3-in-1 Super Gun Famicom Cart
By: Jason Hogan

Platform: Famicom/Pirate
Developer: TXC Corporation
Publisher: TXC Corporation
Players: 1 Player
Release Date: 1993
Genre: Light Gun Zapper
Saving Option: None

I once heard of unlicensed rare games out there that made use of the Zapper. I know of games like Chiller and Baby Boomer but I never heard of this one before. Behold... 3 in 1 Super Gun! A game made by unlicensed company TXC which contains three Zapper games in one, which are totally fun! I should stop with the rhyming now...

Storyline: 0/5
There's no storyline here. That is unless a snake charmer, rookie cop, and clown need help shooting stuff... but no.

Graphics: 3/5
Some half decent stuff here. I was impressed. I mean, seeing this is an unlicensed multi-cart, the graphics could've been worse. In fact, each game on the cart appears to have slightly different graphics. The snake game has cartoonish-looking snakes pop out of jars while the cop game shows a nice "break-effect" when you shoot the cut-out villains/innocent people. The glass bottles the clown throws in "Clowr" also show a nice effect when hit. The characters themselves like the snake charmer and clown have a novice-look to them and don't look the greatest... but they get the job done.

Sound: 2/5
The sound is a bit weak but enjoyable in a 'unlicensed-type' way. Each game has its own unique theme; Clowr has a circus-fun theme while Snake Charmer has Arabian music. Music wasn't the greatest to come out of the NES but gets the job done none the less. Same can be said about the sound effects. The scuffing the Snake Charmer makes and what little else is in the game. The firing sound that is made when you click the Zapper is good.... that's about it though.

Gameplay: 4.5/5
Basically, the cart itself contains three Zapper games. "Clowr", which is a misspelling of "Clown", has you shoot the glass bottles that a clown tosses into the air. The second game, "Snake Charmer", has you shoot snakes from pots which are summoned by the snake charmer himself. You cannot soot the red snakes or you'll lose, you shoot the blue snakes only. "Shooter" is a rip-off of Hogan's Alley where you shoot the cardboard cut-outs of criminals and avoid shooting innocents. There are also three modes of difficulty; low, medium, and high.

Control: 5/5
When a game uses the Zapper, with the exception of Chiller, it's usually dead on. You need to press start on controller 1 though to start the game, select, or d-pad to chose one of the games. Once there, you need to shoot your range of difficulty which was a nice touch other than just pressing start on them.

Fun Factor: 5/5
Mostly any Zapper game would be great enough to get 5/5... maybe except Laser Invasion and Chiller and maybe some others. 3 in 1 Super Gun, however, is tons-o-fun for various reasons. Reasons include: it's rare, unlicensed, three unique games in one (maybe except Shooter but at least it isn't Hogan's Alley), etc. I just wish there were more games...

Frustration: 1/5
Not much to get pissed over is this game. For an unlicensed multi-cart, it has precise hit detection from the zapper and displays nice effects to objects when they're hit. Sound could've been better but who cares? The only thing I wished for was if there were more games on there... I mean, 5 in 1 or even 10 in 1 would've kicked ass! I guess you can't expect too much from an unlicensed and unknown company such as TXC.

Overall: 4/5
A great game which maybe impossible to find nowadays, it's something that a lot of NES FANZ out there don't even know about. In fact, as I said before, I just found out about it! Somebody gave me a scan of the Famicom cart for this game and I had to wonder if it was really for it or not. I mean, there's a picture of the gray Zapper along with three screen shots; one of Duck Hunt, Hogan's Alley, and Wild Gunman. Regardless, keep on the look-out for this mysterious multi-cart Zapper game because its a keeper!

-info, all scanned, and camera pictures for use on NES Player only