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The Sega Dreamcast video game console had several light guns between the years of 2000 and 2003.

Dreamcast Gun

The Dreamcast Gun is a light gun that was made specifically for the Sega Dreamcast. However, it was released only in Europe and Asia, where it is the official light gun for use. It works on American consoles, as all Dreamcast peripherals are reigion-free. American gamers could either import this controller at inflated prices, or choose from two third-party controllers released for the system. However, the Dreamcast Gun was purposely disabled for use with American games. This was an intentional move on Sega's part, who were worried about bad press after the Columbine massacre. Instead, Mad Catz released an officially licensed light gun in America, which does work with Sega's US gun games. The official European and Asian Sega Dreamcast Gun does work with Virtua Cop 2 on the Sega Smash Pack (which was only released in the United States). It also works with all freeware Dreamcast lightgun games.

The pistol-shaped gun has two expansion slots that are compatible with the VMU and the vibration pack. This allows the player(s) to save their games and get a more authentic arcade-like experience. The gun has been acclaimed by users as being extremely accurate.

Star Fire Light Blaster

This light gun was created by Interact. It has an auto-relead feature, which gave gamers mixed results. The auto-reload had split-second delay, and although more realistic in terms of timing, was not exactly what many gamers had in mind.

Dream Blaster

Mad Catz's Dream Blaster is the official Dreamcast light gun for use in the United States. This is the reason why it features official Sega branding on the side of the gun and has a design mimicking the Dreamcast Gun. This gun also features an auto-reload feature. However, unlike the Star Fire Light Blaster, it lacks the delay involve, thus giving the player(s) an infinite stream of ammunition.

Bio Guns

DCX Blaster

The DCX Blaster is an almost exact clone of the original Dreamcast Gun, except that it's painted black and has minor stylistic variations. It features a single expansion slot for rumble pack or memory card and is compatible in all regions. It is variable firing configurations which include: manual-reload & triggered-fire, auto-reload & triggered-fire, and auto-reload & auto-fire.

Hais DC Mini Gun

The Hais DC Mini Gun is a dreamcast light gun compatible with all US dreamcast light gun titles. It has single shot, autofire, and has a built in vibration function. The gun is quite small, but is surprisingly comfortable to hold. There is no VMU slot.

Supported games

Commercial games

Counterintuitively, Silent Scope does not support light guns.

Death Crimson OX
Death Crimson 2 (Japan Only Release)
Demolition Racer: No Exit (minigame)
Confidential Mission
House of the Dead 2
Virtua Cop 2 (in the Sega Smash Pack
and also as a stand-alone release in Japan)

Freeware games

bloop
SMSPlus
NesterDC
Pop a Cap
Revolver

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