Rifle

A recurring firearm featured as a standard or collectible weapon across various retro action, shooter, and role-playing games.

Action

Role-playing (RPG)

14

Games

1992–2002

Years

4

Platforms

$21.01

Ø CIB

-54%

24M change

About

In action titles like Contra III: The Alien Wars and Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues, the rifle serves as a primary ranged weapon for combatting alien and dinosaur threats. It appears as a selectable firearm upgrade in Lethal Enforcers 1 and 2, and as an equipable long-range weapon in the gothic RPG Koudelka. In Army Men: World War, it represents the standard-issue military firearm used by plastic soldier units.

In Contra III: The Alien Wars (1992) and its Contra III [Plastic Back] (1992) release, this weapon functions as the default armament, providing unlimited ammunition but requiring precise positioning due to its basic damage output. For Alien 3 (1993), the weapon is depicted as a rapid-fire pulse variant, forcing players to carefully manage ammunition reserves while rescuing captives. In the SNES (1994) and Game Boy (1995) releases of Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues, the weapon features dual-firing modes, allowing players to switch between lethal bullets and non-lethal tranquilizer darts to satisfy specific mission parameters.

Within the light-gun compilation Lethal Enforcers 1 and 2 (1997), players secure the weapon by shooting specific background targets, granting a temporary automatic firing rate that is lost upon taking damage. In the tactical combat of Koudelka (1999), the firearm bypasses traditional magic defenses but is subject to weapon breakage and finite ammunition pools. Finally, in Army Men: World War (2000), the weapon's effectiveness is dictated by terrain and distance, serving as the mechanical baseline for squad-level engagements.