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Gun | Lunar Gun |
| Manufacturer | Naki | |
| Cord Length | 8' | |
| Rating | C+ |
| Name | Synopsis |
|---|---|
| Meia | The idea of this gun is very cool. I was exited when I heard the gun had a laser sight. It turns out that you can only adjust the laser vertically though so the laser’s not always right on. It was pretty accurate though and the gun was light so overall it was a good gun. |
| Bonaire | Naki’s medium-gray Lunar Gun might not be visually appealing—in fact, it’s so remarkably similar in appearance to Konami’s Justifier that I’m convinced Naki either licensed or outright stole Konami’s design—but it has a couple of nice features and a very crowd-pleasing "optional" add-on they should have built into the Gun from the get-go. (I mean, really, a peripheral for a peripheral? Yeesh.) The Lunar Gun’s nicest feature is its lack of weight. Nyko’s otherwise wonderful Cobra Gun has a little too much heft for extended play—at least when supported by my toothpick-sized arm—but the Lunar Gun practically floats in my palm. The auto-fire features aren’t activated by a switch, but by holding the START button and pulling the trigger to toggle the various modes on and off. (There are red, green, and yellow LEDs on the left side of the Gun, each mode shown by a different color.) Would’ve been nice if the packaging or instruction pamphlet had described this procedure, of course (d’ohh). As for the Red Sight, it’s a strap-on version of the laser pointers making their way into the hands of annoying punks everywhere as the prices inevitably come down. The Sight slides into the bottom of the Gun’s barrel, and draws all its juice from the Gun, which means no batteries requires—take that, Rumble Pak. Two problems, though. The first is that, while you can line it up vertically, you can’t line it up horizontally—and mine aims about an inch right of center. I’m think this is an intentional design, as Naki’s website mentions you have to calibrate games to adjust for the beam. Maybe the Sight’s beam, if it were precisely aimed, would reflect back and interfere with the Lunar Gun’s own sensors. (Or maybe I’m just talking a bunch of crap.) In any case, I thought the whole point of a laser was pinpoint accuracy, y’know? |
| Innova | Naki's Lunar Gun is ugly, not very ergonomic and doesn't perform even close to the high standards set by Namco's GunCon. But, it does feature nice little gimmick that almost makes it a worthwhile purchase. This gimmick is a "Red Sight" that works a laser sight for the gun. Though this is an excellent idea, it just doesn't work well because the gun's accuracy is crap, making it impossible to line up the laser sight correctly. |