Lightgun Games

[ave]

The best 8-bit lightgun experience can be achieved by using a Famicom Gun! This thing is fucking BADASS!!



Sure, it looks great and classy (especially compared with the US/EU zapper), but what you can't see on the picture is that the insides are MECHANICAL and WORKING.

You can actually pull back the hammer and it'll stay there until you pull the trigger... then it makes a loud *clack* sound, not just the *click* from the trigger like all the other lightguns. You can also "empty" the whole "cylinder" by holding back the hammer and pulling the trigger repeatedly.. like a real wild west gun.

I got this baby last month in the mail and I played Wild Gunman for hours every day for days. Haven't been this hooked to a lightgun game since House of the Dead 2, and this one is 15 years older and doesn't even have any variation in the settings.

[APE]

Good luck selling anything like that here in the States. Bunch of pansies actually think video games cause people to be violent.

[synbiosfan]

...for more recent titles on current gen consoles...I recommend House Of The Dead Overkill, even though it uses IR or whatever, its still a really cool game.

That's my favorite Wii shooter and a great addition to the HOTD franchise.

Old school wise, both Crypt Killer & Maximum Force are fun...at the right price.

[synrgy87]

That's my favorite Wii shooter and a great addition to the HOTD franchise.

Old school wise, both Crypt Killer & Maximum Force are fun...at the right price.

has anyone tried HOTD 2+3 for the wii? i know someone mentioned the xbox version, but has anyone tried the wii port?

[7Force]

has anyone tried HOTD 2+3 for the wii? i know someone mentioned the xbox version, but has anyone tried the wii port?

I have it, it's basically a port of Xbox HOTD 3 since that included 2 as a bonus. It's a nice port though, with the console mode extras of 2 intact, and you can also calibrate your Wiimote to work by pointing at the screen instead of at the sensor. Another nice Wii "light gun" game you should check out if you can get it for cheap is Ghost Squad.

[synrgy87]

I have it, it's basically a port of Xbox HOTD 3 since that included 2 as a bonus. It's a nice port though, with the console mode extras of 2 intact, and you can also calibrate your Wiimote to work by pointing at the screen instead of at the sensor. Another nice Wii "light gun" game you should check out if you can get it for cheap is Ghost Squad.

i have HOTD Overkill and Ghost Squad on the wii already although i havn't yet played through them picked them up cheap from a local Gamestop which was a pretty decent store, although has since closed down.

[GhostSeed]

I have fond memories of Project Horned Owl on PSX. Although I beat the game using a controller of all things.

[Azathoth]

I have that same combination gun as the OP, bought it in the US but it was made by another manufacturer (Nuby?). Has a long red LED line that you can set to flash when it fires.

The PS1 had a lot of great lightgun games, and several of them supported both the Guncon and the standard Justifier-type gun. Elemental Gearbolt was cool, as was the Japanese Simple Series: The Gun Shooting titles, the Lethal Enforcers double pack, and the so-bad-it's-good Japan-only Guntu: Western Front 1944.

It was touched upon but not fully explained before; a few of the PS2 shooters support both the Guncon 2 and the regular PS1 Guncon. I don't remember which one's off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure the Vampire/horror title by Namco/Sega used it and possibly the Ninja-themed one. I hooked mine up and tried a few of them just for shits and grins and was surprised to find it worked. Can't remember if it worked for the Dino Crisis one.

[synrgy87]

yeah i actually love the row of LED's actually a pretty simple but cool feature. some good suggestions there. a working ps1 and ps2 are on my to do list

[mairsil]

I built my arcade machine around light gun support: brand new pair of Happs arcade guns, an LCD Top Gun, an Xbox Silent Scope rifle, a PS2 Time Crisis pedal... Loved it for a while, but then carpal tunnel set in. Now, I just wish I could sell it.

[synrgy87]

I built my arcade machine around light gun support: brand new pair of Happs arcade guns, an LCD Top Gun, an Xbox Silent Scope rifle, a PS2 Time Crisis pedal... Loved it for a while, but then carpal tunnel set in. Now, I just wish I could sell it.

lol, sounds like a good machine, you got any pictures?

[Baseley09]

I love lightgun games, I own and have owned a few Wii / PS3 move gun games and in comparison using pointing devices is utter shit, gotta have an actual gun, no add ons that look like guns, an actual light gun.