4Player-"Reflecting on that time, there are two distinct memories acting as book-ends to the debauchery and zaniness filling those days. Two memories, melded into feelings, that acted like constants through those winding paths created by too much alcohol, and too much starry-eyed wonderment. The smell of the ocean and Operation Wolf.
The ocean is…well, the ocean. I could wax poetic about the salty stiffness it creates within the nose, or the wet muggy breeze that envelopes when you move closer to the waves. But all of that is cursory, and honestly uninteresting, when I would rather talk about one of the best shooter games to come out in the late 1980′s."
The Legends Arcade family just got a lot larger with 47 Taito arcade classics out now in a free firmware update. The classics include Bubble Bobble, Cadash, Space Invaders, Qix, Operation Wolf, Zoo Keeper, and more.
This week Fred and Jam tackle the wonderful world of light gun shooters. What started as a mere carnival game evolved into one of the more interactive – and for some of us, fun – genres that has not withstood the test of time. With the advent of newer screens, the technology that made light guns possible is now ruined by delays of no more than a fraction of a second. In this episode we discuss the history, technology behind, and our fondest memories of the games that utilized the light gun peripheral.
This was were it all begun for me in terms of light guns..my old C64 http://www.richardlagendijk...
Light gun games are some of my favorite. I played one in collage that that used a sensor to track your body and you had to physically duck behind shelter. Killed your legs but it was fun. Can't remember the name, post below if you know the name.
CVG - A generation of wide-eyed arcade freedom fighters fell for Op Wolf, with its cabinet-mounted machine gun and two-frame enemy deaths, its ammo-carrying animals and appallingly acted "you are finished... here" voiceover.
