Rambo, the light gun shooter, from Sega...

[twinturbo2]

I hadn’t heard anything about this one prior to today, but Kobayan reports that Sega has a new lightgun shooter out on test in Japan at the moment. Rambo is obviously based on the film series starring Sylvester Stallone, and is Sega’s first attempt at taking the license to the arcade (the company previously produced Master System and Mega Drive Rambo games). According to Kobayan, the game uses an anger gauge which provides a power boost and temporary invincibility when filled. The report also hints at various special events throughout the stages, of which there were two on display. No word yet on if this one will get an international release, but with the popularity of the Rambo films in the West, there’s definitely a good possibility.

Sauce

Hopefully, it's better than those recent Rocky games...

[Gig]

Sauce Hopefully, it's better than those recent Rocky games...

How many bamboo huts do you get to blow up?

[Link1110]

Didn't they have this for Sega Master System? I guess it's a remake.

[twinturbo2]

How many bamboo huts do you get to blow up?

I'm hoping that there will be blood on a House of the Dead level, myself.

Hm, should I be suprised with this one? I mean, in Ghost Squad, you can dress up the player characters in Rambo-ish outfits...

Didn't they have this for Sega Master System? I guess it's a remake.

It's a totally new game, a Lindbergh-powered light gun shooter.

[muckhole]

Awesome. I think bjork had a thread a bit back asking why nobody was making a game for the new Rambo flick. It really did seem like a no-brainer.

[jooey]

Didn't they have this for Sega Master System? I guess it's a remake.

would you mind reading the words in between "Rambo" and "Sega?"

[samratty]

I welcome a new Sega lightgun game, being based on Rambo just sweetens the deal.
A Wiiport would be nice, but I don't know hoe feasible.

[M3wThr33]

GunCon3 version, preferably.

[Link1110]

would you mind reading the words in between "Rambo" and "Sega?"

"The light gun shooter?" I'm pretty sure the Angry Video Game Nerd showed one of those in passing during the "Rambo games on other systems" part of his Rambo NES review.

Edit: It's Rambo 3. Start watching this at 10:10.

[doomed1]

GunCon3 version, preferably.

not gonna happen, as long as the guncon is namco. a wii version i can see though...

[M3wThr33]

not gonna happen, as long as the guncon is namco. a wii version i can see though...

Uhh. Namco actively is asking other companies to support their peripheral.

Heck, Virtua Cop Elite Edition used the GunCon2. And Konami used it for their PS2 light gun games.

[Of All Trades]

not gonna happen, as long as the guncon is namco. a wii version i can see though...

Namco and Sega partnered in some way for Vampire Night on the PS2.

[Everdred]

Please don't say sauce.

[Toy Soldier]

I would jizz out of my ears if this is true.

Rambo? Fucking awesome movie, deserved a game.

Rail shooters? Awesome, perfect for the sort of orchestrated gore that would be necessary in a Rambo game.

Gimme it.

[careful]

YES, give me that last scene from Rambo with just wave after wave of bad guys. You don't even need to give me different levels, just that scene going on forever.
Also, make sure the guys explode when you shoot them.

[HyperZone<3]

Great news, a new light gun shooter from Sega.

Also great, its likely to come out of Japan at some point, unlike Cobra: The Arcade, Lupin the IIIrd, and that Gundam light gun shooter. Western friendly license FTW!

[Troidal]

It needs to either be a Ak-47 machine gun or a placement gun like Gunblade NY and just KILL, KILL, KIIIIILLLLLL!!!!!!!

....ehem, this would be a sweet game :) More lightgun games from Sega is always a huge welcome for me.

[gkrykewy]

Uhh. Namco actively is asking other companies to support their peripheral.

It just sold so well compared to the Wiimote, I'm sure they're having to beat suiters away with a stick. Good luck with that, Namco.

[AlternativeUlster]

Great news, a new light gun shooter from Sega. Also great, its likely to come out of Japan at some point, unlike Cobra: The Arcade, Lupin the IIIrd, and that Gundam light gun shooter. Western friendly license FTW!

There was a Lupin the III light gun game? Awesome. I knew that Lupin had that arcade game that was similar to Dragon's Lair but that was it.

[Dash Kappei]

More lightgun games is ALWAYS a good thing.
Hell, Sega (Am2?) makin'it? Count me in.

Wait what, Rambo? Holy Super Sweet deal.

[mentalfloss]

Perfect

Shot

Gun

[The Bookerman]

DO FREAKIN WANT!

I hope you can hear Stallone scream when unloads a gun nonstop like in Rambo 2.(Much like Snake in Snake eater, when he unloads an m60.)

[Count Dookkake]

Pretty cool news.

I hope there is a "Son of Rambow" option that turns the graphics into a child's drawing with pew-pew-pew sound effects.

[BobTheFork]

I remember Rambo (first blood part 2) for Master system being one of my favorite games, and being insanely hard. If I remember you shared lives between the players and my friends all got killed before we could get anywhere.

[beermonkey@tehbias]

Guncon 3 is dead. It's all about the Nyko Perfect Shot and lastgen Wii graphics at this point.

[Brianemone]

I would seriously go to an arcade to play it. Seriously

[twinturbo2]

I would jizz out of my ears if this is true. Rambo? Fucking awesome movie, deserved a game. Rail shooters? Awesome, perfect for the sort of orchestrated gore that would be necessary in a Rambo game. Gimme it.

It's being loketested in Japan, so it's true.

[mentalfloss]

Guncon 3 is dead. It's all about the Nyko Perfect Shot and lastgen Wii graphics at this point.

[Metal Gear?!]

Uhh. Namco actively is asking other companies to support their peripheral.

Too bad they don't sell it apart from their ridiculously overpriced package.

Good luck with that, Namco.

[beermonkey@tehbias]

I know the truth hurts. Do you need a hug?

[Cravis]

Fingers crossed for a Wii Port. I played Rambo 3 on the Genesis the other week. It still holds up fairly well and is very enjoyable.

Sega needs to just copy MGS 3 Snake Eater and make a third person Rambo game for the PS3 and 360. I can see them doing it. They've been getting quite a few licensed properties lately. Older classics are not out of the question either with them making Aliens.

[mentalfloss]

I know the truth hurts. Do you need a hug?

What truth?

[Danthrax]

Sega's really been pushing the light gun games lately. It's kind of nice to see them try to find an identity, honestly.

[twinturbo2]

Sega's really been pushing the light gun games lately. It's kind of nice to see them try to find an identity, honestly.

Yeah, now where's my Virtua Cop compilation for the Wii?

[Opiate]

What truth?

Economic truth. Guncon 3 is a peripheral that didn't sell very well for a system with the smallest install base on current gen, and the most expensive development cycle. Furthermore, there still hasn't been a succesful light gun game on the PS3 (although that's of course a chicken and egg situation, where the only game that's tried is Time Crisis, but it still sold poorly).

By contrast, the Wii has a much larger install base, has proven to be fertile ground for light gun games, is cheaper to develop for, has proved particularly profitable for Sega so far, and has the "gun" built in with every system sold, not as an additional peripheral that almost no one has.

Never say never, of course, but the economic realities completely and entirely favor a Wii port, if any port were to be made.

[Cravis]

Yeah, now where's my Virtua Cop compilation for the Wii?

They probably think the VC games look dated unfortunately. That was their reasoning for not including the first House of the Dead in HotD 2 & 3 Return. Regardless of looking dated or not I'd loved to have an arcade perfect version of the original HotD.

[Opiate]

Just out of curiosity, how many Guncon 3s are out there? 200k or so?

Even without all those other factors (Lightgun games succeeding on Wii so far, cheaper development for Wii, Sega's general success with Wii), the fact that there are 200k Guncon 3s and 24 Million+ Wiis should explain why the odds are so heavily stacked in the Wii's favor.

Now, if we were talking about FPS, then the roles would be reversed (as the PS3's install base in total is over 11 million, not just 200k, and the PS3 has shown a propensity to sell that particular type of game, while the Wii has not).

[levious]

Please don't say sauce.

yeah, where did this start?

[twinturbo2]

They probably think the VC games look dated unfortunately. That was their reasoning for not including the first House of the Dead in HotD 2 & 3 Return. Regardless of looking dated or not I'd loved to have an arcade perfect version of the original HotD.

I'd just be happy with Virtua Cop 3, tbh...

[Skiptastic]

I miss light gun games. :(

I get the feeling that Columbine and other such incidents have lowered the chances of success in the States, which makes me sad. I'd love for the 360 to come out with a light gun (maybe with some rumble?) and have XBLA ports of fun arcade games (Time Crisis, LA Machines, HotD, etc.) But that's the arcade fan in me talking.

[twinturbo2]

Well, judging from the comments from the link in the OP, Sega's Rambo game will probably end up as an Operation Wolf/ LA Machineguns style game, so if that's your kind of thing, there ya go.

Some Babelfish translations of a loketest in Japan...
http://world.altavista.com/babelfish...www.kobayan.jp
http://translate.google.com/translat...jp/%3Feid%3D65

[Danthrax]

yeah, where did this start?

4chan, like everything else.

[frankie_baby]

They probably think the VC games look dated unfortunately. That was their reasoning for not including the first House of the Dead in HotD 2 & 3 Return. Regardless of looking dated or not I'd loved to have an arcade perfect version of the original HotD.

actually wasn't it because they'd lost the sorce-code

[Cravis]

actually wasn't it because they'd lost the sorce-code

I had heard they thought it looked dated but I wouldn't be surprised if they lost the source code. I mean they did lose all those betas earlier this year that leaked lol.

[mentalfloss]

Economic truth. Guncon 3 is a peripheral that didn't sell very well for a system with the smallest install base on current gen, and the most expensive development cycle. Furthermore, there still hasn't been a succesful light gun game on the PS3 (although that's of course a chicken and egg situation, where the only game that's tried is Time Crisis, but it still sold poorly). By contrast, the Wii has a much larger install base, has proven to be fertile ground for light gun games, is cheaper to develop for, has proved particularly profitable for Sega so far, and has the "gun" built in with every system sold, not as an additional peripheral that almost no one has. Never say never, of course, but the economic realities completely and entirely favor a Wii port, if any port were to be made.

Oh, that truth.

[farnham]

Uhh. Namco actively is asking other companies to support their peripheral. Heck, Virtua Cop Elite Edition used the GunCon2. And Konami used it for their PS2 light gun games.

Nintendo isn't..?

[RyanDG]

http://rambo.sega.jp/

^ New website

http://img.am-net-bbs.com/show/sega200805/rambo01.jpg
http://img.am-net-bbs.com/show/sega200805/rambo02.jpg

Flyers courtesy of AM-net

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1215255_1124.html
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000...413/index.html

Small Sega Private Show Preview

[Skiptastic]

Well, judging from the comments from the link in the OP, Sega's Rambo game will probably end up as an Operation Wolf/ LA Machineguns style game, so if that's your kind of thing, there ya go.

Sweet. Now, if only arcades were still relevant...sigh...

[Prime crotch]

Wow, I'm in love with a lightgun arcade! It's too bad the gun you're holding is not an M60 though.

[Tom_Cody]

Oh Glory Yes!!!