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Bloody 8 years 10 months ago Posts: 85	As far as I can remember, the NES had a Zapper and the SNES had a Super Scope 6. Now, how come the later systems (N64 and Gamecube) doesn`t have light guns?
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System
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I never really thought about it but perhaps Nintendo just didn't like the idea anymore.
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KI Simpson 8 years 10 months ago Posts: 204	Light guns in general aren't as big as they used to be. Revolution's controller should be able to fill the role of one, though.

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mikee_kid12 8 years 10 months ago Posts: 640	A gun for the 64 would've been cool. And a gun could've worked out well on the Gamecube for a new type of Resident Evil game or something. H House of the Dead on Segas Dreamcast was awsome, the gun just added to the excitement.

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System 8 years 10 months ago Posts: 74809	They should step up from the Super scope with...oh I don't know, A MINIGUN!!!!! THE REVOLUTION MINIGUN!!!!!!

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System 8 years 10 months ago Posts: 74809	i would guess nintendos targets a younger age group then xbox and ps2 that they would try to get away from things like guns...but if they wanted to get more older gamers back into there market that would def be a cool idea.

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Raijin Z 8 years 10 months ago Posts: 120	Nintendo was trying to make Sega look bad, that's the only reason. The was a lot of congressional bullshit about violent games.

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System 8 years 10 months ago Posts: 74809	I think that because of all the school shootings and stuff recently, it would be a risky move to make a light gun now. Besides, the Zapper and Super Scope weren't really that popular back in the day. They probably think it's not lucrative enough to be worth it.

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adventure_of_link 8 years 10 months ago Posts: 9769	well when you get to think about it neither xbox or ps2 had light guns either... maybe you are right, they ditched em because of the shootings... oh wait, they still make FPS'es and such, which take advantage of either a mouse and/or a controller

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System 8 years 10 months ago Posts: 74809	adventure_of_link wrote: well when you get to think about it neither xbox or ps2 had light guns either... Ps2 had a light gun made for time crisis2

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System 8 years 10 months ago Posts: 74809	adventure_of_link wrote: well when you get to think about it neither xbox or ps2 had light guns either... There are ligth gusn for X-Box, but all I can remember are third partys...

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adventure_of_link
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Oh, really ?

I haven't seen any, so that's why I made my assumption
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Daniel85 8 years 10 months ago Posts: 1699	It'd be cool if Nintendo put out an "Action Set" on the Revolution's release, with the console, two controllers, a light gun, and a Mario/Duck Hunt 3D game. I know it'd never happen, but it damn well should.
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ninjamonkey 8 years 10 months ago Posts: 572	Bloody wrote: As far as I can remember, the NES had a Zapper and the SNES had a Super Scope 6. Now, how come the later systems (N64 and Gamecube) doesn`t have light guns? http://images.p-nintendo.com/hardware/rev/fakes/gun02.jpg enjoy

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BlueRain 8 years 10 months ago Posts: 311	I have a question. I know some people tweak old games or make their own roms. Is it possible to make one that could use a laser gun? Is there a laser gun you could hook up to the PC? That would be nice.

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Raijin Z
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There are light guns for PC, but not many games that use them.
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GrimmTrixX 8 years 10 months ago Posts: 139	on IGN.com they show the NES< SNES, N64 games ready to be downloaded once the revolution is up and running...and superscope 6 and battleclash ar eon there...two super scope games. So you can bet there will be a peripheral for classic shooting games on the Rev.

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takashi_maze 8 years 10 months ago Posts: 73	They haven't used light-guns for a while because there hasn't been any need. Not enough developers wanting to port arcade shooters to consoles. Was there one for XBOX by the way?

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System
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my favorite gun game for nes was Gumshoe. Anybody remember that one?
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ninjamonkey 8 years 10 months ago Posts: 572	takashi_maze wrote: They haven't used light-guns for a while because there hasn't been any need. Not enough developers wanting to port arcade shooters to consoles. Was there one for XBOX by the way? http://www.gameasylum.com/Images/xboxgun.jpg enjoy i like doing this! lol...

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