What games are considered landmarks of the shooter genre?

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What games are considered landmarks of the shooter genre?

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...in terms of gameplay, graphics, or style?
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I think there have been one or two topics like this in the past...have you tried searching?
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top 25 thread to thread

here you go: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=8662
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oops...sorry bout that..just wanted to spark discussion, hadn't posted in awhile...
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Top 25 might be misleading. But just searching for "influential" gave me:

influential
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=4469, wherein CIT gives a simple list
influential w/list
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=6495
innovative
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=6481, with a good list by Icarus, some useful discussion
most important ten
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=7277, interesting and agreeable choices by bloodflowers, CIT (again)

Have a good reading :)

Damn - so many great people on these threads that I don't see around anymore: Marc, benstylus, pixelcorps, it290, Cpt Ahar... :(
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