Gaming peripherals like the Nintendo Zapper were incredibly popular in the '80s, but today they're not compatible with most ...

Few arcade genres left as big an impact on gaming as light gun shooters. Combining fast-paced action, reflex-based gameplay, and innovative arcade cabinets, these games became some of the most ...

Well, in truth, you won’t need a GunCon this time around, and that’s the retro beauty. Chinese technology company Dashine Electronics is pairing up with Bandai Namco to officially resurrect 1995’s ...

It's time to bring back a classic genre. What types of games have suffered a painful decline to the point where the genre barely exists any more? Brawlers, perhaps - Final Fight’s characters now live ...

Typically when we talk about 'accuracy' as it relates to retro game emulation, it's about how closely modern software can replicate the functions of retro hardware, exactly as those machines worked ...

The light gun can see that scan, and by comparing when the scan goes by against one of the synchronizing signals, the software can determine the position of the gun. The reason you can't see that scan ...

It's that time of the video game console cycle where we look forward to the next generation. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are coming - they've even got names - and that means we can all sit ...

Traditional light guns rely on quirks of CRT technology, and thus don’t play well with modern LCD televisions and monitors. However, die hard retro gamers aren’t known for moving on from the classics, ...

Something to look forward to: When it comes to light-gun titles, few are as well-known as Time Crisis. Playing the game the way it was intended on a modern TV isn't an easy task, but a company has ...

In a time when text messaging and social media are often the preferred means of communication, it’s no surprise that online gaming has almost entirely replaced the more intimate days of couch co-op, ...