Browser-based 3D FPS game

by Blake Snow { Mar 17th 2006 at 3:29AM }

Joystiq reader Ryan stumbled upon a multi-player browser-based first-person shooter (that's a mouthful) called Phosphor. The game, developed by Rasterwerks, is in beta so it's not without it's problems. It locked up our mouse in Firefox when playing, but the overall initial experience was rather smooth and impressive. Check it out!

Note: this baby takes more load time than a PSP and you'll need to have Shockwave 10.1 to run it.

[Thanks, Ryan]

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

DjFIL @ Mar 17th 2006 4:06AM

wow... totaly cool. gonna try it when i get home from work to see if it'll run in safari or firefox for os x. can't wait to see final result. and maybe other great online 3d browser games, come on multiplayer racing sim!

Venom @ Mar 17th 2006 4:19AM

game textures look almost identicle to Halo's. Just look at the grass, water, walls, everything. lol. But still, this game looks to have potential, just because its online. Imagine the possibilities with having internet on your handheld gaming device and games like this. There would no longer be a need for UMDs and Cartridges.

DefJef @ Mar 17th 2006 4:22AM

me so impressed!

Birki69 @ Mar 17th 2006 4:24AM

Imagine the possibilities with having internet on your handheld gaming device and games like this. There would no longer be a need for UMDs and Cartridges.

In the case of PSP you would still need Flash :-)
I bet Sony will finally come out with Flashpalyer for PSP..........compatible with Flash 9.0 :-))

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colin @ Mar 17th 2006 6:08AM

That is pretty damn impressive...my work pc struggles to run most FPS games but this one worked perfectly!

more ways to waste time at work! sadly i didn't find anyone to shot!

bard @ Mar 17th 2006 6:26AM

Impressive! Found a review for it over at Jayisgames: http://jayisgames.com/archives/2006/03/phosphor_beta_1.php

mike @ Mar 17th 2006 6:31AM

finally a new beta! it took over a year for godsakes. last week i searched who the net for this game and now i discover this post, thank you!!

Ben @ Mar 17th 2006 6:48AM

Are you supossed to just run around with no one else on the map?

Because l was and no one else was on. I'm not sure if this is a online fps or your supossed to be playing bots...

colin @ Mar 17th 2006 7:36AM

go to options you can turn on bots or join a server with other people

gumbico @ Mar 17th 2006 8:27AM

booooo! this crap is windows only. now if adobe would just release shockwave for linux, everything would be solved...

neale @ Mar 17th 2006 8:41AM

i played this on OSX so no its not windows only

izzyb412 @ Mar 17th 2006 8:55AM

I played it for a bit and it's not bad. I only ran into a couple of problems. The only browser based fps I've have been crap, until now.

scootanddestroy @ Mar 17th 2006 11:37AM

This is impressive! I just wish that I liked FPS games.

Ryan Nielson @ Mar 17th 2006 12:12PM

Ya, when I found this yesterday I made sure to submit it right away. I thought a bunch of you guys wouold really enjoy it.

jCsickZ @ Mar 17th 2006 12:13PM

I managed to find my way out of the level, by falling into some abyss with no way out. So, its a bit buggy, but I could see myself having fun with this game for its multiplayer capabilities. The visuals are not bad, but nowhere near identical to halo. Has anyone successfully entered a multiplayer game?

Benny @ Mar 17th 2006 12:18PM

As Vader once said..."Most impressive."

Phair @ Mar 17th 2006 1:13PM

Have strong potential. Imagine an MMOFPS with this.

kruderand @ Mar 17th 2006 1:19PM

I got into a MP game, in the settings you have to set your network mode from "none" to "client". I didn't see that pointed out anywhere, but I only glanced at the help for the game.

Guibock @ Mar 17th 2006 1:53PM

It works perfectly on Mac OS X, either Safari or Firefox. Just go in the settings and choose OpenGL instead of "DirectXcrap" and boom !
I've tried a LAN game between two Macs : just fine and fun !
Read the instructions in the page below the game before complaining
;)