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''Prime Target'' is a 1996 FirstPersonShooter developed by [=WizardWorks=], one of the many 90s-budget FPS made using the ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}} 2'' engine.

From what little plot there is on the game, as provided by its brief opening titles (a fake news report about the then-upcoming 2004 elections and a warning of some possible terrorist attack) and whatever details from its [[AllThereInTheManual promotional materials available online]], you're a former Secret Service agent, screwed out of a job when your employer, the US Senator Cathryn Mayfield, was murdered. To keep your job, you decide to infiltrate her Washington D.C. office only to come across a secret terrorist syndicate who had taken over the whole place.

There are also ninja mooks in the game. Ninjas!

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!! "Tomorrow, the nation has a choice..."
* AirVentPassageway: You cross a few of these during gameplay, and oddly enough they're unexpectedly tall without requiring you to crouch to enter.
* BodyArmorAsHitPoints: You can collect armor to offset damage inflicted on yourself, with two onscreen displays for your health and armor points.
* DarkActionGirl: There are some terrorist henchwomen, though in very limited quantities, to the point of being a UniqueEnemy. One appears one-third into the game alongside more common enemies and a few more shows up in the final level.
* ExcusePlot: The story revolves around your attempts to investigate the murder of a US Senator, with the opening FMV detailing some backstory regarding the 2004 election and something about a terrorist plot, but after that the game goes straight into having you kick all kinds of ass and the backstory promptly forgotten. After killing the BigBad, the game ends on a second FMV wrapping up the plot and then the game ends.
* FreezeRay: There's a Nitrogen blaster that fires ice-cold orbs that freezes enemies on the spot, and landing a subsequent hit with another weapon on frozen enemies leads to LiterallyShatteredLives. The only enemy type who uses this weapon are (seldom-seen) henchwomen mooks, and if you happen to get yourself frozen the screen from your POV turns blue-green for several seconds.
* GiantMook: Musclebound terrorists are several times larger than regular mooks, and tanks far more damage before they die. You could try aiming for a point-blank shot to the guts using any better weapon than the pistol.
* GratuitousNinja: In a game where all your enemies are otherwise generic-looking western terrorists, inexplicably there are some ninja enemies serving as EliteMooks whose shurikens deals more damage than bullets, and can SmokeOut of not killed in time.
* HedgeMaze: The Gallery courtyard has one of these, where you'll need to navigate through the hedge as you shoot enemies along the way.
* LiveActionCutscene: The opening cutscenes are in live-action, depicting stock news footage of Washington DC and New York with news anchors reporting on the election.
* LightningGun: The Lightning Blaster shoots electrified orbs, and mooks hit by it will result in XRaySparks.
* NewspaperBackstory: You could collect some newspaper clippings for your "investigations" over Senator Mayfield's murder, but their impact on the plot is minimal at best.
--> "Senator Mayfield Rumored Target of Judiciary Commitee"\\
"Missiles Used to Shoot Down Fighters Were Made in America"
* OneRiotOneRanger: Your assignment is to investigate a senator's murder, which somehow leads to you single-handedly fending off an entire terrorist army ''without'' assistance from the relevant authorities. You'll likely spend the whole game wondering aloud (while killing enemies) - "where are the rest of the Secret Service people?"
* StrippedToTheBone: The effects of the experimental "acid" gun turns mooks into a skeleton in a few seconds.
* TorsoWithAView: Shooting enemies from close-range with the shotgun or other large-bore weapons leads to an animations resulting in a torso-hole provinding a clear view of their ribcage and internal organs. It's not exactly a see-through hole, however.
* VillainInAWhiteSuit: The game's BigBad is an unnamed terrorist leader clad entirely in white, and the only enemy in the game with such an attire. He hardly puts up a fight though, with health ''slightly'' higher than regular mooks but still goes down easily with a couple of grenades.
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