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=== Light gun === {{Main article|Light gun}} [[File:Nintendo-Entertainment-System-NES-Zapper-Orange-L.jpg|thumb|NES Zapper]] A [[light gun]] is a peripheral used to "shoot" targets on a screen. They usually roughly resemble firearms or ray guns. Their use is normally limited to [[rail shooter]]s, or [[Shooter game#Shooting gallery|shooting gallery]] games like [[Duck Hunt]] and those which came with the ''[[Shooting Gallery (game accessory)|Shooting Gallery]]'' light gun. A rare example of a non-rail first person shooter game is [[Taito]]'s 1992 [[video game]] ''Gun Buster'', a [[first-person shooter]] that used a [[joystick]] to move and a light gun to [[Free look|aim]].<ref>{{KLOV game|8036|Gun Buster}}</ref> Though light guns have been used in earlier [[arcade game]]s such as [[Sega]]'s ''[[Sega Periscope|Periscope]]'' in 1966<ref>Ashcraft, Brian (2008), ''Arcade Mania! The Turbo Charged World of Japan's Game Centers'', p. 133, Kodansha International</ref> and ''Missile'' in 1969,<ref>{{KLOV game|10600|Missile}}</ref> the first home console light gun was released for the [[Magnavox Odyssey]] in 1972; later on, [[Nintendo]] would include one standard on their Famicom and [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], called the [[NES Zapper]]. Nintendo has also released a "shell" in the style of a light gun for the more recent [[Wii Remote]] called the [[Wii Zapper]] which comes bundled with the game ''[[Link's Crossbow Training]]''.
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