There was a time when technology had moved on. It’s creative but hardly the same as dedicated official support, which is sorely needed for the light gun renaissance. Gamers are still shooting stuff (or people) like it’s going out of fashion and some are going all out to make home shooting happen any way they can.Ī look on Amazon or eBay will show you plenty, with the Switch gun controller setups the pick of the make-do-and-mod options out there but the reviews are not great. First-person shooters are dominant and most VR rooms offer several shooting games. Light guns remained a staple through the next generation on the Sega Dreamcast, the Nintendo Wii, the Xbox and the PS3, but then nothing. From Point Blank to Virtua Cop to Time Crisis to House of the Dead, gamers could play these at home – often with game-specific guns such as the Namco GunCon and the Sega Virtua Gun. Once the Playstation and Saturn were out it was arcade ports galore. The glory days of light guns came in the late 1990s. Lethal Enforcers had the Colt-Python inspired Justifier – ironically at a price that was very hard to justify – which still go for decent money on eBay. Games even started coming out with their own specific light guns. Light guns were official peripherals and an expected part of the home gaming ecosystem. Both upped the ante in size at least, the bazooka aesthetic of both probably inspired by their growing popularity in late 80s action movies.
When Sega v Nintendo became a lifestyle choice not seen again till Messi v Ronaldo, the SNES had the Super Scope and the Mega Drive had the Menace. Meanwhile the Master System had its Light Phaser and as home gaming went mainstream, so did light guns. Re-releases would at least help sate the hunger many players have for the genre.There was more to shoot than ducks – and not just the dog – with the arcade port of Operation Wolf offering a chance to shoot the same vague terrorist types that Hollywood was so fond of. This list takes a stroll down memory lane and features the best of the best light gun games, making fans wish they would get some sequels or a re-release. Games reaching their third or fourth decade still feel good to play on a well-calibrated arcade cabinet. Updated on December 19, 2022, by Jason Wojnar: Even though video games are more realistic than ever, it is hard to beat the feeling and immersion of playing a game with a light-gun peripheral.
Maybe they will come back in the future but until then, enjoy what is considered some of the best light gun games around. The following classics listed below all make us yearn for the fun arcade days. The genre has since left the limelight, though some could argue that traces of it are in many VR titles. Some of these games made it into homes along with peripherals. RELATED: Weird Things You Never Knew About Working In An Arcade One of the shining stars of this scene was the light gun game, which allowed players to use a peripheral to actually aim at the screen. Arcades have sadly been on the verge of complete obliteration due to the ever-changing times and evolution of video game hardware since their heyday.
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