Body Count
Developer: Probe Publisher: Sega Release: 1994 Genre: Rail Shooter The Sega Menacer is among the least supported peripherals of all time. It is the epitome of a copycat as it was a clear attempt to one up the...
Tag: rail shooter
Lethal Enforcers
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 01/94 Genre: Rail Shooter Light gun games were a staple of the arcade. Some might even say they were a cornerstone of the arcade industry like racing games and shooters. But for a time...
Mechanized Attack
Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Release: 06/90 Genre: Rail Shooter Light gun games were few and far between on the NES. Even though the NES Zapper came packaged with the system support was minimal. This is surprising as there were...
Yoshi’s Safari
Developer: Nintendo EAD Publisher: Nintendo Release: 09/17/93 Genre: Rail Shooter The Super Scope 6 like almost all console light guns was a good idea in concept but in terms of support did not live up to its potential....
Magnum Kiki Ippatsu: Empire City: 1931
Developer: I.S.I. Publisher: Toshiba EMI Release: 12/15/87 Genre: Rail Shooter I like rail shooters. Ever since Space Harrier on the Master System made me jealous of my friends who owned the system I have chased that high. But...
Time Crisis
Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Release: 11/12/97 Genre: Rail Shooter I have always enjoyed the yin and yang between Namco and Sega. When Sega created Virtua Fighter Tekken was not far behind. Once Virtua Cop was a hit Time Crisis...
Bazooka Blitzkrieg
Developer: Tose Publisher: Bandai Release: 11/92 Genre: Action Light gun games, as fun as they are, as a whole offer little variety. Let’s be completely honest: if it is not a rail shooter chances are it is going...
House of the Dead 2
Developer: CRI Publisher: Sega Release: 09/9/99 Genre: Rail Shooter The House of the Dead was simple in concept yet brilliant in execution. By combining the horror of Resident Evil with the action of a rail shooter Sega created...
X-Zone
Developer: Kemco Publisher: Kemco Release: 1992 Genre: Rail Shooter They can’t all be winners. Even though the library for the Super Scope 6 is small it has some absolute bangers like the Battle Clash series and good arcade...
House of the Dead
Developer: Tantalus Publisher: Sega Release: 03/31/98 Genre: Action Sega built up a stellar track record of great Saturn ports of their arcade games. Considering the Saturn’s messy hardware that they were able to near perfectly replicate gam...