There are three arcade gaming genres that I care for. Arcade platformers, vertical shooters and anything that involves a bloody big gun.

The ‘story’: Take two blaxploitation cops, Special Agent G and Detective Washington, and give them a vocabulary of mainly expletives. Pop up increasingly gory hand cannon fodder every second or so and… and, erm, well that’s it.

This one really isn’t for kids. Although the blood and guts is normal fare for a game like this, the swearing in the game is really over the top.

Utterly brilliant ‘on-rails’ shooting fun.

If you really want the full on arcade effect (minus any meaningful recoil from the Wii remote), then buy a HOTD Hand Cannon. Forget the Wii Zapper it just doesn’t cut it in HOTD land. In gleaming white, the Hand Cannon is immense, really big, you know, Dirty Harry-esque.

It’s quite light without the remote plugged in, but once it is and the nunchuk is cabled down the back of the gun handle, it’s pretty well balanced and weighted. It also brings a smile to your face. You big kid.

A good successor to the Namco G Con 2 Light Gun.