Point Blank is a first-person arcade shooter developed by Namco. Players use two attached light guns to hit targets onscreen; missions require speed, quick judgment or pinpoint accuracy. The game consists of non-violent, all-ages, shooting contests like shooting targets, shooting cardboard targets, etc.
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Thought this was a Jim Henson muppet game then I discovered the country of Japan.
WarioWare as a light-gun game. Hell, it's WarioWare almost a full decade before the first WarioWare. Just a rapid fire succession of short, wacky minigames all designed around your light-gun peripheral. You have 2 seconds to shoot the correct stuffed animal. You have 10 seconds to shoot as many criminal targets as you can, but don't hit the civilians! Shoot this car 50 times to blow it up like in Street Fighter. Shoot the meteors before they hit you! Over 70 variations of how to shoot at the screen in different, wild ways.
What makes Point Blank 1 special above all else, though, is the adventure mode they added to the home release. It's a full blown RPG/adventure game with an overworld to explore, NPCs to interact with, and the minigames functioning as its battle system. Accosted by an enemy in a "random battle"? You'll play one of the 70 minigames in Point Blank. Succeed and you'll gain some experience, money, and maybe even an item. Fail and you'll take some health damage.
It's a brilliant way to repackage and reuse the minigames in a new form for the home release. This adventure mode is one of the best things I've ever played with a light-gun and I wish there were a dozen more games like.
What makes Point Blank 1 special above all else, though, is the adventure mode they added to the home release. It's a full blown RPG/adventure game with an overworld to explore, NPCs to interact with, and the minigames functioning as its battle system. Accosted by an enemy in a "random battle"? You'll play one of the 70 minigames in Point Blank. Succeed and you'll gain some experience, money, and maybe even an item. Fail and you'll take some health damage.
It's a brilliant way to repackage and reuse the minigames in a new form for the home release. This adventure mode is one of the best things I've ever played with a light-gun and I wish there were a dozen more games like.
Every arcade shooter, as much as I love them, just can't help but put some BS meant to eat your quarters. Maybe this game has them, maybe this game doesn't - it just never feels that way, either because it's so much fun or because it's masked so well behind the pace and structure. Always a romp. 1v1 me, bro.
i fucking love shooting guns!!!!
Juegazo de mi infancia que me quiero pasar entero cuando tenga más tiempo en el arcade.
this game is raw