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1027:Bullet Mark
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769:– 2000–2003
757:Sega Saturn
715:Super Scope
668:ZX Spectrum
635:Granada plc
618:Prinztronic
468:Beam Gun –
327:)) to do a
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279:Wild Gunman
200:video games
80:"Light gun"
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1727:Categories
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980:archived
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773:GunCon 2
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648:Nintendo
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528:Unisonic
518:Heathkit
470:Nintendo
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351:GunCon 3
270:Nintendo
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410:Console
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630:– 1978
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462:Models
439:Attack
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226:arcade
204:pistol
196:arcade
190:and a
171:Atari
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699:ASCII
678:Atari
498:Atari
493:Qwak!
434:Taito
182:is a
112:JSTOR
98:books
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