Namco's Time Crisis series was one of the most popular light gun shooter franchises of the '90s, with the first three games becoming sizeable hits both in arcades and on home consoles.
However, in more recent years, the series has become arcade-exclusive, with 2015's Time Crisis 5 never getting ported to home formats.
Thankfully, because it's running on Unreal Engine 3 and Windows, you can actually play Time Crisis 5 natively on your modern-day PC – a fact that more people need to be aware of, we think.
There's a guide on how to do this here, and it's worth noting that you'll be using your mouse to interact with the game, as light gun support isn't included.
However, with the Sinden Light Gun on the market, there's the chance that someone might make Time Crisis 5 compatible for a more authentic experience.
Would you like to see a Time Crisis collection on modern-day systems? (144 votes)
- Yes
- No
- I don't care
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Where's the poll option "Heck Yes" and "I want light gun for this current generations" lol. I even bought old nintendo wii for playing light gun games just a couple of days ago, it seems it will arrive this night 😃
I'm beginning to think maybe I should bought a new nintendo wii and softmod it myself and begin collecting new/sealed nintendo wii titles on ebay, nowadays I like retro stuff waay more than modern console gaming, except for nintendo and indies.
Many arcade games, like Star Wars Battle Pod, run on Unreal Engine for Windows. However, due to copy protections (such as security dongles), the executable typically won’t start. This is where TeknoParrot comes in handy. By using TeknoParrot, you can launch games like Time Crisis and customize various settings, such as input configurations, allowing you to use devices like the Sinden Light Gun or Wii Remotes.
Time Crisis in VR would be amazing.
@wiiware Lots of fun gun games on the Wii! I can recommend The House Of The Dead: Overkill, HOTD 2 & 3 Returns, Dead Space, RE. There’s some arcade ports too, I believe that were fun. I was just thinking about replaying some of these earlier today 👍 I bought some plastic Wiimote gun molds and they made the experience way better.
Discovered Teknoparrot last year, and it has brought me so much joy, finally being able to play all those arcade games that I would never have been able to experience otherwise, including this one.
@Blast16 Yeah, it really would be a crime NOT mentioning Ghost Squad and the Gunblade NY & L.A. Machineguns double pack. Those are must haves for any light gun enthusiast! <3
@NicolausCamp I couldn’t think of the names off the top of my head, but that’s what I was talking about!! 😃
For the Wii guys: In times you have nothing left to connect a Wii with (no composite etc.) using the Dolphin Bar (you can get it from Amazon or Ali) on windows is a fantastic way to play the Wii gun games on modern hardware! It allows you to use your Wii Remote seamlessly with the Dolphin Emulator, unlocking all the enhancements it offers.
@Hydra_Spectre I picked Under Cover on the Quest 2. It plays a lot like a TC style shooter. It's ok. I couldn't put my finger on why it didn't grab me. Probably that the controllers don't have enough feedback/recoil. I'm not entirely sure.
@BoomBasti Interesting, I didn’t know that. I haven’t used Dolphin before, but I’ll keep in mind. Thanks!
@Blast16 Yup, already got the light gun games and plan to buy the wii gun mold. I got wii2hdmi adapter and the resolutions is kind of bad on my 4K tv though, I heard wii2hdmi isn't good and I can get better picture with component cable (fosmon cable in amazon seems to have great reviews).
@Hydra_Spectre All light gun in vr would be amazing, I really like until dawn rush of blood on psvr1 back then, but vr rarely get light gun games
@wiiware Maybe you already have experience here, but just in case:
Keep in mind that these upscalers are ultimately working with 480p video, so even the "good" ones will make the games look pixelated on a modern (especially 4K) screen.
Unless you use an emulator to play in actual, native 4K, you'll inevitably have to choose between blurry and pixelated, as that's all the Wii console itself can do!
@smoreon Yeah, in the end I already return the wii console and plan to buy wii u to play wii games, it's nicer to have hdmi compatible console. I bought the wii u before I bought ps4 back then but I already sold them, I think I'm gonna search for a wii u now lol.
@wiiware Yeah, Wii U is a simple way to get crisp video over HDMI. It'll still be pretty pixelated, though.
From what I've seen, there's also some cool stuff you can do with GameCube games via Nintendont (homebrew for Wii U). which lets you play them with improved performance and I think widescreen as well.
@smoreon That's nice, the reason I'm now interested in wii u is because I heard there's new homebrew called aroma which is really good. I already finished most of the good wii u games back then (or bought the switch version), so I'm only interested in wii and gamecube games.
I hope we'll get wii & gamecube games on nintendo subs on switch 2 though, and nintendo to sell new wireless (and with internal battery) wii and gamecube controller again
@BoomBasti TC5 runs great in VR with Virtual Desktop since controllers act as mouse pointers, it's like playing with light guns. You can even disable the cursor to make it feel even more so, and it's still accurate unlike a Wii remote.
@NicolausCamp Any good guides for Teknoparrot?
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