List of light-gun games

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This is a list of light-gun games , video games that use a non-fixed gun controller, organized by the arcade, video game console or home computer system that they were made available for. Ports of light-gun games which do not support a light gun (e.g. the Sega Saturn version of Corpse Killer ) are not included in this list. Arcade games are organized alphabetically, while home video games are organized alphabetically by the system's company and then subdivided by the respective company's systems in a chronological fashion.

Contents

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Arcade

3DO Company

3DO Interactive Multiplayer

Amstrad

Amstrad CPC

Gunstick CPC games:

Magnum CPC games:

Trojan (CPC Plus) games:

Westphaser (CPC) games:

Unconfirmed CPC games:

APF

APF TV Fun Model 402

Arcade1Up

Big Buck World

Big Buck World Classic

Big Buck Hunter Pro Deluxe

Terminator 2

Time Crisis Deluxe

* Unlike the original arcade release, this port uses absolute tracking instead of relative tracking. Because of this, mounted light-guns are no longer a requirement to play this version

ASCII

MSX

"Plus-X" Terminator Laser

Gun-Stick

Atari

Atari 2600

Atari 7800

Atari 8-bit computers

Atari ST

Trojan Light Phazer

Loriciel Phaser (West Phaser) light gun

Unconfirmed light gun

Betron

Video Gun

Binatone

Binatone TV Master Mk 6

Binatone Colour TV Game Mk 6

Coleco

Coleco Telstar Ranger

Coleco Telstar Arcade

Coleco Telstar Marksman

Commodore

Commodore 64

Gun Stick

Magnum Light Phaser

  • RoboCop
  • Combat School
  • Hyper Sports
  • Platoon
  • Rambo III

Stack Light Rifle

Amiga

Actionware Phazer

Golem light gun

Loriciel (West Phaser) light gun

Trojan Light Phazer

* Amiga game, which doesn't originally support lightgun, but later modified version for WHDLoad exists

Unconfirmed light-gun

Hanimex

667CG / 667CIP / 667CP

7771G

8881 Color TV Game

iiRcade

* Online services with iiRcade were permanently shut down on June 23, 2023. [7]

Magnavox

Magnavox Odyssey

  • Shootout (game card #9)
  • Dogfight (game card #9)
  • Prehistoric Safari (game card #9)
  • Shooting Gallery (game card #10)

Microsoft

MS-DOS

Windows

  • Arcade Mode - Sharpshooting, and Movie Mode Sharpshooting segments only

Xbox

Some Sega Chihiro titles are installable on a modified Xbox, as the two share nearly identical hardware. So far, only Virtua Cop 3 supports light-gun controllers via this installation method.

Xbox 360

The Xbox 360 supports the Top-Shot Elite by Red Octane, the Top Shot Fearmaster, and the Top Shot Sport (Kinect light-gun), as well as motion controls through the Kinect as light gun peripherals.

light-gun games
Party Games with rail shooter/shooting gallery sections
FPS games
non-traditional light-gun games

The Xbox 360 port of Attack of the Movies 3D uniquely has built-in support for mounted-light-gun controllers with how it calculates position rather than velocity from joystick inputs. This feature was never fully realized however as no light-gun peripheral was ever released for the platform that mimicked joystick inputs this way.

Xbox One

The Xbox One supports the Mars Lightcon by PDP and Microsoft's Kinect motion tracking sensor as light-gun peripherals.

Party Games with rail shooter/shooting gallery sections

Mobile Games

iOS

Nintendo

Nintendo Entertainment System

  • Gun Shootin' Stages - Stage 2, and Stage 7

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The SNES supports the use of two different light-gun controllers, Nintendo's Super Scope wireless light-gun, and Konami's Justifier wired light-gun. All games listed support the Super Scope with the exception of Lethal Enforcers, which can only be played using the Konami Justifier.

  • Blastris A
  • Blastris B
  • Blastris Mole Patrol
  • Lazer Blazer Type A: Intercept
  • Lazer Blazer Type B: Engage
  • Lazer Blazer Type C: Confront

Wii

The Wii is unique in that its standard controller can be used as a gun controller. Though a number of Wii games do not support these capabilities, those which do form an exhaustively long list of games, many of which have no resemblance to traditional light-gun games. Thus, this section will only include games that either explicitly support the Wii Zapper or are rail shooters in nature. Virtual Console ports, such as Operation Wolf , [18] did not include any amount of light gun support.

No unique light-gun peripheral is required to play any Wii light-gun or light-gun adjacent game. All titles will work with the standard Wii remote or Wii remote and nunchuck controllers. Licensed and unlicensed light-gun cradle attachments are also compatible with these controllers if needed.

light-gun games
  • Arcade mode
Party Games with rail shooter/shooting gallery sections
  • Shooting: Skeet
  • Virtua Squad (mini-game)
  • Space Harrier (mini-game)
  • Shooting Range
3rd person rail-shooters
FPS games
non-traditional light-gun games
  • Trigger Twist

cancelled Wii light-gun games

Wii U

The Wii U supports all of the same wireless IR tracking controllers and peripherals that the Wii uses for light-gun games, as well as the Wii U GamePad for some rail-shooters.

light-gun games
  • Gun Shootin' Stages - Stage 2, and Stage 7
Party Games with rail shooter/shooting gallery sections
FPS games
  • King of Zombies (player 2 only)
non-traditional light-gun games

Nintendo Switch

The Nintendo Switch supports the Joy-Con controllers for gyroscope-based aim tracking. Licensed and unlicensed Light-gun styled gun controller cradles were also released for the Joy-Con controllers, such as the Bullseye Pro gun cradle included with Cabela's: The Hunt Championship Edition.

light-gun games
FPS games
non-traditional light-gun games

Philips

CD-i

Plug & Play

Hasbro

Jakks Pacific

Play TV

Radica

Takara

Tiger Electronics

ToyQuest

WayForward

RadioShack

Electronic TV Scoreboard 60-3061

Sega

Master System

Unreleased Sega Master System light-gun games:

Genesis, Sega CD, and 32X

The Sega Genesis and its add-ons support two different types of light-guns, the wireless Menacer light-gun by Sega, and Konami's wired Justifier light-gun.

  • Ready, Aim, Tomatoes!
  • Rockman's Zone
  • Space Station Defender
  • Whack Ball
  • Front Line
  • Pest Control

Unreleased Sega Genesis, Sega CD and Sega CD 32X light-gun games:

Saturn

  • Single Gun (player 1 or player 2)
  • Dual Gun (player 1 and/or player 2)

Dreamcast

List of cancelled Dreamcast gun games:

Sinclair

ZX Spectrum

Magnum Light Phaser games came with the gun:

The following games worked with the Magnum Light Phaser, but were brought out by third parties. Some were remakes of the Cheetah Defender light-gun games by Code Masters Ltd.

Cheetah Defender light-gun games all by Code Masters Ltd:

It should also be noted that both versions of the light guns that were meant for the 128K+ or up, worked with almost all the games available.

Sony

PlayStation

The PlayStation has two major light guns: the GunCon/G-Con by Namco and the Konami Justifier (known as the Hyperblaster in Japan and Europe). Other licensed and non-licensed light guns are compatible with either Justifier games, GunCon games, or both.

  • Arcade Mode - Sharpshooting, and Movie Mode Sharpshooting segments only
  • Ground Combat Sequences - Chapters 2, 11, and 12

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 supports 3 light-gun input types, GunCon (GunCon 1), GunCon 2, and Justifier/Hyperblaster. Some games listed also support connecting an additional PS1/PS2 controller for convenient redundant button mapping, such as the Time Crisis games for cover shooting, or Resident Evil: Dead Aim for simultaneous control stick movement.

  • Arcade mode
  • Extra Games mode
non-traditional light-gun games

* also supports USB camera for body motion tracking

** requires an additional controller to be connected via the opposite controller port for d-pad inputs. This method also supports rumble force feedback via the second controller (Dino Stalker)

PlayStation 3

The PlayStation 3 has several dedicated gun peripherals: the GunCon 3 by Namco, the Top Shot Elite by RedOctane, the Top Shot Fearmaster, as well as the PlayStation Move controller. The first revision of PlayStation Move controllers released (CECH-ZCM1U) also included a proprietary EXT port that could be connected to a Playstation Move Sharp Shooter attachment, which electronically and redundantly maps PSMove buttons to additional buttons found on the Sharp Shooter.

light-gun games
  • Arcade mode
  • Complete Mission Mode (freedom of movement)
  • Extra Games mode
  • Arcade Mode
  • Story Mode (FPS)
  • Sentry Mode
Party Games with rail shooter/shooting gallery sections
FPS Games
  • Story Mode (FPS)
non-traditional light-gun games

PlayStation 4

The PS4 supports the Mars Lightcon by PDP, the PlayStation Move, and PlayStation VR Aim Controller controllers for use as light-gun peripherals.

PlayStation 5

Super Happy Fun Fun

Sure Shot HD

**Note: Due to the 'Sure Shot Shop' shutting down its online services, games that are not currently downloaded and installed to the game console may be unobtainable.

Tandy

Electronic TV Scoreboard 60-3061

Tandy TRS-80

Tiger Electronics

Tiger Laser Games

Toymax

Arcadia Image Projecting Game System

The Arcadia was a cartridge-based projection light-gun system that allowed for two types of light-guns, the Arcadia Electronic Skeet Shoot Rifle, which was a single-shot only rifle with a pump reload and featured force feedback, a speaker for audio feedback, and a red-dot sight built into the front sight, as well as the Radar Pistol, which had a shake reload feature, a speaker for audio feedback, and a built-in laser pointer.

Unreleased games:

Arcadia II

Cartridge-based light-gun projection system.

Super Skeet Arcade

Dedicated projection-based light-gun console

Super Skeet Arcade: Jurassic Park III

Dedicated projection-based light-gun console

Arcadia Super Skeet

Dedicated projection-based light-gun console

Super Skeet Arcade II

Dedicated projection-based light-gun console

Universum

TV-Multi-Spiel 2006

Color Multi-Spiel 4006

Multi-Spiel 4106

Color TV Multi-Spiel 4010

Color TV Multi-Spiel 4014

Zanussi

Ping-O-Tronic

Virtual reality headsets

For a VR game to qualify in this list, it must be rail-shooter in nature.

Nintendo Labo

The Nintendo Switch supports a cardboard gun cradle for its Joy-Con known as the Toy-Con Blaster featured in the Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 04 VR-kit, which can be used for motion-based VR rail shooters.

VR light-gun games

PlayStation VR

The PS4 supports the PlayStation VR headset paired with the PlayStation Move controllers and/or the DualShock 4 with its lightbar coupled with the PlayStation Camera for use as VR light-gun peripherals. Sony also separately released the PlayStation VR Aim Controller controller for PSVR which included all of the original dualshock 4's buttons on a VR gun controller accessory.

VR light-gun games
VR rhythm rail-shooters
VR non-traditional rail-shooters
  • Wanted! (PSVR + Dualshock 4) (requires at least 2 players)

PlayStation VR2

The PS5 has support for light-gun style VR rail shooters through PSVR2.

VR light-gun games
VR rhythm rail-shooters

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