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I was looking for something new to do with my playstation last summer, I had played all the great games such as MetalGearSolid, GranTurismo, ISS pro, and the latest WWF game. However I still wasnt satisfied, thats when a friend of mine Liam introduced me to light gun games!
I had played games like TimeCrisis and House of The Dead down the arcade but had never thought my humble playstation was capable of recreating this arcade experience at home.
After seeing the fun Liam was having I went out immediately and bought a light gun and Die Hard Trilogy. Soon I was up and away blasting away the badguys on my humble playstation, and fun it is too! For those who have never played a Lightgun game, you really should theyre great fun.
The playstation is lucky in that it has loads of great lightgun games available for it. Namco particularly have converted their numerous Arcade hits such as TimeCrisis and PointBlank 1 & 2 for the playstation.
TimeCrisis is immense fun, and is the most realistic gun game available for the playstation, luckily for us it plays just like the arcade original.
As for Point Blank 1 & 2, these are also great fun, infact the emphasis of these games is on fun, as the graphics are more cartoony than realistic. My favourite thing about the PointBlank games is that you can link 2 lightguns up to the playstation and play simultaneously against a friend, just like in the arcade!
Perhaps the best thing about these lightguns and games is that they can still be played on Playstation 2 (For those of you lucky enough to own one). Which means when new Playstation 2 shooting games come out youll still be able to use your old gun.
Special Reserve are currently bundling games such as TimeCrisis and Die Hard trilogy together with a lightgun for a discounted price. Namco also plan to release some new lightgun games over the comming months, namely PointBlank3 and TimeCrisis Project Titan. So theres really no excuse not to be excited!
I had played games like TimeCrisis and House of The Dead down the arcade but had never thought my humble playstation was capable of recreating this arcade experience at home.
After seeing the fun Liam was having I went out immediately and bought a light gun and Die Hard Trilogy. Soon I was up and away blasting away the badguys on my humble playstation, and fun it is too! For those who have never played a Lightgun game, you really should theyre great fun.
The playstation is lucky in that it has loads of great lightgun games available for it. Namco particularly have converted their numerous Arcade hits such as TimeCrisis and PointBlank 1 & 2 for the playstation.
TimeCrisis is immense fun, and is the most realistic gun game available for the playstation, luckily for us it plays just like the arcade original.
As for Point Blank 1 & 2, these are also great fun, infact the emphasis of these games is on fun, as the graphics are more cartoony than realistic. My favourite thing about the PointBlank games is that you can link 2 lightguns up to the playstation and play simultaneously against a friend, just like in the arcade!
Perhaps the best thing about these lightguns and games is that they can still be played on Playstation 2 (For those of you lucky enough to own one). Which means when new Playstation 2 shooting games come out youll still be able to use your old gun.
Special Reserve are currently bundling games such as TimeCrisis and Die Hard trilogy together with a lightgun for a discounted price. Namco also plan to release some new lightgun games over the comming months, namely PointBlank3 and TimeCrisis Project Titan. So theres really no excuse not to be excited!
I was looking for something new to do with my playstation last summer, I had played all the great games such as MetalGearSolid, GranTurismo, ISS pro, and the latest WWF game. However I still wasnt satisfied, thats when a friend of mine Liam introduced me to light gun games!
I had played games like TimeCrisis and House of The Dead down the arcade but had never thought my humble playstation was capable of recreating this arcade experience at home.
After seeing the fun Liam was having I went out immediately and bought a light gun and Die Hard Trilogy. Soon I was up and away blasting away the badguys on my humble playstation, and fun it is too! For those who have never played a Lightgun game, you really should theyre great fun.
The playstation is lucky in that it has loads of great lightgun games available for it. Namco particularly have converted their numerous Arcade hits such as TimeCrisis and PointBlank 1 & 2 for the playstation.
TimeCrisis is immense fun, and is the most realistic gun game available for the playstation, luckily for us it plays just like the arcade original.
As for Point Blank 1 & 2, these are also great fun, infact the emphasis of these games is on fun, as the graphics are more cartoony than realistic. My favourite thing about the PointBlank games is that you can link 2 lightguns up to the playstation and play simultaneously against a friend, just like in the arcade!
Perhaps the best thing about these lightguns and games is that they can still be played on Playstation 2 (For those of you lucky enough to own one). Which means when new Playstation 2 shooting games come out youll still be able to use your old gun.
Special Reserve are currently bundling games such as TimeCrisis and Die Hard trilogy together with a lightgun for a discounted price. Namco also plan to release some new lightgun games over the comming months, namely PointBlank3 and TimeCrisis Project Titan. So theres really no excuse not to be excited!
I had played games like TimeCrisis and House of The Dead down the arcade but had never thought my humble playstation was capable of recreating this arcade experience at home.
After seeing the fun Liam was having I went out immediately and bought a light gun and Die Hard Trilogy. Soon I was up and away blasting away the badguys on my humble playstation, and fun it is too! For those who have never played a Lightgun game, you really should theyre great fun.
The playstation is lucky in that it has loads of great lightgun games available for it. Namco particularly have converted their numerous Arcade hits such as TimeCrisis and PointBlank 1 & 2 for the playstation.
TimeCrisis is immense fun, and is the most realistic gun game available for the playstation, luckily for us it plays just like the arcade original.
As for Point Blank 1 & 2, these are also great fun, infact the emphasis of these games is on fun, as the graphics are more cartoony than realistic. My favourite thing about the PointBlank games is that you can link 2 lightguns up to the playstation and play simultaneously against a friend, just like in the arcade!
Perhaps the best thing about these lightguns and games is that they can still be played on Playstation 2 (For those of you lucky enough to own one). Which means when new Playstation 2 shooting games come out youll still be able to use your old gun.
Special Reserve are currently bundling games such as TimeCrisis and Die Hard trilogy together with a lightgun for a discounted price. Namco also plan to release some new lightgun games over the comming months, namely PointBlank3 and TimeCrisis Project Titan. So theres really no excuse not to be excited!