Magnum Light Phaser
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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...
created in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...
computer. A version was also released for the Commodore 64
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
/128
Commodore 128
The Commodore 128 home/personal computer was the last 8-bit machine commercially released by Commodore Business Machines...
. It was Amstrad
Amstrad
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's last peripheral for the video game console
Video game console
A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...
. The Magnum Light Phaser in many ways resembles the Light Phaser, the Sega Master System
Sega Master System
The is a third-generation video game console that was manufactured and released by Sega in 1985 in Japan , 1986 in North America and 1987 in Europe....
light gun, released in 1986. It was a Sinclair-branded Far Eastern product which was included in promotional bundles such as the "James Bond 007 Action Pack", along with a small number of lightgun-compatible games.
It was also available separately in a £29.95 pack along with six games. Only a few games bothered with lightgun compatibility (Operation Wolf
Operation Wolf
Operation Wolf is a one-player shooter arcade game made by Taito in 1987. It spawned three sequels: Operation Thunderbolt , Operation Wolf 3 and Operation Tiger .-Description:...
, the original arcade gun game, was the most notable) and fewer still were produced specifically for use with the Magnum. Even so, the lightgun was widely available, largely because Amstrad's bundling policy ensured wide distribution.
Software Creations created five exclusive games for the Commodore 64 package.
Supported Games
Spectrum:- Bullseye
- James Bond 007
- Missile: Ground Zero
- Operation Wolf
- Robot Attack
- Rookie
- Solar Invasion
Bundled with the Commodore 64 version:
- Baby Blues
- Cosmic Storm
- Ghost Town
- Goosebusters
- Gunslinger
- Operation Wolf (replaces the NEOS mouse control option)
Bundled with the Commodore 64 Lightgun package, and compatible with the Magnum:
- Army Days
- Gangster
- Time Traveller
- Blaze-Out (compilation of Ocean game sequences with lightgun controls)