Lethal Enforcers
Encyclopedia
Lethal Enforcers is a 1992 shooting game
released for the arcades
by Konami
. It is best known for its revolver
-shaped light gun
known as the Konami Justifier
, its digitized graphics, and the controversy over its content.
Home versions were released for the Super NES
, Sega Genesis and Sega CD during the following year. The home versions makes use of a revolver
-shaped light gun
known as the Konami Justifier
, which came packaged with the game. A standard controller can be also used in lieu of the light gun in these versions. A second-player Justifier light gun, pink in color, was available only by mail order from Konami, and is very hard to find today.
Lethal Enforcers was followed by Lethal Enforcers II: Gunfighters
. The Japanese arcade game Seigi No Hero was localized to Western markets as Lethal Enforcers 3
. The game is also featured alongside Lethal Enforcers II in the two-in-one compilation titled: Lethal Enforcers I & II (Lethal Enforcers Deluxe Pack in Japan), released for the PlayStation
in 1997
.
The player takes control of a police officer named "Don Marshall", who has one day decided to go to the donut shop for a break. While sipping the last drop of coffee, he gets a call from the police department. They said that a major crime organization has invaded town, and they need his help. He is one of the two survivors of the elite group of officers. The rest have ended up in the hospital or killed. Once the call ended, he decided to check out the bank. From that point on, he is going to experience the toughest job that he would had during his years in the police force, He has been assigned and agrees to help stop a growing crime wave that puts the city's security in serious jeopardy, along with a helper (A second player can join in).
Initially armed with a standard-issue service revolver, the player can acquire upgraded weapons during the course of play: a magnum revolver, an automatic pistol, a shotgun, or an assault rifle. When the player loses a life, his weapon reverts to the basic service revolver.
Bad guys always wear sunglasses or masks, while fellow police officers and innocent bystanders are always barefaced.
The series of Missions are as follows:
Light gun shooter
Light gun shooter, also called light gun game or simply gun game, is a shooter video game genre in which the primary design element is aiming and shooting with a gun-shaped controller. Light gun shooters revolve around the protagonist shooting targets, either antagonists or inanimate objects...
released for the arcades
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
by Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
. It is best known for its revolver
Revolver
A revolver is a repeating firearm that has a cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing. The first revolver ever made was built by Elisha Collier in 1818. The percussion cap revolver was invented by Samuel Colt in 1836. This weapon became known as the Colt Paterson...
-shaped light gun
Light gun
A light gun is a pointing device for computers and a control device for arcade and video games.Modern screen-based light guns work by building a sensor into the gun itself, and the on-screen target emit light rather than the gun...
known as the Konami Justifier
Konami Justifier
The Konami Justifier was a light gun used in numerous video arcade and home console games developed and/or published by Konami and Sega. Konami manufactured variations of the gun for the Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Super Nintendo, and PlayStation consoles. The gun was similar in appearance to a Colt...
, its digitized graphics, and the controversy over its content.
Home versions were released for the Super NES
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
, Sega Genesis and Sega CD during the following year. The home versions makes use of a revolver
Revolver
A revolver is a repeating firearm that has a cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing. The first revolver ever made was built by Elisha Collier in 1818. The percussion cap revolver was invented by Samuel Colt in 1836. This weapon became known as the Colt Paterson...
-shaped light gun
Light gun
A light gun is a pointing device for computers and a control device for arcade and video games.Modern screen-based light guns work by building a sensor into the gun itself, and the on-screen target emit light rather than the gun...
known as the Konami Justifier
Konami Justifier
The Konami Justifier was a light gun used in numerous video arcade and home console games developed and/or published by Konami and Sega. Konami manufactured variations of the gun for the Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Super Nintendo, and PlayStation consoles. The gun was similar in appearance to a Colt...
, which came packaged with the game. A standard controller can be also used in lieu of the light gun in these versions. A second-player Justifier light gun, pink in color, was available only by mail order from Konami, and is very hard to find today.
Lethal Enforcers was followed by Lethal Enforcers II: Gunfighters
Lethal Enforcers II: Gunfighters
Lethal Enforcers II: Gunfighters is a 1994 arcade prequel to the original Lethal Enforcers, takings place in the American Old West.-General information:...
. The Japanese arcade game Seigi No Hero was localized to Western markets as Lethal Enforcers 3
Lethal Enforcers 3
Lethal Enforcers 3, known as Seigi no Hero in Japan is a 3D arcade light gun game which is the third installment to Konami's Lethal Enforcers series.-Background:...
. The game is also featured alongside Lethal Enforcers II in the two-in-one compilation titled: Lethal Enforcers I & II (Lethal Enforcers Deluxe Pack in Japan), released for the PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
in 1997
1997 in video gaming
-Events:*October 4 — Gunpei Yokoi dies after a double car accident.*November – Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association launched.*3rd annual E3...
.
Plot
Set in Chicago, Illinois, United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
The player takes control of a police officer named "Don Marshall", who has one day decided to go to the donut shop for a break. While sipping the last drop of coffee, he gets a call from the police department. They said that a major crime organization has invaded town, and they need his help. He is one of the two survivors of the elite group of officers. The rest have ended up in the hospital or killed. Once the call ended, he decided to check out the bank. From that point on, he is going to experience the toughest job that he would had during his years in the police force, He has been assigned and agrees to help stop a growing crime wave that puts the city's security in serious jeopardy, along with a helper (A second player can join in).
Initially armed with a standard-issue service revolver, the player can acquire upgraded weapons during the course of play: a magnum revolver, an automatic pistol, a shotgun, or an assault rifle. When the player loses a life, his weapon reverts to the basic service revolver.
Bad guys always wear sunglasses or masks, while fellow police officers and innocent bystanders are always barefaced.
The series of Missions are as follows:
- The Bank RobberyHeistA heist is a term used to describe a robbery from an institution such as a bank or a museum, or any robbery in which there is a large haul of loot.Heist in fiction may refer to:*Heist , directed by David Mamet...
: A group of criminals have broken into a bank in force with assault weapons, Don was sent to deal with the criminals in the area with assistance from police. The boss of the stage used a biological hazard truck to carry the money and attacked with a M202A1 Flash rocket launcher. - Chinatown Assault: A gang warGang WarGang War is a 1928 gangster film, best known for being the main feature attached to Steamboat Willie, the debut of Mickey Mouse in sound. The film starred Jack Pickford in his last major role, as "Clyde", a saxophone player whose love for a dancer named Flowers traps him in the middle of a gang war...
breaks out between two rival Triads groups after a car bomb went off. Sent to pacify the situation, the remaining gang members attempted to escape via the subway system. Pursuing the getaway subway train, the confrontation ended with a battle against the Triad Leader as he was assisted by his personal group of sharpshooters. - HijackingAircraft hijackingAircraft hijacking is the unlawful seizure of an aircraft by an individual or a group. In most cases, the pilot is forced to fly according to the orders of the hijackers. Occasionally, however, the hijackers have flown the aircraft themselves, such as the September 11 attacks of 2001...
: A wanted General for War Crimes assisted by a group of well trained soldiers have hijacked a passenger plane in order to escape the country to a nation which will offer him amnesty against his native country. The fight ends with him personally attacking as he prepares to take off with a Milkor MGLMilkor MGLThe MGL is a lightweight 40 mm semi-automatic, 6-shot grenade launcher developed and manufactured in South Africa by Milkor Ltd. The MGL was demonstrated as a concept to the South African Defence Force in 1981. The operating principle was immediately accepted and subjected to a stringent...
used as his personal weapon. - Drug Dealers: A group of drug dealers were caught in a sting at the Docks, fighting through the dealers near not only the freighter, the fight extended to the luxury yacht Heather II and then at the loading bay of the warehouse. Preparing to cut their losses, some criminals escaped onto the highway as a Helicopter armed with an AutocannonAutocannonAn autocannon or automatic cannon is a rapid-fire projectile weapon firing a shell as opposed to the bullet fired by a machine gun. Autocannons often have a larger caliber than a machine gun . Usually, autocannons are smaller than a field gun or other artillery, and are mechanically loaded for a...
attacked. In the Nintendo Version, this was switched to Arms dealers - Chemical Plant SabotageSabotageSabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening another entity through subversion, obstruction, disruption, or destruction. In a workplace setting, sabotage is the conscious withdrawal of efficiency generally directed at causing some change in workplace conditions. One who engages in sabotage is...
: The ringleaders of the new crime wave were caught, as a final resort, they have threatened to destroy a nearby Chemical PlantChemical plantA chemical plant is an industrial process plant that manufactures chemicals, usually on a large scale. The general objective of a chemical plant is to create new material wealth via the chemical or biological transformation and or separation of materials. Chemical plants use special equipment,...
which if sabotaged could result in a lethal dose of chemicals into Chicago's water supply, threatening millions of lives. Aside from professional gunmen, they were assisted by remote control attack rovers. The ringleader was defeated as he attacked in the AH-64 ApacheAH-64 ApacheThe Boeing AH-64 Apache is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew. The Apache was developed as Model 77 by Hughes Helicopters for the United States Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter program to replace the...
helicopter.