My Favorite Video Game Light Gun Peripherals

These days, light gun games are few and far between. But at a time, there was something about playing a home conversion of a popular arcade game, using a light gun as originally intended instead of trying to fumble around with a controller and an on-screen cursor. Ask anyone that played the home versions of Revolution X to get an idea of how awful this felt (especially the Sega Saturn version — yuck.) So, yeah, playing with a light gun was way better. And while options are few and far between now (save for using a PlayStation Move controller to enjoy Deadstorm Pirates’ excellent conversion on the PS3), the ones that exist are pretty reasonable when it comes to accuracy. Depending on the game, of course. But I figured I would use today’s blog to discuss my favorite light gun peripherals, and what made them so special. So, without further ado, let’s go! The NES Zapper I consider this one of the first light guns on the market. Now, I know that Ralph Baer’s original video game set-up from back in “the day” had a lightgun that looked like a pistol and what-not, but the Zapper had more accuracy due to its ability to reflect images on-screen. That means you could play Duck Hunt and, depending on your distance from the television, you could actually hit ducks without the dog laughing at you. (That jerk.) <a href="https://medium.com/@robertworkman_Disruptor/my-favorite-video-game-light-gun-peripherals-cfeba1248d9">Read More</a>