I'm guessing that part of the problem is that light guns won't work on LCD/plasma TVs.

That left the Wii as the only real option (until PS Move)

Did they even release Duck Hunt on VC?

i tried house of the dead on the wii and the move, it's nowhere near as accurate as the guns of old. i don't know the technicalities of it but the cursor doesn't seem to move in relation to where the controller is being pointed, its more abstract. there's no way you can play without crosshairs on and hit anything

there's orange namco guncon for the ps3, you have to mount a sensor on your tv but i never tried it. i really wish i hadn't sold my namco guns for ps2, those things were awesome. though i'd need a CRT...

I remember the days when it was tradition for a friend and me to going early to a cinema and bowling complex to play some HotD 2 first. That was some 15 years ago I think!

I did enjoy a quick blast at the arcades but I can't see myself playing gun games much on home consoles where I would prefer to sit back and immerse myself in a big RPG or something. Maybe on the odd occasion when I play games locally with friends but that's becoming increasingly unlikely due to time issues and socialising in other ways anyway.

i loved virtua cop in trocadero, its been a few years but i remember the screen being massive. favourite gun game might be time crisis 2 though, loved the co-op! i'd love one of those arcade machines.

Time Crisis used to be my arcade of choice at Heathrow many moons ago when they actually had it. Was fun being a teenager and big brother playing it with me while we wait for our parents to land from another of their many visits abroad.

The airports only have gambling machines now I think.

I played a light gun game that had a doorway of infrared sensors and you had to duck and move to get cover behind in game objects. No idea what it was called but quite good fun.

Tempy wrote:

Me and Wookie played Outrun 2 in an airport a year or two ago.

Nice, I'll have to pay more attention next time I go Gatwick or Heathrow; hate waiting and waiting for people to collect their bloody bags and come out to be driven home.

Or indeed next time I fly out to a holiday, but that will probably be Xmas time at the earliest.

This was the best co-op arcade evoooooooooooooooor. Bagsie drivin!

Oh shit Ocean Hunter is actually emulatable now omg

I played the fuck out of every light gun cabinet on Southend seafront way back. Original HotD which I got for the Saturn, Crypt Killer (which in hindsight was a bit shit even in those days), Area 51, Operation Thunderbolt and everything else. Virtua Cop 3 almost got me to buy an original Xbox. Time Crisis I remember completely amazed me initially with the invention of the cover pedal by taking tons of my coveted £ coins.

God, some of these look shit now. I remember this game was the first ever I tried that had a shotgun. After 10 minutes of play my pumping arm was exhausted.



Can't forget feeling like a complete hero nailing all headshots in Silent Scope. The second one had a flash of the perforated skull when you headshot a boss.

Bollockoff wrote:

my pumping arm was exhausted.

I hate when that happens.

Last time I went to an arcade with mates we tried Dark Escape 4D. Ocean Hunter mixed with Saw mixed with HotD. The game throws jump scares at you by the bucket load with gusts of air blown in your face. Also displays each players heart rate on screen detected by holding the mounted guns. Was certainly good for a laugh.

That's it. Terrible game.

Point Break or whatever it was called was good for a giggle.

I've never been clear how light guns worked and why they don't on lcd/plasma. Someone Google me details pls im in the bath and feeling lazy thanx