Wii owners looking for more light gun action may enjoy Konami's Target Terror, a port of the 2004 arcade game created by Eugene Jarvis (of Defender and Robotron 2084 fame). It's not exactly the prettiest video game, thanks to now dated graphics and cheesy looking digitized actors, but providing it's priced right, we're more than willing to bust some caps in the heads of evildoers.
Much like previous Wii shooters Ghost Squad and Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, you play Target Terror with the remote and/or Wii Zapper, pointing it at the screen and pressing the trigger to dispatch bad guys. You play as a counter terrorist agent charged with saving the entire U.S. from terrorist threats. Your goal to destroy all scumbags will take to you various locales around the country, including the Golden Gate Bridge, Los Alamos National Laboratory and a Denver Airport. This all culminates in a mad scramble aboard a hijacked plane that you must prevent from being flown into the White House.
In order to vanquish your foes, the game throws a few weapons your way, including the standard handgun, an automatic rifle, freeze gun, grenade launcher, flamethrower and finally, an orbital laser. There's also a Justice Mode that enables you to dual wield two weapons (probably two remotes) at once.
Although it deals with sensitive subject matter, Target Terror is anything but serious. All of the actors were digitized into the game, similar to the arcade classic Area 51, and they all look ridiculous. Furthermore, there are outlandish mini games, such as the one that tasks you with driving golf balls into terrorists riding golf carts. Consider this one of the few times you can laugh at terrorism.
It looks like a fun time, but our decision to snag this game comes down to pricing. We're not plunking down $49.99 for a three year old arcade game that probably takes less than an hour to beat. But if Konami prices it between $19.99 and $29.99, we'll definitely bring these terrorists into our living rooms...and kill them. Prepare to save the world sometime in the first quarter of 2008.





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