Unusual Light Gun!

[mick_aka]

I picked up a light gun yesterday, the usual Japanese guns are totally black with an embossed Sega logo near the back, like this one:





However the one I picked up yesterday...




as you can see has yellow trigger and start button, it still has the usual SEGA logo embossed near the back but also the Japanese style Sega Saturn logo on each side.

I've never seen one of these before and I cant find any other pics of one anywhere, anyone else seen one of these before?

Mick.

[morcar]

Looks like you have a rare item there better keep it safe and clean

[mick_aka]

It would appear so! I've asked around a bit more tinight and scoured the internet only to find nothing out about it!

[morcar]

Maybe it was a developers gun you know how they like to use tools only made for them

[Dizzy]

The number for the gun is HSS-0152 (google it)

I found these site

www.genkivideogames.com/displaysinglegame.asp?display=single&catno=hss0152&title=Sega+Saturn+Gun+Controller+Arcade+Model

or take a look here (have a lots of other cool saturn hardware)
ruliweb.empas.com/ruliboard/read.htm?main=ac&table=ma_saturn&page=1&num=292&find=&ftext=&left=z&time=

[mick_aka]

No explanation as to why it's different though, I have the ones that were bundled with virtua cop 1&2 in Japan and they are all black!

I'd love to know what it came with originally.

[Dizzy]

you need a dude speaking japanese

[Dizzy]

sorry this is a korean site

using babelfish translation (sucky) it say (above the picture)

33. The HSS-0152 the tax shook off the bird, pe loach case

* 96 September 20th sale. Net price 2900 $$ln
* pe Loach proposal new style model. It compares in the HSS-0122 which is a spherical model the accuracy of aiming is improved,
The start button and tree well! it was changed with the color where the color of the button is yellow

[mick_aka]

That certainly makes sense, I had a play on Area 51 with it earlier and it seems a hell of a lot more accurate than my blue UK Virtua Gun.

[superdeadite]

I saw one of these in DenDen on my last trip. It was cheap, but I would have had to buy another Saturn to use it though so I passed for now.

[marc]

I always thought the black gun was bundled with jp version of virtua cop 2.......I may be wrong though.

[mick_aka]

My Virtual cop 1 & 2 jap guns are totally black with no yellow trigger or sticker :/

[marc]

I am pretty jealous.......my friend was round the other day for a saturn sesh.......after I had dazzled him with twinkle star sprites ( best 2 player shooter ever?) among others, decided to drop the tempo and play a couple of gun games...........stuck virtua cop 1 on and then realised my (horrible) blue saturn gun was goosed......it's the trigger .......might take it apart and try and fix it......but now I have seen your " piece" I want one too.........

in fact I am going to snag the one from genki for 15 dabs

Cheers for the link dizzy........

[segaste]

For years i've always thought the colours of the guns in the game were blue and thats why the light guns were blue.

Dunno where i got that idea from

[marc]

Sounds dead sensible ste..........pretty sure the original sega arcade machine guns in the uk were blue..........could be wrong.