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LCD TopGun Hands On Review

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the shot-in-the-dark dept.

Xbox Evolution writes "Lik Sang has done a hands on review of a lightgun that is compatible with Plasma, LCD, TFT & DLP. The review of the LCD TopGun which works with the PS2, Xbox and PC gives a good overview of the features and functionality."

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  1. A Little Too Real by Smarty2120 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Getting a light gun to finally work with all the different screen types is great. Unfortunately, the gun looks very close to a real Glock. There is a very good reason to make toy guns a bright obnoxous color, even if it kills the "I'm holding a real gun" buzz a bit. How long until some some little kid gets killed in a rough neighborhood by a cop who thought this thing was real?

    1. Re:A Little Too Real by nancypants · · Score: 2, Interesting

      That's obviously not a Glock, it's a Beretta, but what about the orange cap I thought all toy guns were supposed to have?

  2. Sad experience by LordMyren · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'd just built a projector out of a LCD monitor. It was rigged up out of lego's, cardboard boxes, duct tape and hot glue, in the nice dark basement. We had a seven foot tall screen of playstation 2 going and had been playing GTA3, GT3 and Armored Core all week.

    My friend went out and bought a light gun thinking how awsome it would be. "Does not work with monitors, lcd's or projectors."

    Of course, it was actually all three.

  3. Augmented gaming is better by ben_1432 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm not sure if anyone else is doing it, but an Australian uni group is working on an augmented gaming thing that looks significantly cooler.

    Why settle for a gun in your lounge when you can have a game incorporated into your surroundings?

  4. Shame under UK law to be introduced soon .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Those under 18 will not be allowed to purchase this as it comes under the definition of "imitation firearm".

    In fact it looks fairly realistic, if you removed the fake laser unit under the main "pistol" it could even be classified as a "realistic imitation firearm" and thus banned from sale in the UK.