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A naval battle simulator with light-gun action for the Sega Master System. It took advantage of the SegaScope 3D glasses to create a stereoscopic 3D effect.
A three-in-one cartridge containing the original Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, and World Class Track Meet.
Get to the bottom of the mystery shrouding both a recent influx of body-snatching robotic terrorists and your own past as futuristic gumshoe Gillian Seed in this thrilling cinematic adventure. A Hideo Kojima adventure game originally released for the NEC PC-88 in 1988.
A compilation of Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros. Duck Hunt featured a lightgun shooting game while Super Mario Bros. is a well-known platformer.
The Adventures of Bayou Billy is an action game released for the NES by Konami. The game is primarily a side-scrolling beat-em-up, but it also includes driving and shooting segments.
A light-gun shooter for the NES that took advantage of the NES Zapper. The story involves stopping terrorists at an airport.
Gotcha! The Sport! is one of the first video games about paintball. This "Enteractive" game was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by LJN Toys.
Bug Hunt (Atari Corp, 1987) was a light gun game bundled with the Atari XE and the XG-1 light gun peripheral.
Marksman Shooting & Trap Shooting was a companion game for the Sega Light Phaser for Sega Master System. The European release has an additional mode: Safari Hunt.
Three Sega Light Phaser games on one cartridge
Classic NES platformer in which the game continuously scrolls to the right. Players must use the NES Zapper accessory to make the character (Gumshoe) avoid obstacles and reach platforms. The Zapper can also be used to shoot enemies in the path. Gumshoe was published and developed by Nintendo.
An early NES Zapper game that pits the player against the baddest dudes in town.
Duck Hunt was one of the original NES launch titles, featuring a lightgun, ducks and a laughing blood-hound.
Arcade first-person space shooter released by Sega in 1980. It featured early 3-D effects, such as sprite scaling and a motion cabinet where the screen mobilizes as the player aims a centred crosshair and lasers shoot into the screen. Five bases need to be defended and can be commanded to fire shots, and an energy shield is available for protection.
An early first-person light-gun shooter arcade video game for two players, released by Taito in 1976.
In what could be considered an early forefather to both FMV and traditional light gun games, Sky Hawk from Nintendo features 16 millimeter footage of flying planes for players to target.
An arcade light-gun shooter released by Kasco in 1975, this was the first holographic 3-D game.
Released by Sega in 1974, it was an early first-person light-gun shooter video game, featuring both single-player and multi-player modes.
Wild Gunman is a light gun shooter by Nintendo. There were two versions of the game: a 1974 FMV arcade game, and later a 1984 NES game developed by Intelligent Systems; the latter uses the NES Zapper to draw, aim and shoot the opponent.
A compilation of overlays that came bundled with the Magnavox Odyssey's Electronic Rifle Peripheral.
Dogfight is a game released on the Magnavox Odyssey.
Prehistoric Safari is a game released on the Magnavox Odyssey.
Shootout is a game released on the Magnavox Odyssey.
An early first-person shooting arcade game released by Sega in 1969. It resembles a first-person light-gun shooter video game, but is in fact an electro-mechanical arcade game that uses rear image projection to produce moving animations on a screen.
An Italian light-gun style shooter for the Commodore 64, released in 1987 by Systems Editoriale.
A light gun game, where you train to be MI6’s best agent.
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