Virtua Gun
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| Made for: Sega Saturn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Tec Toy (BR), Samsung (KR) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Virtua Gun (バーチャガン), known as the Stunner in North America, is the official light-gun peripheral for the Sega Saturn.
As the name might suggest, the Virtua Gun was built for Virtua Cop and Virtua Cop 2 in mind (even being designed by their creators, Sega AM2[8]), and was bundled with these games as a result (though it was also available separately). It was also bundled with The House of the Dead in Europe and Asia.
Japanese Virtua Guns are black, but due to regulations in other territories, colours had to change. European models are blue due to UK law[9] while and North American models were only sold in safety orange, to comply with US firearm regulations.
The Virtua Gun debuted in late 1995 and was officially supported by Sega throughout the console's lifespan. In contrast, the Saturn's main rival, the PlayStation, never received a true first-party light gun, with Konami's Hyper Blaster (Justifier in the US) shipping in early 1996, and the first in Namco's GunCon series of light guns releasing in June 1997.
Contents
Compatible games
- Area 51 (?)
- Battle Athletess Daiundoukai (?)
- Chaos Control Remix (?)
- Crime Patrol (?)
- Crypt Killer (?)
- Daisuki (?)
- Death Crimson (?)
- Die Hard Trilogy (?)
- Gun Frontier Arcade Gears (?)
- The House of the Dead (?)
- Jinzou Ningen Hakaider: Last Judgement (?)
- Kochira Katsushikaku Kamearikouenmae Hashutsujo Nakagawa Land Dai Race! no Maki (?)
- Mahou Shoujo Pretty Samy: Osorubeshi Shintaisokutei! Kakubakuhatsu 5 Byou Mae!! (?)
- Maximum Force (?)
- Mighty Hits (?)
- Policenauts (?)
- Scud: The Disposable Assassin (?)
- Virtua Cop (?)
- Virtua Cop 2 (?)
Localised names
| Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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| English | Virtua Gun | Virtua Gun |
| English (US) | Stunner | Stunner |
| Japanese | バーチャガン | Virtua Gun |
| Korean | 버쳐 건 | Virtua Gun |
Artwork
US logo
Photo gallery
JP model (HSS-0122)
JP model (HSS-0122) (reverse)
JP model (HSS-0152)
EU model
US model
Magazine articles
- Main article: Virtua Gun/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
| Saturn, JP (HSS-0122) |
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| Saturn, JP (HSS-0152) |
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   Box |
| Saturn, JP (Virtua Cop) |
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  Box |
| Saturn, JP (Virtua Cop 2) |
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 Box |
| Saturn, JP (Virtua Cop/Virtua Cop 2) |
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  Box |
| Saturn, JP (Virtua Cop/Virtua Cop 2/The House of the Dead demo) |
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  Box |
| Saturn, US (MK-80113) |
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      Box |
| Saturn, US (Virtua Cop) |
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  Box |
| Saturn, US (Virtua Cop 2) |
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 Box |
| Saturn, EU |
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  Box |
 Manual |
| Saturn, EU (Virtua Cop) |
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  Box |
| Saturn, EU (Virtua Cop 2) |
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  Box |
| Saturn, EU (The House of the Dead) |
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  Box |
| Saturn, PT |
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| Saturn, DE (Virtua Cop) |
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 Box |
| Saturn, KR (Virtua Cop) |
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      Box |
| Saturn, AS† (The House of the Dead) |
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| Saturn, BR (Virtua Cop) |
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  Box |
 Manual |
External links
- Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Saturn
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/gun.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-02-10 00:47)
- ↑ File:JinzouNingenHakaider Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
- ↑ File:VirtuaCopSaturnJPSpine.jpg
- ↑ File:Virtua Cop 2 Sega Saturn Japan Spinecard.jpg
- ↑ Press release: 1995-10-30: Sega unleashes exclusive lineup of arcade hits for Sega Saturn
- ↑ Sega FY 1997 Brand Review, page 10
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-11-24), page 11
- ↑ Maximum, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-11-xx), page 116
- ↑ Maximum, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-11-xx), page 117
