But in a way, ports like Borderlands 2 on the PlayStation Vita really aren't that from their early counterparts. Handheld first-person shooters, of course, have come a long way since the days of Faceball 2000. After all, Faceball 2000 is a direct descendant of the Atari ST's Midi Maze, which itself owes a large debt to what may be the first FPS ever made-1974's Maze War. These days, Wolfenstein 3D and DOOM are far better known than Faceball 2000 but in a strange way, the funny little shooter by Xanth Software F/X may have a more direct connection to the genre's roots. Faceball 2000: The world's first handheld FPS It even supported up to 16-players at once, which was a feat that wouldn't be repeated on home consoles until Halo came around a decade later. The framed screen wasn't much larger than a postage stamp, but there was no denying that it was a first-person shooter, even if it wasn't exactly Call of Duty. Quietly released in 1991, it accomplished a rather remarkable technical feat on the Game Boy-3D graphics. Before Wolfenstein 3D popularized first-person shooters on the PC, and DOOM caused them to explode, there was Faceball 2000.
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