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CthulhuLA — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:02:45 MDT

Lol, I don't think one reviewer has realized you can adjust the sensitivity of the gun in-game by pressing the + or - keys (its in the instructions.) I had to code that one in because the original code had no calibrate gun option o.o

Part of the problem with this port was that we were dealing with HUGE custom movie files, and the only way to fit this onto 64mb was using the Bink video system. But Bink has its flaws with laggy startup/stop times, alignment issues (undocumented :( ), and the fact that we literally had to go from a 512mb overhead to 64mb.

Oh you can also see my credits under Software Programmer in the instructions, or during the credit roll for Leviathan Games :D

CthulhuLA

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OoBaSNoRk — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:52:11 MDT

I was actually playing this game in an arcade a few weekends ago. the 2p coin slot was bogus so the creepy arcade stewardess hooked us up with 30 free credits... which we did not want. We couldn't even get kids passing by to take the controllers off our hands to let us leave so we had to beat the whole game... IT WAS AWFUL

OoBaSNoRk

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blkpaladin — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:07:29 MDT

One of the "local" movie theaters in my area has the arcade games as one of their money suckers while patrons wait for the movie to start.

blkpaladin

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Zazu_Yen — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:11:27 MDT

@inajeep: I'm glad you don't let how a game looks drive your judgment of it ;)

Although, in this case, the book and it's cover were pretty in sync. But it could suffice for some dumb fun when other games were tied up in an arcade that gave 5 tokens or more on the dollar, and it took 1, and the pinball game only had one working flipper...

Zazu_Yen

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bobtheduck — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:07:05 MDT

@Leobebes: You summed up my feelings on the wiinerds quite accurately.

Not saying I don't want a wii, mind... I want it for the good games (Mario Galaxy, Brawl, SPM, Twilight Princess) but it doesn't beat a real current gen system. The wii is, by and large, exceptions notwithstanding, a system for non-gamers... Wii Sports has inspired a new generation of shovelware that is unmatched even by the PS1... Only the Atari beat the wii in shovelware...

bobtheduck

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KM91 — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:41:26 MDT

What did you expect? IGN gave it like a 2.

KM91

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TheCleaningGuy — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:21:27 MDT

Someday the world will realize that you can make good games for the wii.
Someday...

TheCleaningGuy

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Coyotegrey — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:27:55 MDT

This isn't from Activision?

Coyotegrey

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inajeep — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:12:48 MDT

I thought it was the most stupid, ugly, annoying, poorly executed video game ever in the arcade and I'm proud to say it never got any of my quarters/tokens. It makes an even worse Wii game. Konami cred just hit the negative territory in my book.

inajeep

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Leobebes — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:04:13 MDT

Ewwww, sorry mates sarcasm can't really be read accurately in print. Wasn't trying to troll, was just trying to highlight the whole "gameplay is better than graphics angle" but since gameplay is horrible on this game as well...nevermind. heh.

Leobebes

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boopadoo — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:57:50 MDT

I hope this doesn't end my dream of a Lucky and Wild revival (seriously...Wheel? Gun? Helloooo?!)

Something's got to be done about those laggy wiimote controls. Nintendo, you're just BEGGING for the competition to come up with a better controller.

boopadoo

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Kenzya — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:57:22 MDT

Kotaku! Kotaku!!

Please, write up more terrible Wii games.

Oh! Oh! OH!

Do Spy Games: Elevator Action next!

Kenzya

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interstate78 — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:53:09 MDT

It's pretty incredible that even with its already lackluster premise, they managed to screw the remaining attractive kitsch value by botching gameplay.

I mean, how hard is it to make a simple and ugly-ass game at the very least functional?

Goes to show how devs really don't care about their games when they know it's shovelware.

I actually thought of getting this! Not now. Wouldn't play it even if they gave it to me.

interstate78

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Hyperfludd — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:52:03 MDT

Meant to say 2&3....gah edit button.

Hyperfludd

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Hyperfludd — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:51:43 MDT

40$? goddamn, House of the Dead 1&2 is WAY better and it's just 30 bucks!

Hyperfludd

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GhaleonUnlimited — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:43:13 MDT

Sad that Midway/Konami were even still making these after the glory of Virtua Cop.

GhaleonUnlimited

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Gospel X — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:36:39 MDT

@elpierce: No, just means this game blows. Konami is still an amazing company. Their Castlevania games for Nintendo handhelds are always engaging, and all of their shmups are excellent. Don't knock the company for a shitty port of a shitty game.

Gospel X

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Jeff Paine — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:54:26 MDT

@Zazu_Yen: My favorite scene has to be in Crime Patrol, when you're fighting terrorists on an airplane. They calmly, one-by-one turn around to shoot you, and none of the other passengers really seem to care. Then one lady randomly pops out, screams, then takes her seat. Then another lady pops out, says "Save us." in the most bored tone you could imaging, then goes back offscreen.

After that, you reach the front of the plane, where the stewardess instructs you to take your seat, then you open the cockpit, shoot the terrorist in the pilot's seat, and the co-pilot thanks you by saying "That oughtta earn you some frequent flyer miles!"

@GordieHoweHatTrick: That's from Crime Patrol 2: Drug Wars, and I feel pathetic for knowing that off the top of my head

Jeff Paine

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elpierce — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:50:27 MDT

Wow. More proof that Konami blows.

elpierce

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GordieHoweHatTrick — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:44:09 MDT

@Zazu_Yen: Oh man, I would love to see Quick Draw on Wii. I remember playing it when I visited Myrtle Beach when I was a kid. I just remember the lady saying "You're dead, that's not good is it?" At least I think that's where it's from :)

@Pezdispenser: I would gladly pay 30$ for a Virtua Cop collection as well. Make it happen, Sega!

GordieHoweHatTrick

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panfriedcharlie — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:41:16 MDT

It's... it's just so DIGITAL! I really wish more video games these days were digital... Sigh... :P

panfriedcharlie

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DorkimusPrime — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:38:20 MDT

I thought this was supposed to be like Target (my favorite French department store) the Game or something. Expect more, pay less, shoot our employees?

DorkimusPrime

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theharlotfelon — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:35:20 MDT

Did anyone else start singing Aerosmith after looking at the picture?

theharlotfelon

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djgil — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:34:07 MDT

I personally like this game in the arcade. It's a completely mindless light-gunner and brings me back to the days of Lethal Enforcers.

My biggest problem with the game is the STUPIFYING difficulty! The enemies are many times so fast on the draw that I've even caught the enemies shooting me BEFORE THEY POP INTO VIEW!!!!

It's still mindless fun all-in-all.

djgil

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cirej2000 — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:29:41 MDT

Geez, what a piece of crap! For 40 bones? There are games releasing on Wiiware for less than $15 that blow this out of the water five times over!

Crazy.

+1 for the Ghost Squad love! Sounds like I've gotta get HOD2&3 at some point, too! Some day.

cirej2000

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Sunjammer — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:23:17 MDT

I wonder why there's such a huge discrepancy between games in terms of how smooth the cursor is, even from first party games. Mario Galaxy has a super fast, super smooth cursor. Zelda TP had a horrible laggy cursor.

It seems as though the more fancy bullshit they try to pull with it graphically the less responsive it gets, but apparently that's not predictable either.

Sunjammer

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Robotube — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:11:38 MDT

HOD2&3 is a great light gun shooter, and with it's calibration option, it sets a precedent that all future Wii light gun games should follow.

You can literally turn off the cross hair and play it based on sight, just like the arcade.

Target: Terror is just a mystery to me. I can't figure out who thought it was a good idea to resurrect and release this. And for $40?! That is absolutely obscene. HOD2&3 cost me $20 on sale at Circuit City.

Robotube

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DaiMacculate — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:09:47 MDT

Gonna reiterate the Sega Arcade+Wii=love formula, one of the most positive examples of 3rd party game porting are their light gun shooters on the Wii.

This game? Not looking so great by comparison ;)

DaiMacculate

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sanyo — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:02:57 MDT

@WildVulture: Thirded. I've had Ghost Squad for a while now, and I just bought HotD2&3 plus a Nyko Perfect Shot today. Sega wins in the arcade-shooter-port department.

Also, the Perfect Shot feels great. It's far superior than the Wii Zapper.

sanyo

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eatrice — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:01:38 MDT

Ha. I love this game. Wouldn't buy it... but come on, school girls hiding in dumpsters, pleather dominatrices, guys who try to either chock or flex you to death, and the suicide bomber who could be confused as a flasher.

What's not to love?

eatrice

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battra92 — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:59:22 MDT

I would certainly pay $5 for Area 51 1 & Site: 4 collection. Likewise I'd pay $5 for this game. I might MIGHT pay $30 for a collection of say a collection of like 4 of 5 of the old rail lightgun shooters.

Random q here: Why wasn't Lethal Enforcers included as an unlockable? I mean, Konami has the game so it shouldn't be that hard.

battra92

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VioletArrows — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:52:48 MDT

Ugh. I played this a few weeks ago when Best Buy was having a game night on campus. It was so awful I didn't make it through the first level before putting it down and walking away.

VioletArrows

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fnool — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:46:59 MDT

Uh.

"lag" has a very specific meaning, and this is not it.

Also shovelware.

fnool

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suburbancowboy — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:46:46 MDT

Time Crisis, with the option to use the wii balance board as the duck button would be awesome.

suburbancowboy

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Pezdispenser — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:45:53 MDT

In case any Sega employees are browsing our comments, I would TOTALLY pay $30 for a Virtua Cop compilation. :)

Pezdispenser

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kidko — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:38:26 MDT

I looks like a Tim & Eric video

kidko

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Shiryu — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:37:03 MDT

Shovelware (or sh*tware if you like) always hit hardest on the most popular machines. Godo times when the Gamecube didnt get many games per month, but the goo game ratio was much better... nowadays everyone thinks they can make Wii games... what the hell, world!? Begone, shovelware!

Shiryu

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yojimbo32 — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:35:56 MDT

@Leobebes: Yeah, that is just not true.

yojimbo32

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Brian Crecente — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:34:29 MDT

@Leobebes: Ummmm, you're missing the point, the gameplay has major technical problems.

Brian Crecente

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Leobebes — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:33:10 MDT

Umm you guys are missing the point. It's not about the graphics its about the gameplay. This looks more fun than GTAIV and MSG combined. Its about fun guys.

Leobebes

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whiptcracker — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:31:49 MDT

Just an FYI, Target is spelled wrong in the headline.

whiptcracker

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Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:29:29 MDT

@broomperson: The fact that they're 3rd party means there's no thinking on Nintendo's part at all. If there was they would be 1st party.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

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Zazu_Yen — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:27:41 MDT

@Jeff Paine: Indeed, most American Laser Games are the D-Movies of the arcade world. Noteworthy for their badness and hilarious when you're in the right, usually altered, mood.

Zazu_Yen

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broomperson — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:26:06 MDT

God, Nintendo really needs to rethink their 3rd party games. This looks fun to plug a few quarters into, but $40?

broomperson

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moo422 — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:25:57 MDT

my understanding is that all the actors are the arcade development teams' friends/families .. and shots are context-sensitive -- you can shoot everyone in the balls or kneecap everyone in the game if you wanted to .. ?

moo422

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Grahamunculus — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:25:37 MDT

How about some lethal enforcers for the virtual console? Or maybe some virtual cop action?

Grahamunculus

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WildVulture — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:25:16 MDT

@Pezdispenser: Right on. My favorite light gun games are already on the wii and work fine. I guess I'd pick up Crisis Zone if it came out, but my lightgun itch has been scratched for a long time with Ghost Squad and HotD 2+3.

WildVulture

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Ashurahori — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:22:55 MDT

Port that lightgun game that appears in Back to the Future 2, and we're set.

Ashurahori

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Jeff Paine — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:21:34 MDT

We seriously need some of American Laser Games' lightgun shooters on the Wii. Even the ones that horribly fail are funny for a couple laughs at how cheesy they are.

Jeff Paine

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OldManGaming — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:19:03 MDT

"At times the lag is so bad that you can't reload and shots are so delayed you end up hitting people who weren't even on screen when you pulled the trigger."
that's hilarious... except for the other part where they want $40 for it. Then that's not funny at all.

OldManGaming

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chemical_eng_mx — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:17:44 MDT

39.99?
When I see the price at $5-$10 it'll make a great prank gift.

chemical_eng_mx

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Zazu_Yen — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:16:57 MDT

"Could Target: Terror be it?"

No.

Now if they remake that cowboy western "Quick Draw" game and include an "Authentic Leatherette" belt and holster for the Wii Mote (with the option of having two) THEN we'll be talking.

Or better yet, Outlaws II. Outlaws is a game that deserves a sequel and with good light gun action it could be awesome.

Zazu_Yen

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Cloral — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:16:55 MDT

It seems weird to think that someone is still making games with digitized graphics. I thought they completely died out with the introduction of 3d video game systems.

Cloral

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Krondonian — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:16:05 MDT

@pd771: Bad game =/= bad console.

But I'm incredibly surprised you put that 'it's digital graphics hold up well on the Wii'. From here it looks more Goldeneye than anything.

Maybe seeing it in motion would change that?

Krondonian

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BloggyMcBlogBlog — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:15:50 MDT

This game could be uglier than "Cruis'n".

BloggyMcBlogBlog

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k1llm3kwik — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:14:08 MDT

40 Bucks? WTF...That seems a little high to not even have a new coat of paint. Even RE4 Wii was 29.99...

k1llm3kwik

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jayntampa — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:13:25 MDT

@pd771: So, if your Porsche stalls because you put bad gas in it, it's the car that sucks? Don't blame the Wii for the bad games ... there are plenty of good ones on the system.

jayntampa

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Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:12:16 MDT

I still wonder who at Konami thought it was a good idea to put their own name on this game. Maybe they should have revived the Ultra Games label for it.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

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fuchikoma — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:11:44 MDT

Wow. A laggy lightgun shooter.
So in other words, don't buy it because it doesn't work, period? That's sad.

Maybe we'll get Point Blank later, it was good on DS. Or Mad Dog McCree, I actually spent some time on that one in arcades.

fuchikoma

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pd771 — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:10:37 MDT

They're charging $40 for this shit!!! This is why the Wii sucks. $40 bucks for a budget title, just because the system is so popular

pd771

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Pezdispenser — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:09:10 MDT

"Light gun games on the Wii, though, are a match made in heaven, or at least they could be if someone ever finds the right match. Could Target: Terror be it?"

No.

Ghost Squad and House of the Dead 2&3 were really good, so I think I'll stick with them.

Pezdispenser