Crossbow / Cheyenne / Chiller
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It’s time to explore the way of the light gun with one important condition - it’s mounted to the arcade control panel. Our first episode of this new miniseries explores the transition from electromechanical to video with the Exidy light gun games that brought multiple C’s to the arcade with Crossbow, Cheyenne, and Chiller. Is the Chiller controversy valid? What is the best way to describe the gameplay of Crossbow? How shameful is it to be a former fan of Friends? Which Cheyenne gang has the best name and best members? And, as has been our habit, we answer some listener questions like the viability of modern-day fighting games being released in the arcades and what not great arcade games do we still love wholeheartedly?
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