What are your favorite arcade shooters?

You mean lightgun games? Never been a big fan of them, probably because I never had a lightgun, but when I played Time Crisis demo on the PS1 it seemed pretty cool. I guess it's just a Virtua Cop clone tho. Namco really liked copying Sega

>>11856825
Not all of them are light guns. Some are joysticks that pretend to be light guns, and there's also the newer Wii type pointer guns

>>11856749 (OP)
I went to a resort once and they had a Virtua Cop cabinet that the arcade operator had put on the easiest setting and had the max lives per credit (it was only a quarter per credit too). I would put in two quarters and play with both guns John Woo style.
Also, LUCKY AND WILD is a great game. A combo driving and shooting game. Fantastic fucking game.
The shooter I probably played the most was Revolution X. It was loud, it was violent, it had secrets, it had tits. It was cool. It's also the last arcade game I remember seeing EVERYWHERE before they started to phase them out of grocery stores and gas stations.

>>11856891
>Revolution X
Haven't heard of that in a minute.
I used to read Sydlexia all the time.
https://www.sydlexia.com/vivalarevolution.htm

>>11856894
Man I miss this type of writing about old video games. There used to be dozens of websites where some guy would download ROMS and write humorous articles about them. Take me back.

>>11856896
Remember Flying Omellete, I-Mockery, or CodieKitty or SMBHQ?

>>11856749 (OP)
What game is that?
>>11856901
Is that the same as OP pic? It looks a little different. Is it a sequel or spinoff?

>>11856917
Oh yeah I remember the first two. I thought Seanbaby was the funniest thing I ever read when I was in 8th grade. Also used to read Zeroes Unlimited and Sardius. Here’s his magnum opus https://sardoose.rustedlogic.net/reviews/jturbo/
There’s a very small number of guys out there still doing this, like Kid Fenris but for the most part its just a relic of Web 1.0

>>11856891
that game is very easy to emulate because the guns are just joysticks, so it's plays well with any standard controller

it's a very scummy coin muncher, but not as scummy as the diddlers who call themselves Aerosmith

>>11856749 (OP)
Crypt Killer. it's only much later that I found out that it's somehow considered a bad game, but I really wasted quite a lot of time with it back then.

>>11856869
>also the newer Wii type pointer guns
If Wii games are allowed then obviously Sin & Punishment 2. That game is the best game ever made (but sadly the only good Wii game).

>>11856749 (OP)
Maximum Force and Area 51 probably

>>11857093
i meant arcade systems that work similarly. you can fuck with your friend by putting a hand over one of the infrared sources

>>11856891
>>11856894
This looks so gay it's unreal. Burn all units, cleanse with fire.

>>11856931
>>11856917
>>11856896
There was this one website I remember, late 90s or very early 2000s, run by spesshulboye or something like that. I can't remember the proper stupid spelling, so for the life of me I can't find it again, though I doubt it was archived. It was another of those "review games and stuff from the 80s" type sites, but clearly one of the lesser known ones. It had some of those website buttons, notably one that said "I love my wife's tits" or similar.
>>11856894
>>11856891
Yeah Revolution X is nice for the cheese and the boobs and butts, but gameplay wise it gets pretty boring, especially when you realize that it is impossible to beat without resorting to some amount of credit feeding. I'm not sure what the minimum number of credits is required to beat it, but apparently it is literally impossible for a normal human player to 1CC, similar to their T2 game.
>>11856749 (OP)
The House of the Dead. Fun and fair, great graphics and music, nice replayability with the different paths, excellent atmosphere.

>>11857257
Kerri Hoskins (MK3 Sonya) played Helga and she's still hot at 55

Crisis Zone and it's not even a contest.

Runner ups are House of the Dead 2 and Time Crisis 3.

House of the Dead series (only played up to 3)
Area 51
Police Trainer

>>11856749 (OP)

It just about fits the rules, but House of the Dead 3 for me. I just loved the shotguns.

>>11856938
>Crypt Killer. it's only much later that I found out that it's somehow considered a bad game, but I really wasted quite a lot of time with it back then.

Did you play on the Deluxe arcade cabinet? It's an extremely rare arcade cabinet. Only a handful still exist in the entire world.

>>11859531
I feel like I saw one of those in a hotel arcade in Laughlin, Nevada. I thought it was a really ugly game.

>>11859531
NTA, but I feel like I played it on something like that, the one time I played it. Either that, or I watched somebody else play, or maybe I just watched the attract mode. This would've been probably in the mid-late 90s, so my memory is vague.

>>11856749 (OP)
All 3(4) Jurassic Parks and Ocean Hunter. Beast Busters for nostalgic value also.

>>11856917
>I-Mockery
I loved this site. It's too bad about the IRL shit that happened to the main creator that basically ended it as a site.

Rate my wee zapper

>>11856749 (OP)
T2, Jurassic Park, Time Crisis 2, and HotD2

>>11859531
Didn't know this was rare. A go kart place up near a cabin my grandma owned had one of these. I remember it was fucking MASSIVE.

>>11859732
The ROM Hack Reviews section was amazing.

>>11859531
>>11856938
I remember playing it as a kid, probably at boardwalk blvd in the Montoursville mall in PA (but I could be mistaken). Can't remember if it was the deluxe or not, but I remember loving it. Standards were lower then I guess.

>>11859885
>Standards were lower then I guess.
Hey now. These arcade cabinets were cutting edge back then. 3D graphics were brand new.

>>11859898
Fair. I just didn't know it was a disliked title either is all.

Point Blank! All fun.

>>11856938
The fact that it uses cheap low quality jpeg cutouts as enemies kills the entire vibe for me.

>>11859904
>disliked title either
???

Who said that?

It was a decently selling arcade game for about a year or two. But the huge Crypt Killer deluxe cabinet was rare and didn't sell many units. It was expensive and large.

The smaller arcade cabinets sold much more.

>>11856749 (OP)
Time crisis and point blank

>>11859871
>The ROM Hack Reviews section was amazing.
I saw Pink Floyd's The Wall hack of Donkey Kong. It was at such a young age, I would cover my eyes around the ass/ballsack, because I didn't want to sin against God by looking at such things, but that didn't stop my curiosity.

>>11856749 (OP)
modeled on the HK psg 1 this game had an actual working scope
the bonus life bikini girls were a nice touch

>>11859981
Wish I could remember which cab it was in, but since I was probably between 8 and 10 years old, any larger-than-usual cab would've seemed gigantic.

>>11859938
It enhances it for me. Gives it a unique look.

>>11859981
>Who said that?

Start of the reply chain
>found out that it's somehow considered a bad game
I just assumed anon knew what he was talking about.

>>11860102
That's a good one. Like that game. I learned to shoot with both eyes open to see peripherally and focused with it.
I don't think that would transfer to reality, but it works in VR too so I dunno.

>>11856938
Played this 2-players on my Saturn. It's fun but my arm got tired fast.

Maze of kings

>>11860281
This, carnevil, house of dead 1-4, time crisis. Maximum force. Area 51
Also the jurrasic park ones

>>11857257
>zoomers have never seen hair metal
Those men got more pussy than you will ever even see.

>>11856749 (OP)
CarnEvil

>>11857332
>MK3 Sonya
The best one.

Nobody chose Time Crisis? Shame on you!

>>11859904
>>11859981
he probably meant this

No mentions for House of the Dead? You all should be ashamed!

>>11862543

Absolutely >>11857328
Nobody >>11857338
Mentioned >>11857715
House of >>11857721
the Dead >>11860285

>>11856920
>What game is that?
I believe that's Ghost Squad.

>Is that the same as OP pic? It looks a little different. Is it a sequel or spinoff?
Crisis Zone

Everyone knows about the gold standards that are Time Crisis II and House of the Dead II

But I would like to bring up Rail Chase 2, only because it's intro and opening track are fucking awesome.
https://youtu.be/lEU6G7GTwIk

Technically it isn't a light gun game because it uses a joystick (not a mounted swivel gun like in T2 Arcade or Alien3 the Gun, an honest to god regular joystick like Star Wars Trilogy) but I still think it's neat. Perhaps in the modern age of couples shooters, Rail Chase 3 may see the light of day.

>>11860809
I had it on PS1 with a guncon. I must've played it a thousand times. I could beat it by reflex.