Snarboo

It's nice to see Star Trek Voyager - Elite Force has its own version of Cow Tools!

Screenshots From:

• Take No Prisoners
• Machine Hunter
• Red Zone
• APE OUT

Notable Features:

• Vibes or Mechanics: A little from Column A, a little from Column B
• Text or Graphics: Graphics to the Max!
• 2D or 3D: Almost exclusively 3D
• Primary Perspective: Top-down
• Real-time or Turn-based: Real-time
• Alive or Dead: Deader than Disco
• Back of the Box Blurb: The toppest of top-down shooter.

I wouldn't normally write a big summary for a genre I made up off the top of my head, but I admit the more I thought about this one, the more weight it had. It's also a style of game I wish would return, so here's a completely fabricated genre history to go with it:

Bumping this to note that Take No Prisoners is now available on GOG and Steam! No clue how good this re-release is, but it's there if you want it.