Atari XG-1 light gun
The Atari XG-1 light gun is a controller bundled with the Atari XEGS which was released in 1987 and is compatible with the Atari 7800 and Atari 2600. The XEGS, where "GS" stands for "game system", is an Atari 65XE computer with the form factor of a game console. The XEGS shipped with one light gun game, Bug Hunt. Atari eventually released five games on the 7800 that use the controller: Alien Brigade, Barnyard Blaster, Crossbow, Meltdown, and Sentinel.
The XG-1 is a specialized light pen. Light pen support was built into the Atari 8-bit computers when they were introduced in 1979. The Atari 400/800 Hardware Technical Reference recommends a calibration procedure each time the light pen is used, so that the software can compensate for this offset. A calibration procedure would improve the accuracy of the light gun. Bug Hunt and Barnyard Blaster for the XEGS each have unique hard-coded values.
Games
- Alien Brigade (7800)
- Bug Hunt (XEGS)
- Barnyard Blaster (7800/XEGS)
- Crossbow (7800/XEGS)
- Crime Buster (XEGS)
- Meltdown (7800)
- Operation Blood disk (XEGS)
- Operation Blood II - Special Forces (XEGS)
- Gangsterville (XEGS)
- Sentinel (2600/7800)
Unreleased
- Shooting Gallery (2600)