Of course, because these titles were released in arcades during the 90s, they lack something we find essential in Sega light gun games now: profuse swearing. For that, we recommend the underappreciated House of the Dead: Overkill, available for $20. Yeah, a light gun game just isn't the same anymore without copious f-bombs.
Sega dusts off Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns for Wii
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Apr 27th 2010 3:14PM
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Of course, because these titles were released in arcades during the 90s, they lack something we find essential in Sega light gun games now: profuse swearing. For that, we recommend the underappreciated House of the Dead: Overkill, available for $20. Yeah, a light gun game just isn't the same anymore without copious f-bombs.
Reader Comments (25)
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 3:21PM Scuffles said
Hopefully this does well I think I remember it from the arcade
Hopefully this also translates into Namco resurrecting the Time Crisis series on the Wii, as that would be shamelessly sweet.
Hopefully this also translates into Namco resurrecting the Time Crisis series on the Wii, as that would be shamelessly sweet.
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 11:11PM (Unverified) said
Hell Yea. Namco need to release time crisis for the Wii. Even if they dont drop 4, 1-3 is perfectly fine wit me
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Posted: Apr 27th 2010 3:24PM Petebot330 said
Is Overkill 2 player?
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 3:27PM (Unverified) said
Man, I remember watching Putt-Putt employees playing LA Guns with one player dual wielding those giant machine guns. Looked fun as hell, though I wasn't willing to pony up the $2 it would have cost to do the same. Ultimately, I don't see a Wiimote inspiring remotely (ba-dum-shee) the same feeling of decimation that those giant vibrating machine guns did.
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 3:36PM The Blank Mage Returns said
GUNBLADES! HELLS YE- oh wait.
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 3:37PM narles said
The Lost World Arcade next please! I would buy any system that that game was released on. It is seriously my favorite arcade game ever.
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 5:16PM (Unverified) said
That makes two of us.
Favorite on rails shooter. Over the years I've tried finding a rom or anything for it (more than a few times) w/o luck.
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Favorite on rails shooter. Over the years I've tried finding a rom or anything for it (more than a few times) w/o luck.
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 3:37PM (Unverified) said
I remember beating these games at the arcade back in the day. To say those graphics have not aged well might be the understatement of the year. Hell, your average iPhone game blows this away nowadays...
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 3:38PM shimrra74 said
Hmmm I could have sworn the game looked alot better.
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 3:38PM drewciferpike said
Oh, man... I'm on this like white on rice.
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 6:45PM drewciferpike said
Welllllll... if you wanna poop in my sandbox and ruin my happy outburst, I'll have to correct you: All rice is "brown". White rice is merely rice that has had the bran removed through the process of milling. All "colored" rices (red, purple, black, brown) will be white once they're milled, but will still exhibit various flavor characteristics.
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Posted: Apr 27th 2010 3:51PM CaptainProtonX said
I LOVE my Saturn.
But holy hell, these look like Saturn games.
But holy hell, these look like Saturn games.
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 4:08PM John Z said
Alternately, you can turn on (insert fanbrat podcast opposing your console preference here) and supply your own gratuitous profanity while you play these games.
Kidding aside, this is good news, but without the huge vibrating platform it's just not gonna be the same, even if they manage to get MadCatz or someone to make a huge freaking wiimote shell for it.
Kidding aside, this is good news, but without the huge vibrating platform it's just not gonna be the same, even if they manage to get MadCatz or someone to make a huge freaking wiimote shell for it.
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 4:12PM technoreaper said
Great...this is only 14 years too late...
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 4:14PM lonecow said
I also used to love duel wielding both guns. Had so much fun with that in the arcade. If they release a machine gun peripheral with kickback action I am there.
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 5:49PM M3wThr33 said
Repeating myself here. It's NOT a light-gun game. It was all joystick based, like Star Wars Arcade Trilogy.
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 5:47PM TRONdll said
Star Wars Trilogy Arcade plz.
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 7:01PM (Unverified) said
Hell Yes! But how about as a remastered (i.e. Rez HD) XBLA/PSN title?
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Posted: Apr 27th 2010 6:31PM Istari Spartan said
*squints*
N64?
Is that you?!
N64?
Is that you?!
Posted: Apr 27th 2010 11:48PM melao said
Those shooting games work really well on the wii.
I really like House of the Dead 2&3 on the Wii. Also, I dare say that the best part on the wiimote is not the motion control, but the pointer function.
I really like House of the Dead 2&3 on the Wii. Also, I dare say that the best part on the wiimote is not the motion control, but the pointer function.
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