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

Arcade

3DO Interactive Multiplayer

Amstrad CPC

Gunstick CPC games:

Magnum CPC games:

Trojan (CPC Plus) games:

Westphaser (CPC) games:

Unconfirmed CPC games:

APF TV FUN

Atari

Atari 2600

Atari 7800

Atari 8-bit family

Atari ST

Trojan Light Phazer

Loriciel Phaser (West Phaser) light gun

Binatone TV MASTER

Commodore

Commodore 64

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

Magnavox Odyssey

Microsoft

Windows

Xbox

Xbox 360

Nintendo

Nintendo Entertainment System

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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 , [17] did not include any amount of light gun support.

Wii Zapper Games

Party Games with rail shooter/shooting gallery sections

Wii U

Nintendo Switch

Philips

CD-i

Sega

Master System

Genesis, Sega CD, and 32X

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

Saturn

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.

PlayStation 2

PlayStation 3

The PlayStation 3 has two dedicated gun peripherals: the GunCon 3 by Namco and the Top Shot Elite by RedOctane. The PlayStation Move can also function as a gun controller. To qualify, games using the Move have to either support the "Move Sharp Shooter" peripheral or be rail shooter in nature.

Tiger Laser Games

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