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*''[[T2: The Arcade Game]]'' (Mega Drive) | *''[[T2: The Arcade Game]]'' (Mega Drive) | ||
*''[[Who Shot Johnny Rock?]]'' (Mega-CD) | *''[[Who Shot Johnny Rock?]]'' (Mega-CD) | ||
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The Menacer is a wireless lightgun created by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive video game console in 1992, as a response to the Super Scope by Nintendo. The Menacer is made up of three interconnected sections. The main section alone can be used as a pistol. A skeletonized shoulder stock can be added for extra support. The third removable section are twin sights that are clipped on to the top of the barrel. The twin sights are often seen as impractical, as one can not effectively see what one was shooting at.
The Menacer is powered by 6 AAA batteries and is not connected by a wire to the console but by an infrared beam that relays signals to a receiver box that would ideally sit on top of the television. The receiver box has to be plugged into the console in the second controller port. Advertised as "the most accurate light gun ever," the Menacer retailed for $100 in North America.
Since the Menacer uses scan lines to determine where the user is aiming, it will only work with CRT-based television sets. It also won't work with frame grabber cards or TV tuners that redirect the output to a computer screen. The Menacer is not compatible with all lightgun games - most notably Lethal Enforcers, which requires Konami's own Justifier gun.
Contents
Compatible games
- Body Count (Mega Drive)
- Corpse Killer (Mega-CD, Mega-CD 32X)
- Crime Patrol (Mega-CD)
- Mad Dog McCree (Mega-CD)
- Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold (Mega-CD)
- Menacer 6-Game Cartridge (Mega Drive)
- Monster Hunter (Unreleased)
- T2: The Arcade Game (Mega Drive)
- Who Shot Johnny Rock? (Mega-CD)
Photo gallery
Receiver
Magazine articles
- Main article: Menacer/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Game Informer (US) #8: "January/February 1993" (199x-xx-xx)[5]
- Sega Visions (US) #11: "February/March 1993" (199x-xx-xx)[6]
also published in:
- Mega Force (PT) #3: "Agosto 1993" (1993-0x-xx)[7]
Patents
US5351969
Physical scans
| Mega Drive, US |
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   Cover
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| Mega Drive, US (with T2: The Arcade Game) |
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  Cover
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| Mega Drive, EU |
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  Cover
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| Mega Drive, BR |
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 Cover
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References
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-28), page 82
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-15), page 15
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 GamePro, "December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 46
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 GamePro, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 216
- ↑ Game Informer, "January/February 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 32
- ↑ Sega Visions, "February/March 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 8
- ↑ Mega Force, "Agosto 1993" (PT; 1993-0x-xx), page 67