I loved Barker Bill’s Trick Shooting as a kid! It’s a title that history has kind of forgotten, which is a shame because it was a fun one and from what I recall pretty challenging at times.
Nice list . However I was aware that there's 18 games total for the NES zapper . But still very helpful and interesting nonetheless !!! Good video fortefyre!!!
That story about the dog reminded me of my dad's dog that got him kicked out of the shooting range because it was voice activated and he kept barking and the clay pigeons kept flying everywhere. People were swearing and it was mass chaos lol. Btw, Bayou Billy still has me with PTSD because it was so freaking hard
Good video. Didn't think there were so many lightgun games for the NES. Also appreciate that you covered newer homebrew stuff, an area that deserves to get more attention.
I'm familiar with NES peripherals, but my knowledge is mainly based on RUclips videos. I didn't know much about NES Zapper titles, which were new to me. In Japan, children lived in a limited area of the school district and did not need to spend any effort at all to meet with friends or go to the neighborhood game arcade. This did not motivate them to go out of their way to play sports that could be played at a game center or in the park with friends on a home video game console. Basically, it was customary at the time to port arcade games to home consoles, but no matter how hard you tried, it was only a degraded port due to the limitations of hardware performance. Children at that time clearly separated the games they wanted to play between arcade games and those they wanted to play at home or at friends' houses. The timing of the release of peripheral devices and their compatibility also had something to do with the difference in popularity between Japan and the U.S. I think the FAMICOM peripherals that became popular in Japan were the Datach and the Joy Card. Such peripherals were especially popular with Japanese children at the time, because of Carddas, Food Toys, or the shooting game caravan boom led by Takahashi Meijin. Then came the SFC Super Scope, mouse, Satellaview, and other peripherals, but their popularity was not that great. There is a difference in experience about peripherals as well. Thanks for the very interesting video.
Unfortunately, I didn't have a Satellaview or a subscription myself at the time, so I could only watch my friend's brother playing Mario Paint and Kirby's something* at a friend's house. *I looked it up and found out that it was called Kirby's Toy Box. I was in a different room, so I couldn't see the game screen very well, but the combined body design was just needless to say. Even in Japan, there were rumors just for having a Satellaview for a while, but it didn't last long after all lol
Yes, Indeed. Looking back, I think Nintendo wasn't wrong in their foresight, as several peripherals and experiential gameplay that have appeared in the past have been fully utilized in online sales (archives), Wii remote control, etc.
Here's some you missed: 2 in 1 - Cosmocop + Cyber Monster; 2 in 1 - Tough Cop + Super Tough Cop; City Patrolman; Hit Marmot; Lethal Weapon (port of Lethal Enforcers); Russian Roulette; Shoot the Goof; Super 4 in 1 Fantasy Gun (Abyss of Gloom; City Adventure; Fantasy of Gun; Space Fight of Gun); Bar Room Shootout; Falling Tiles; Fruit Shinobi; Panesian Power; ZapPing; Zombie Zap.
Bayou Billy is interesting because we see that shift where we started getting harder games in the states. For awhile, we mostly got easier versions of stuff because of the stigma of not being able to handle difficult games. Companies started ramping up difficulty in our versions to counter the rental industry. It was basically "Fine, lets see you kids try to beat THIS fuckin game in a weekend!"
Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley were great Zapper games. To The Earth was not,there was no indication where you were aiming and you missed the enemy ships way too much,making a frustrating game.
I spent most of my life in Baton Rouge closer to Prarieville, so..the shoelace where it gets bunched up and politically confused :P. Most of my family is up in the northeast by Monroe or in the extreme south by Houma.
It looks like all the better games were done in the style of Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley... games were you only got so many shots within a given time period... all resulting in less screen flashing.
Dude, is true that Shitty game CHILLER is the only one that supports 2 players simultaneous? I am looking for 2 player games, since I own both the Gray and Orange zappers. I noticed that MASTER SHOOTER, says 2 players, but it looks like is a 2 player game about TURNs, right? Can you mentione wich games here support 2 players? you didn't mentioned anything about that. BTW, you missed GUNSHOE at your list. And I far I remember OPERATION WOLF didn't worked with a zapper, just in MASTER SYSTEM with a Light Phaser.
I loved Barker Bill’s Trick Shooting as a kid! It’s a title that history has kind of forgotten, which is a shame because it was a fun one and from what I recall pretty challenging at times.
It is very challenging! It's worth a shake too!
Nice list . However I was aware that there's 18 games total for the NES zapper . But still very helpful and interesting nonetheless !!! Good video fortefyre!!!
Glad you enjoyed!
How "The Punisher" game for the NES did not have Light Gun support is beyond strange.
I agree! But I guess it would have taken away from the entire purpose of his sprite in the bottom lol.
@@Fortefyre Possible reason!
Roulette! That's just great. I should have figured you were ahead of me on this.
;)
That story about the dog reminded me of my dad's dog that got him kicked out of the shooting range because it was voice activated and he kept barking and the clay pigeons kept flying everywhere. People were swearing and it was mass chaos lol. Btw, Bayou Billy still has me with PTSD because it was so freaking hard
Oh my god I bet that was hilarious! Yeah Bayou Billy is a tragedy lmao.
Good video. Didn't think there were so many lightgun games for the NES. Also appreciate that you covered newer homebrew stuff, an area that deserves to get more attention.
It really does, I love the fact that people still try push stuff out on it, I know some people who do it on the Colecovision to this day!
I'm familiar with NES peripherals, but my knowledge is mainly based on RUclips videos.
I didn't know much about NES Zapper titles, which were new to me.
In Japan, children lived in a limited area of the school district and did not need to spend any effort at all to meet with friends or go to the neighborhood game arcade. This did not motivate them to go out of their way to play sports that could be played at a game center or in the park with friends on a home video game console.
Basically, it was customary at the time to port arcade games to home consoles, but no matter how hard you tried, it was only a degraded port due to the limitations of hardware performance. Children at that time clearly separated the games they wanted to play between arcade games and those they wanted to play at home or at friends' houses. The timing of the release of peripheral devices and their compatibility also had something to do with the difference in popularity between Japan and the U.S.
I think the FAMICOM peripherals that became popular in Japan were the Datach and the Joy Card. Such peripherals were especially popular with Japanese children at the time, because of Carddas, Food Toys, or the shooting game caravan boom led by Takahashi Meijin.
Then came the SFC Super Scope, mouse, Satellaview, and other peripherals, but their popularity was not that great.
There is a difference in experience about peripherals as well. Thanks for the very interesting video.
Did you ever actually use the Satellaview? I would be curious to hear about how that went!
Unfortunately, I didn't have a Satellaview or a subscription myself at the time, so I could only watch my friend's brother playing Mario Paint and Kirby's something* at a friend's house.
*I looked it up and found out that it was called Kirby's Toy Box.
I was in a different room, so I couldn't see the game screen very well, but the combined body design was just needless to say.
Even in Japan, there were rumors just for having a Satellaview for a while, but it didn't last long after all lol
The idea of TV based satellite games are just really cool to me! Lol.
Yes, Indeed. Looking back, I think Nintendo wasn't wrong in their foresight, as several peripherals and experiential gameplay that have appeared in the past have been fully utilized in online sales (archives), Wii remote control, etc.
Great episode! Lots of stuff I had never heard of - very interesting!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Here's some you missed: 2 in 1 - Cosmocop + Cyber Monster; 2 in 1 - Tough Cop + Super Tough Cop; City Patrolman; Hit Marmot; Lethal Weapon (port of Lethal Enforcers); Russian Roulette; Shoot the Goof; Super 4 in 1 Fantasy Gun (Abyss of Gloom; City Adventure; Fantasy of Gun; Space Fight of Gun); Bar Room Shootout; Falling Tiles; Fruit Shinobi; Panesian Power; ZapPing; Zombie Zap.
Damn! Where did you find these? You are much better than googling than I am lmao.
Bayou Billy is interesting because we see that shift where we started getting harder games in the states. For awhile, we mostly got easier versions of stuff because of the stigma of not being able to handle difficult games. Companies started ramping up difficulty in our versions to counter the rental industry. It was basically "Fine, lets see you kids try to beat THIS fuckin game in a weekend!"
RIght? It was an OBVIOUS shift too!
Chillier might be the 1ft mature game ever made tbh !!!
On the NES maybe lmao. There were tons of games with questionable marketing practices and content from Mystique on the Atari 2600 lol.
There were mature titles on micro computers that likely arrived the same day that the machines were released.
@@Fortefyre right. That's true . Plus they had clusters revenge which was an adult Atari game .
"If we build it, people will try to jack off to it"
@@Fortefyre that's a bad joke , fortefyre !!! Not very funny !!!
Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley were great Zapper games. To The Earth was not,there was no indication where you were aiming and you missed the enemy ships way too much,making a frustrating game.
Yeah it was rigged heavily against you lol.
Some gems in there, haha
Indeed!
You were right to put the disclaimer, dang.
Right?
I'm from Louisiana too. Where in the boot do you reside?
I spent most of my life in Baton Rouge closer to Prarieville, so..the shoelace where it gets bunched up and politically confused :P. Most of my family is up in the northeast by Monroe or in the extreme south by Houma.
I personally can't wait for Baby Boomer 2 🔥👁️👄👁️🔥
GOTY!
Evening from my country
Good Evening!
Do one for the Power Pad...and World Class Track Meet.
Would you be okay if I included Famicom games in it? The Power Pad got more love on the Famicom than the NES.
@@Fortefyre You mean that they made more games compatible with that thing other than WCTM?! I'll be damned lol.
Yeah, the NES had 6 :)
I just played both mad city and bayou Billy and yeas mad city can be beat in one shot. American version is way too hard but can be beat but daaaaaaam
I have YET to mess with Bayou Billy, my project was changed RIGHT before I got to it lol.
It looks like all the better games were done in the style of Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley... games were you only got so many shots within a given time period... all resulting in less screen flashing.
It's true! I feel that the more heavy pacing of some games diminished the novelty of the accessory.
Dude, is true that Shitty game CHILLER is the only one that supports 2 players simultaneous? I am looking for 2 player games, since I own both the Gray and Orange zappers. I noticed that MASTER SHOOTER, says 2 players, but it looks like is a 2 player game about TURNs, right? Can you mentione wich games here support 2 players? you didn't mentioned anything about that. BTW, you missed GUNSHOE at your list. And I far I remember OPERATION WOLF didn't worked with a zapper, just in MASTER SYSTEM with a Light Phaser.
I don't know. I only own one Zapper, but there might be some that allow it, freedom force might be one.
Gotta permit for dat der weapon
But that trigger discipline tho
What about The Punisher?
It shockingly isn't!
I heard adventures of bayou Billy sucks!!!
Oh it does. Tremendously lol.
Japanese version "Mad City" is easier and more playable.
It's very very hard