WarioWare.... ....with a gun.

"It's fucking dumb, I love it!" -Derek, showing his love for video games and why I respect him for that. Nothing like unbridled honesty and emotion when playing video games. It reminds me of being a kid haha

When I first heard you were covering this series of games, I was pumped. After seeing it I am all the more happy. You did a fine job not only covering games but doing a phenomenal job describing the games and looking at the history and story behind the games. Kudos as always sir. Amazing.

I had Point Blank and I'm in the UK... Don't think it was an import.

Point blank was such an amazing game. I used to play it with my dad when i was like 7 years old. So fun

Great review. I especially loved your telling of the history regarding arcade shooters. At 6:22 you painted the picture that no one out there did anything like Point Blank in the arcade and everyone tried to compete with Time Crisis. I wonder, did you forget about Police Trainer? It came out in 1997 and (other than the lack of cartoony mascots) had virtually the same game play as Point Blank and, I think, was more popular.

They should have made a 4th one for the Wii.

I spent ages playing Point Blank on the PlayStation with my Dad when I was a kid. Good times, great game.

1:56 - Another Namco Reference: Heihachi from Tekken and seemingly Yoshimitsu.

bro, that made me happy when you pulled out ninja assault, i remember asking my dad if i can get it for my birthday, cause at the time in a bit of a weird time where crt's were a thing, but also flats were there as-well, i had a big flat crt, and getting ninja assault for the first time was a great time, although i was kinda upset that i didn't get a chance to use THE gun, i had to use this orange one, but still worth it

Hey! I remember seeing an arcade machine of this game back in a day and I live in Finland.

I just dusted off my old Guncon and old 12 inch tube TV, played some Time Crisis, which I haven't played since 1997, and it worked flawlessly. I was shocked at how well my Guncon worked. A very well made peripheral.

Man, I loved (and still love) this game. :D

One of my favorite ps1 games I saw this on an arcade machine in an airport as a kid and loved it and when I found it on disc? I was absolutely thrilled.

I've been following your series since your first videos and I have to say, you really, really stole my heart reviewing this game, amongst a few videos you pushed out. i love you and I love what KZfaq has to offer for gamers!

Great video, and oldie but a goodie. Point Blank 1 and 2 are my faves. They are just as you described, dunb and cute. Time Crisis is a decent port, but Gunbullet is just so much fun, especially with a 2nd player! This is why Im still a retro gamer...

Oooh cool this reminds me of the mini games on the Lethal Enforcers arcade cabinet! I loved those!

very pleasantly surprised there was a RPG quest game in the copy of Point Blank 0 i got. :-)

1 sentence summary of this game for those who aren't familiar with the game: It's the Wario Ware for light guns. The Point Blank is the number one game series i spent the most money on in the arcades (closely followed by House of the Dead and Virtua Cop, that's why i freaking LOVED my Sega Saturn. Had the Japanese version so i could also play the best fighting game of all time, X-Men Vs. Street Fighter and the other Vs. games)

SCREW THAT!!! I've been waiting forever and a day for a new episode!

CarnEvil! Wow is that a blast from the past. Used to play that game all the time when my parents weren't watching. Can't believe I forgot about that.

I remember playing the first two games and Rescue Shot as a kid. They were my first games growing up.

I remember playing the Point Blank games at the arcade. MAN were those fun! The only game I ever owned for my GunCon was Time Crisis unfortunately, but I pretty much played that game constantly until I beat every possible path multiple times :)

Hell yeah, Elemental Gearbolt! So when's that review coming?

I'm so glad I bought a bunch of light gun games back when I had money. I got Guncon, Justifier, Stinger, Guncon 2 and Super-Scope. I'm always on the prowl for more games to play them with; I never knew about Point Blank though. Thanks for the tip!

I remember playing Point Blank 1 and 2 on Sony PlayStation 1 when I was a kid but I never played the third one before. Point Blank is so much fun and enjoyable. I always love that shooting game. I wonder if Bandai Namco should make a compilation game of Point Blank series including the latest one for the Sony PS4/PS5, Microsoft Xbox One/Series X/S or Nintendo Switch. Point Blank is one of my favourite PS1 games and it is one of my favourite Namco games as well. It's probably one of the best Namco games/franchises of all time. Anyway greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪

I'm a brit and I've played on Point Blanc arcade cabinets. Thanks for reminding me of this fun series ^^

WOW..... just finished the video... you have ELEMENTAL GEARBOLT??? Truly a great Game Nerd you are lol. You do awesome and unique reviews and really give credit where it's due :) The gaming community NEEDS guys like you.

I have to admit the Point Blank games are some of the best gun games I've played in an arcade. Just fucking fun man.

Always keep old consoles and TVs around. ALWAYS!

Point Blank, The shooter of my PSX childhood, along with the house of the dead.

OH MY GOD. THIS SERIES :D I remember seeing these three games in Arcades all over the world, from here in Austria, to Italy or England, no matter where I traveled to. I always loved playing these :)

I just thought of something: How many takes did you have for the opening scene? Lifting a heavy TV like that more than once sounds pretty brutal.

I loved these games as a kid! So glad to see them get some attention!

I love how he casually has a boxed copy of EarthBound behind him. Lucky bastard...

I loved point blank in the arcade, and the force feedback of the guncon, I wish I could bring that experience home.

OMG Elemental Gearbolt .......nuff said, that games is spectacular.

This is why I set up my old tube in the bacement, for my light gun games.

The first time I saw the original game was in the arcades when on holiday as a child. My memory is kinda blurry, but I do remember being the only one in my family who was able to beat a certain game while they watched in awe as to how I did it. Oh, and I got my GunCon for 49p at Gamestation, lucky me! Shame I don't have the correct TV to use it though.

I used to play these games in my childhood and I loved it!

I loved playing Pointblank back in the day. I remember positioning the gun so I could hit the trigger super fast. The way the gun would kick back every time you shot.

I thank you HVGN for digging up this game. It's very underrated and forgotten.

A great series and glad to see this in a chain of arcades in the UK. NQ64 have point blank 2 cabinets. They rule!

Pointblank for xmas and the gcon 45 lightgun in 98 what a xmas!! Everytime i see it in a arcade which is rare now i insist on playing it lol

Nostalgic time wen i played this game as a kid

I had a point blank game when i was young, don't remember which but I played it with the pad and still liked it never had the gun.

It maybe the montior shape as your typical tube tv had a convext shaped screen versus the typical flat screens of LCDs, meaning the Guncom is only used to making accurate shots on a curved surface. Then again, I never played the Point Blank series outside the arcades from the best of my knowledge so I cannot confirm this theory at all.

Im from Germany , and i still played this game as a child :)

The minigames remind me of those NES zapper games like Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley. I like that!

Heh, go figure just after we finish playing the Point Blank series the other day you post this up. Lucked out finding 1 and 3 easy (2 required some digging), and the local record store just so happened to have two Guncons for $3 and $4 each. Love collecting and playing all these, even got the entire PS1 and PS2 collection of Time Crisis games. So much fun and antics when pulled out at parties, heh...sweet review, dood ^___^ ...And you SON OF A #$@% you pulled out Elemental Gearbolt XD Kudos!

About time these games got some love.

Happy video game nerd more like the awesome video game nerd.... i always wish i had a gun con back in the day, point blank looked soooo cool back in the day.

I remember playing this. So fun. Up until now I still couldn't beat the plane one where I had to shoot it down. That was fucking hard as hell. This brings back memories, thanks for uploading this.

Great work Derek, cheers from Costa Rica

I actually don't know a whole lot about TVs. My LCD is actually pretty crappy, so old school games look great on it. You can buy rear-projection flat screens, Lance at RWtv has one, and I'm pretty sure you can use those with light gun games. I'm not an expert on the subject though.

i loved this game when i was a kid, i still play it sometimes

+20 for using Magician's theme at the very end.

I played the second game in a truck stop! I wonder if it's still there though....

I miss this game so much.

Point blank VR would be amazing

I had this game as a kid - it was, in fact, AMAZING

They need to invent a "light" gun that does also work on flat screenies of any sort, led alike.

I've never played a light gun game on a console before, so knowing this video was coming up, I went to my nearest video game store and bought Time Crisis 2 just for the hell of it. I have no GunCon, or any other type of light gun, so I've been playing it with my controller, gonna be on the look out for these :D Great vid. BTW the way u made Point Blank seem so fricking hectic, it almost looks like it would DESTROY the ds screen from all the tapping....as I assume that's the only way u can shoot

Actually the reason for "tube" or CRT display is that LCD displays have lag and that lag causes the light guns detection system to not work.

Best light gun game ever made. Thank you for this review. This is the first time I've ever seen any mention of it in forever. I'm digging out my Guncons now. This made my day.

I remember in the UK a demo of this came with...tekken 2 I think, but I didn't realise it was in the case until a few months of having it, and when I got a lightgun I loved the demo. Although it was fun it was never enough for me to get the actual game. After seeing this I think I would've enjoyed it.

Sweatin' & downing some wine lol. Anyways great game pics with Point & Elemental, kudos for choosing to review the other gems of the 90's.

I remember getting Point Blank 2 and two Guncom's for Christmas years ago, me and my brother played the hell out of it the next day. I would like to see these games ported to PS3 with Playstation Move support, do it Namco then I'll finally have a good reason to get Playstation Move.

Man I played the hell out of Point Blank 1 as a kid, without the controller. Only now do I realise why me and my cousin sucked so bad at it :D

Ghoul Panic is worth hunting down .. Basically the same premise, but in 3D instead of 2d sprites, with added boss fights and 3D stages mixed in with the arcade modes. Also a lot more bonus/remix features than the PB games.. Quite a good game if you can find it, (Or for Americans, import it)

Very unique, Derek. I'm intrigued, and BTW, Point Blank I don't believe ever hit the Wii, but it DID hit the DS... is that what you meant? And happy to see the HVGN back in action, especially in light of the NC ending.

I played Point Blank multiple times in arcades as a kid, didn't know it was that obscure. I could never get the hang of it though and found it way too difficult.

Point blank was released around 98 in europe

Elemental Gearbolt is the game at the end of the video, if anyone wants to know.

My arcade still has it's Point Blank game after all these years, and I never really played it that much.... I'll be right back.

Pretty sweet rundown of the game. I loved playing 2 players with my brother. too bad we didn't have Guncons back then

I had a 3rd party carbon fiber colour walther ppk size gun and that worked with point blank on my ps1 so as far as i know u defo dont need to use a official guncon just incase anyone was wondering :)

Man, I really gotta get in touch with this Renard guy, I want the Point Blank OST too D:

I LOVE POINT BLANK!!!

Yo, Derek, I just came back from a local game shop where I picked up all 3 of the games, plus a Guncon packed in with PB3! Yeah, yeah, maybe a bit overzealous, but I'm sure I'll dig 'em. Plus a friend has Gearbolt but no gun, so looking forward to putting them to the test. Yup, I got an older tv available for them.

Does the copy of Illbleed that's hanging out in the background mean that we can respect a review of it soon? :)

Hello Derek, I hope you can help me out since you mentioned Ghoul Panic. I'd really like to get those pal games, but I'm not sure if the Guncon is going to work properly with pal games on an NTSC TV. Have you tried? I have tried with an unpatched iso of Virtua Cop Elite Edition (pal) on PS2 and calibration is quite good, but maybe I should buy the Japanese games and sacrifice language for gun accuracy. What would you recommend?

I actually got Ghoul Panic for mysefl no too long ago. The only real difference to point blank is that there are bosses, it's all in 3D and the theme is haunted house for everything. Also Ninja assault is awesome. Love that game.

Nice Illbleed copy in the background there. I would love to see a review of it. Maybe for Halloween ?

Great reviews, though the 3rd party Game Source PS-612 light-gun does actually work with these games, and I actually preferred it over the official Namco one for the size and built-in recoil.

Love Namco.

same here bro XD i find it hilarious thinking back to what used to scare me when i was a little kid.

These games are mindblowingly fun, played the hell out of them in the arcades. They truly don't make them like THESE anymore :(

They're still a tonne of fun without the gun so if you cba finding a workable tv and lightgun the games alone are worth the purchase

Point Blank is still quite common in arcades in Ireland

Thanks for reminding me about this, I used to play these games all the time but for some reason forgot about them. Gonna go look for them now :D

This looks really fun!

one of my favourites!, love it!

hell yeah Scoops!

I never liked playing against someone on any game except for the Point Blank games. In Belgium I found Point Blank 1 and 2 but never 3. And the Scorpion light gun from Blaze worked with the games too.

PS: I'm italian and I have a pal version of Point Blank so it was distributed at least here.

i remember me and my friend were about 10 wen we got this it got us so angry wen we lost and so happy wen we won

These are great reviews! You sir have earned a subscriber

'non violent series of games' while shoots down guy with gun haha

These games were really fun. I wish I would have bought them back in the day instead of just renting them.