Lethal Enforcers
Lethal Enforcers is a 1992 light gun shooter released as an arcade video game by Konami. The graphics consist entirely of digitized photographs and digitized sprites. Home versions were released for the Super NES, Genesis and Sega CD during the following year and include a revolver-shaped light gun known as The Justifier.
| Lethal Enforcers | |
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Arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Director(s) | Yoshiaki Hatano |
| Designer(s) | Yoshiaki Hatano |
| Programmer(s) | Yoshiaki Hatano Hiroshi Matsuura H. Ueno |
| Artist(s) | Steve Johnson Jun Narita D. Marshall K. Hale |
| Composer(s) | Kenichiro Fukui |
| Series | Lethal Enforcers |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Super NES, Genesis, Sega CD, PlayStation (as Lethal Enforcers I & II) |
| Release | September 1992 |
| Genre(s) | Light gun shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
The game was a critical and commercial success, becoming one of the top five highest-grossing dedicated arcade games of 1993 in the United States. However, it caused controversy as it allowed players to shoot photorealistic representations of enemies.
Lethal Enforcers was followed by Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters. Both games would later be released in the two-in-one compilation Lethal Enforcers I & II (Lethal Enforcers Deluxe Pack in Japan) for the PlayStation. Years later, Konami released the Police 911 series as a Japan-themed sequel to the original plot. This was also followed by the arcade game Seigi No Hero, which was localized and renamed as Lethal Enforcers 3 for Western audiences.