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Menacer

The Menacer is a light gun peripheral released by Sega in 1992 for its Sega Genesis and Sega CD video game consoles. It was created in response to Nintendo's Super Scope and as Sega's successor to the Master System Light Phaser. The gun is built from three detachable parts (pistol, shoulder stock, sights), and communicates with the television via an…

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Developer
Mac Senour
Introductory price
US$59.99 (equivalent to $138 in 2025)
Manufacturer
Sega
Platform
Sega Genesis
Power
Six AAA batteries
Released
NA: October 1992 · EU: November 19, 1992

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Menacer

Nodes92
Edges91
Triples103
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021739
Components1

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related to Reception · 25
Menacer → August, Chicago Tribune, Consumer Electronics Show, Dennis Lynch, Digital Spy, Great Zapper War, Matthew Reynolds, Mean Machines Sega, Menacer's, Multiple, Nintendo, Pargh, Reynolds, Sega, Super Scope, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Andy, The Hawk Eye, The Herald Sun, The Menacer's, Toronto Star
related to Games · 23
Menacer → Accu-Sight, Aim, Breakout, Earl, Games, In, In Front Line, In Pest Control, In Rockman's Zone, Inadvertently, Later, Once, Players, Power Zone, Ready, Some, Space Station Defender, The, There, ToeJam
related to Description · 22
Menacer → Binocular Module, Calibration, CRT, Digital Spy, In, It, Master Module, Menacer's Accu-Sight, Sega, Sega Force, Sega Genesis, Stabilizer Module, Super Scope, Super Scope's, The, The Hawk Eye, The Menacer, The Super Scope, The Toronto Star, There
related to history · 18
Menacer → Blockout, David Robinson, Earl, He, His, Joe Montana, Joe Montana Wide Receiver, Mac Senour, Master System's Light Phaser, Nintendo Super Scope, Sega, Sega Japan's, Sega's, Senour, The Menacer, These, ToeJam, Training Camp
related to External links · 4
Menacer → Media, Sega Menacer, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
is a · 3
Menacer → light gun peripheral for the Sega Genesis, light gun peripheral released by Sega in 1992 for its Sega Genesis and Sega CD video game consoles, successor to the Master System's Light Phaser.Mac Senour
Released · 2
Menacer → EU: November 19, 1992, NA: October 1992
Developer · 1
Menacer → Mac Senour
Introductory price · 1
Menacer → US$59.99 (equivalent to $138 in 2025)
Manufacturer · 1
Menacer → Sega

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sega games game gun light wrote released super six-game mega 1992 peripheral scope senour player menacer's cartridge controller though reviewers

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MenacerDeveloperMac Senour1.00infobox
MenacerIntroductory priceUS$59.99 (equivalent to $138 in 2025)1.00infobox
MenacerManufacturerSega1.00infobox
MenacerPlatformSega Genesis1.00infobox
MenacerPowerSix AAA batteries1.00infobox
MenacerReleasedNA: October 19921.00infobox
MenacerReleasedEU: November 19, 19921.00infobox
MenacerTypeLight gun1.00infobox
Menaceris alight gun peripheral released by Sega in 1992 for its Sega Genesis and Sega CD video game consoles0.90text
Menaceris alight gun peripheral for the Sega Genesis0.90text
Menaceris asuccessor to the Master System's Light Phaser.Mac Senour0.90text
Menacerrelated to DescriptionThe0.60section

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