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{{ Infobox CVG system
|title = Magnum Light Phaser
|image = Sinclair magnum light phaser.jpg
|caption = The Magnum Light Phaser
|manufacturer = [[Amstrad]]
|type = [[Video game controller]]
|generation = 
|lifespan = 1987
}}

The '''Magnum Light Phaser''' is a [[light gun]] created in 1987 for the [[ZX Spectrum]] computer. A version was also released for the [[Commodore 64]]/[[Commodore 128|128]]. It was [[Amstrad]]'s last peripheral for the [[microcomputer]]. The Magnum Light Phaser in many ways resembles the [[Light Phaser]], the [[Master System]] light gun, released in 1986. It was a Sinclair-branded Far Eastern product which was included in promotional bundles such as the "James Bond 007 Action Pack", along with a small number of lightgun-compatible games.

It was also available separately in a £29.95 pack along with six games. Only a few games bothered with lightgun compatibility (''[[Operation Wolf]]'', the original arcade gun game, was the most notable<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Liam |title=12 light guns we loved and lost |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/videogames/a673915/12-best-and-worst-gaming-light-guns-from-duck-hunts-nes-zapper-to-the-sega-menacer/ |access-date=8 May 2022 |work=Digital Spy |date=17 October 2015}}</ref>) and fewer still were produced specifically for use with the Magnum. Even so, the lightgun was widely available, largely because Amstrad's bundling policy ensured wide distribution.

Software Creations created five exclusive games for the Commodore 64 package.

==Supported Games==

ZX Spectrum:

*''[[Bullseye (British game show)|Bullseye]]''
*''James Bond 007''
*''Missile: Ground Zero''
*''[[Operation Wolf]]''<ref>{{cite news |title=The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #58 – Operation Wolf |url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/07/the-top-100-your-sinclair-zx-spectrum-games-58-operation-wolf/ |access-date=8 May 2022 |work=Flickering Myth |date=1 July 2016}}</ref>
*''Robot Attack''
*''Rookie''
*''Solar Invasion''

Bundled with the Commodore 64 version:
*''Baby Blues''
*''Cosmic Storm''
*''Ghost Town''
*''Goosebusters''
*''Gunslinger''
*''Operation Wolf'' (replaces the NEOS mouse control option)

Bundled with the Commodore 64 Lightgun package, and compatible with the Magnum:
*''Army Days''
*''Gangster''
*''Time Traveller''
*''Blaze-Out'' (compilation of Ocean game sequences with lightgun controls)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.crashonline.org.uk/67/magnum.htm Crash review of the Magnum Light Gun and Games]
*[http://segaretro.org/Light_Phaser Light Phaser]

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{{Sinclair computers and clones}}

[[Category:Light guns]]
[[Category:ZX Spectrum]]
[[Category:Commodore 64]]
[[Category:Game controllers]]
[[Category:Amstrad]]


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