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Shack's Arcade Corner - Silent Scope

Take aim and take your shot in this unique 1999 arcade release from Konami. Join Greg Burke as he breaks down Silent Scope.

Ozzie Mejia

August 5, 2015 3:30 PM

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Ready! Take aim! Your target is in sight! Boom! Head... Hit!

This is the setup for Silent Scope, a 1999 arcade release from Konami that centered around being a sniper. While it looked like a standard on-rails shooter, nothing about the cabinet's design was standard, as it included a unique sniper rifle attachment with its own LCD display housed in its scope. Greg Burke breaks down everyhthing that made Silent Scope such a unique entry to arcades during a time where the arcade scene was starting to die down.

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Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?