shooter

Konami's Silent Scope was a fun arcade shooter that featured a gigantic sniper rifle that magnified your target. Unfortunately you could easily get through the game with about five bucks in change. It was eventually released on the Dreamcast and PS2 with no extras and no gun peripheral and naturally wasn't received well. This GBA version is a near carbon copy of the original, and Konami smartly decided to add some extra stages (including one on an ocean cruiseliner) that help make Silent Scope a game you'll come back to. It's challenging at first, not to mention there are parts when you'll have to take out enemies via a headshot and it is hard to see and control at the same time considering the GBA's small screen, but once you get the hang of it Silent Scope is a breeze. The graphics are shockingly faithful to it's arcade counterpart, and the audio isn't half bad either although the background noise can be repetitive. All in all, Silent Scope may have seemed questionable at first to be released on the GBA, but I for one was surprised at how well it holds up here, and fellow GBA gamers will be as well.