Blasts from the past

Once upon a time, on-rails shooters ruled the arcades, and arguably no company did the genre better than Sega. Whether blasting criminals in Virtua Cop, gunning down zombies in House of the Dead or taking down dinosaurs, aliens or whatever else strays in front of your barrel, Sega brought a rich collection of shooters to arcade cabinets everywhere. Now the company's ported the chopper-tastic pair Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns Arcade Hits Pack to Wii at a budget price to try to convince you that the genre's not quite dead.

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