SEGA Light Phaser Gun

The Light Phaser is a light gun controller created by Sega for the Sega Master System. It is the Master System’s equivalent to Nintendo’s Zapper for the Nintendo Entertainment System or Atari’s XG-1 for the Atari 7800 and XEGS. It was released alongside the Master System in the US in 1986, and also saw a release in Europe, Brazil and South Korea.

The Light Phaser is a plastic gun consisting of a light sensor (in the tip) which is focused on a small area of the screen; and a trigger (which corresponds to Control Pad button 1). When the trigger is pulled, a compatible game flashes the screen in a way that is detectable by the light sensor, and hardware built in to the console allows the game to determine where the gun is pointing. The phaser is heavier than its Nintendo counterpart, but considered by some to have a more responsive trigger and more accurate targeting.

These light zappers only work with old style TVs – CRT

Will not work on modern LCD/LED/PLASMA

Compatible Game List