Poll of the Day > Light Gun MMO

(+) Yeah! (+)

We need one.

Seriously, light gun games are still played all the time, even though you have to set up old systems to play them (may be the #1 reason for doing so at this point). It's a blast at parties etc, and making an MMO based on them would be freaking awesome.

You can get light guns that work with PCs or HDTVs (they are $60-$100, but I'm willing to bet a light gun MMO could be bundled with one for $100 total or less sign up fee).

VR versions would be even better, and the new MMO could be build with VR compatibility, but the initial cost to enter/play with a light gun could be far cheaper if you don't require the VR headset.

This needs to be done. I'm too old, I hate java, and I just don't have the motivation to build it myself, so, if you code, know game designers etc, get them working on this.

I got maybe 10 years left, I want this before I die please.
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Not even sure how that'd work on a logistic level, but lightgun games are kind of a dead genre considering that new games are rare and we haven't had a major title since.... maybe HotD:OK.

Don't get me wrong, I love lightgun games -- probably 3 or 4 of my top 25 favorite games are lightgun titles -- but it's not feasible for any number of reasons. And, more generally, one of the big reasons why I was excited for the Wii is that I thought it would lead to a lightgun renaissance. Instead, we got a handful of ports and a few new games.
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Yeah, the Wii was a let down, I even have a light gun conversion kit thingy for it, but never bothered using it.

Still, if we can do FPS MMO's there isn't really anything keeping us from doing Light Gun MMO's, and actually nothing keeping them from expanding traditional Light gun games to include huge number of players all shooting at their screens in a huge party (30+ people taking on a boss for instance with light guns).

Would just be another way of allowing input, and in theory people could use keyboard/mouse instead (but you would probably be faster with a light gun).

I think it could be a total blast honestly, and it would be (comparably) easy to make and get going. Something like an ungraded/expanded Phantasy Star Online, only light gun based.
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