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Nobody calls "Wolfenstien 3d" grandfather of all FPS. Literally when FPS was being marketed it was just another FPS for PC gamers. That would be people like my dad. I never liked the game at all until much later in life. Same with DOOM series. I meh ugh spending all day long fighting hellscape monsters. People made jokes that "Troops in Iraq/Afghanistan could not tell the difference" I mean what was the point outside of being a run and gun, get to the exit point and collect as many points. There was tons of FPS that came and went but for my generation at least there was "Duke Nukem" and I mean before he was in 3d. When that hit it was impossible to image. Like something out of "Escape from NY" with orcs.
Beyond that "Golden Eye" took helm via the N64 and eventually "Perfect Dark" and later "Metroid Prime" which pulled more people into the genre. Games like "Dues EX" for instance on the OSX and of course "System Shock 2" really started to hit hard.
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I believe next to "Wolfenstein 3d" there was "Operation Wolf".
"Operation Wolf" was the defacto game that started this genre off. I miss seeing "American Gladiator Girl" being denied only for a crippled person in bloody uniform begging for help. Drives you insane when you fail. Your commander has those "I have not slept in forever" eyes.
Going further back we would have to say something like "Duck Hunt" or the physical shooting gallery that duck-hunt came from.