
did is, move the mouse up, you'd go forward - FPS: First Person Shooter

Since I couldn't look up and down, what I did is, move ...

I learned something very interesting.
As soon as I added - FPS: First Person Shooter

I learned something very interesting. As soon as I added

There's sort of a real close link between
your auditory system and your visual system - FPS: First Person Shooter

There's sort of a real close link between your auditory...

The Colony shipped on two discs:
one was the game, and the full game. - FPS: First Person Shooter

The Colony shipped on two discs: one was the game, and the f...

Recording whatever, whatever I
get my hands on. That was a lot of fun. - FPS: First Person Shooter

Recording whatever, whatever I get my hands on. That was a l...

I had built the very, very first corridor. - FPS: First Person Shooter

I had built the very, very first corridor.

I could see down, at the
end of it, was this turn. - FPS: First Person Shooter

I could see down, at the end of it, was this turn.

I was very, very surprised
at how compelling it was. - FPS: First Person Shooter

I was very, very surprised at how compelling it was.

You're pulled into the
world, and you can't stop. - FPS: First Person Shooter

You're pulled into the world, and you can't stop.

Colony had a number of different pieces.
You start on the ship. - FPS: First Person Shooter

Colony had a number of different pieces. You start on the sh...

The ship was a safe place where
you could actually learn the interfaces. - FPS: First Person Shooter

The ship was a safe place where you could actually learn the...

And, actually, it turned out the hardest puzzle in
the game was figuring out how to get off the ship. - FPS: First Person Shooter

And, actually, it turned out the hardest puzzle in the game ...

I put an airlock there, and I figured, - FPS: First Person Shooter

I put an airlock there, and I figured,

So, what happens when
you finally do get outside, - FPS: First Person Shooter

So, what happens when you finally do get outside,

It was Battlezone.
I replaced the tanks with these creatures, - FPS: First Person Shooter

It was Battlezone. I replaced the tanks with these creatures...

This is a family colony
that had been set up, - FPS: First Person Shooter

This is a family colony that had been set up,

You go through the colony,
and you build up the story. - FPS: First Person Shooter

You go through the colony, and you build up the story.

'What happened here?' One room had a slideshow,
even talks about all the different creatures. - FPS: First Person Shooter

'What happened here?' One room had a slideshow, ev...

The world had it feel continuous, - FPS: First Person Shooter

The world had it feel continuous,

You know, the top three
levels were living quarters. - FPS: First Person Shooter

You know, the top three levels were living quarters.

As you get deeper into the colony, these
creatures that have taken over would attack. - FPS: First Person Shooter

As you get deeper into the colony, these creatures that have...

There was like an infinite corridor,
because it looped back to where you started. - FPS: First Person Shooter

There was like an infinite corridor, because it looped back ...

I'm sure people probably spent
hours hoping to get to the other end. - FPS: First Person Shooter

I'm sure people probably spent hours hoping to get to t...

I had no idea what a game like that - FPS: First Person Shooter

I had no idea what a game like that

There were a few things in
there that were pure sadism. - FPS: First Person Shooter

There were a few things in there that were pure sadism.

One of the first things you
see on the ship is a cigarette - FPS: First Person Shooter

One of the first things you see on the ship is a cigarette

I was told by a number of
people I had caused their divorce - FPS: First Person Shooter

I was told by a number of people I had caused their divorce

But, yeah, it was hard.
But, on the other side, - FPS: First Person Shooter

But, yeah, it was hard. But, on the other side,

The original games that I played
of theirs were the side-scrollers. - FPS: First Person Shooter

The original games that I played of theirs were the side-scr...

I went to Softdisk in March of 1989 - FPS: First Person Shooter

I went to Softdisk in March of 1989

I interviewed with IBM and
Gould and lots of other companies - FPS: First Person Shooter

I interviewed with IBM and Gould and lots of other companies

When I was growing up, I
really was the only one that was - FPS: First Person Shooter

When I was growing up, I really was the only one that was

Like, I could tell just from, like, running
tennis that this was a really good programmer. - FPS: First Person Shooter

Like, I could tell just from, like, running tennis that this...

John Romero and Lane Roathe
were the first two programmers - FPS: First Person Shooter

John Romero and Lane Roathe were the first two programmers

I was like, 'Oh, he probably
listens to metal. He'll totally fit in.' - FPS: First Person Shooter

I was like, 'Oh, he probably listens to metal. He'...

'You're making video games.' - FPS: First Person Shooter

'You're making video games.'

We were working on two games at a time.
We made twelve games that year. - FPS: First Person Shooter

We were working on two games at a time. We made twelve games...

Romero had done this game, Dangerous Dave, - FPS: First Person Shooter

Romero had done this game, Dangerous Dave,

But, there was nobody that
had figured out how to do, like, - FPS: First Person Shooter

But, there was nobody that had figured out how to do, like,

Carmack, he came up
with a little prototype, - FPS: First Person Shooter

Carmack, he came up with a little prototype,

Dangerous Dave in "Copyright Infringement." - FPS: First Person Shooter

Dangerous Dave in "Copyright Infringement."

I came in and I was like,
'Ooh, some kind of cool demo, ' - FPS: First Person Shooter

I came in and I was like, 'Ooh, some kind of cool demo,...

'Are you serious? Like, this is insane. - FPS: First Person Shooter

'Are you serious? Like, this is insane.

We got in late, and Romero
just closes the door and says, - FPS: First Person Shooter

We got in late, and Romero just closes the door and says,

I was making these games called
that was sort of rogue-style games - FPS: First Person Shooter

I was making these games called that was sort of rogue-style...

I decided to break them down into episodes, - FPS: First Person Shooter

I decided to break them down into episodes,

Send me $30, I'll send you the games.' - FPS: First Person Shooter

Send me $30, I'll send you the games.'

So, I quit my daytime job as a computer
consultant and started up Apogee. - FPS: First Person Shooter

So, I quit my daytime job as a computer consultant and start...

FPS: First Person Shooter poster

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A documentary about first-person shooter video games.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: David L. Craddock, Christopher Stratton

Writer: David L. Craddock, Richard Moss

Production: CreatorVC

Genre: documentary, action

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 02 Sep 2023

Awards: N/A

Homepage: http://fpsdoc.com

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