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"Zaghadka" <zagh...@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Fri, 19 May 2006 05:10:15 GMT, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, riku 
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 18 May 2006 21:05:30 +0200, "Frans"
>><phasysn...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Survival horror is a bit of a stupid term. One word describes something
>>>about the game mechanics, and the other word describes content. A genre 
>>>term
>>>should never define actual content. An RTS could be set in the stone age,
>>>WW2, or the future. Same for an FPS. A 'survival horror game' is just a
>>>ridiculous term for an adventure, or RPG. Name it an RPG or adventure and 
>>>be
>>>done with it.
>>
>>I guess "survival horror" is supposed to be some kind of subset of
>>action-adventure games (or "adventure" games, like console gamers call
>>them, as they don't really know anything about adventure games where
>>you don't need to use your reflexes; to them Tomb Raider is a premier
>>example of a true adventure game).
>>
>>Anyway, as I said, the term does not seem to be used about any games
>>which are about "horror" and "survival", but games that resemble
>>Resident Evil game mechanism.
>
> You are alone in hell (or similar) and must shoot your way through 
> hundreds of
> zombies and demons. That's what it usually refers to. The original "Doom" 
> fits
> the bill, as does the arcade game "House Of Evil."

So does House of the Dead. House of the Dead is nothing but a shoot'em up. 
Doom is an FPS.

I think that you have to keep in mind that book/movie genres are NOT the 
same as computergame genres.