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Name a better peripheral Anonymous Sat Dec 11 19:07:14 2021 No.8411354 [Reply] [Original]

>the right weight, size and grip
>cool looking
>the most precise of the console lightguns behind only the Guncon 2
>even games made for the Copenami lightgun that never had official support for it play better on the Guncon with fan patches
>successor for the PS2 was even more precise but the chad PS1 guncon was still compatible with most of those games
>Virtua Cop Elite Edition is one of the few PS2 games not compatible with it, probably because SEGA was still butthurt by the first Guncon who BTFO the Saturn offerings at the time
>arrived alongside a port of Time Crisis, one of the most soulful Namco games from the post 2D era
>lets you play the ultimate lightgun game trilogy: Point Blank
The only downside is the burger/euro version of the Guncon not being as cool looking as the original version, and CRTs not being made anymore because of the international LEDwery.
Post some cool peripherals that reach this level of goodness.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 11 19:10:00 2021 No.8411359 File: 24 KB, 750x750, GOAT controller for racers.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8411354 >Name a better peripheral easy Why was NAMCO so fucking good at peripherals and why didn't they do shit in the 6th gen?

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Anonymous Sat Dec 11 20:27:31 2021 No.8411554
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I still feel bad for Burgers who never got to play Resident Evil: Survivor with their guncon.

I always see them shit talking Survivor, because without the light gun it's just a weird, clunky, and kinda shallow first person RE. There's basically zero reason to play it if you can't use the guncon as intended.

Playing it with the guncon was a totally different experience. It was actually quite ambitious for them to make a fully featured, player controlled RE instalment that you controlled with a light gun. It was a gimmick yes, but that doesn't matter, all light gun games are gimmicks- This one was and still is basically unique.

They could easily just have done a House of the Dead rip off, but they didn't. I would encourage any Burgers who still have a guncon to get a Euro/Jap copy try it out.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 11 20:34:07 2021 No.8411574 File: 205 KB, 800x551, The-Justifier-Box.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8411354

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 11 20:45:37 2021 No.8411619 >>8411554 I'm a burger and imported the pal version to use a guncon with. Was fun like that

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 11 21:45:05 2021 No.8411774 >>8411359 meme controller

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 11 21:46:06 2021 No.8411779 >>8411354 >The only downside is the burger/euro version of the Guncon not being as cool looking as the original version because grey?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 11 23:23:52 2021 No.8412006 >>8411779 Yes

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 12 00:57:30 2021 No.8412194 File: 2.61 MB, 4000x3000, 20211128_225142.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8411554 I have them both, got these from a thrift store...unfortunately I don't have a crt tv to play it..

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 12 02:21:56 2021 No.8412376 File: 2.14 MB, 2016x1512, America_Fuck_Yeah.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8411354 I got you. This has force feedback, a speaker, and a d-pad.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 12 03:05:54 2021 No.8412461 >>8412376 unf

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 12 10:51:42 2021 No.8413157 >>8412376 If it weren't for having one (1) game supporting its extra features then yes it would be the best peripheral

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 12 11:05:27 2021 No.8413173 >>8411354 It was great when I was a kid, but as an adult, I find the distance between the trigger and the back of the grip is just too small to be comfortable for more than 30 minutes of play.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 12 14:10:27 2021 No.8413623 >>8413173 Now I'm curious about how big your hands are. I consider myself to have normal to large hands and I can't play GBC anymore without getting my hands cramped, but the Guncon seemed the perfect size for me.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 12 14:23:34 2021 No.8413665 File: 153 KB, 800x473, DSCF1511.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8411354 Speaking of cool looking light guns, I love how the Zapper in its original Famicom iteration was a straight-up Colt SAA.

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Anonymous Sun Dec 12 15:32:52 2021 No.8413868
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>>8412461
>>8413157
>>8411354
Okay then, let me say these guns has more weight thanks to its force feedback mechanics. Has the same precision, since it also has a composite passthrough. You can play the Virtua Cop, Time Crisis, and Point Blank games, so it has a lot of support. Clearly better in all aspects.

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Anonymous Sun Dec 12 15:40:57 2021 No.8413894

>>8413868
I never had much luck with non-official guns on flat screened CRTs, but to be honest I've only used crap like Lunar Guns and such. Maybe those work better with a regular CRT, I dunno, but the official Guncon does have great precision in my case.
Also I don't mind the lack of recoil but I always have the urge to pull the slide back on it for some reason.