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In article <5ivnfc$e...@news.Hawaii.Edu> gkom...@Hawaii.Edu (Galen Tatsuo Komatsu) writes:
>	...just what exactly would define a first-person shooter?

  I would think that seeing your character's point of view (and *not* seeing
an on-screen representative of him) qualifies.

>For example, wouldn't Atari's Battlezone fit the bill?

  Sure.  Maybe even TAILGUNNER, which I believe predated BATTLEZONE.

>	Also, does Sega's Space Harrier pre-date (Atari's) Xybots?

  Yes.  By several years, easily.

>Though depending on how critial you want to be, your view is really
>from behind the player.

  Third-person, if you ask me.

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