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Arm cannons

Tools theme

Player character's arm is actually a cannon/gun, or can wield a gun that envelopes the hand/forearm or is mounted on the arm (e.g. wrist gun).

85
games
29
platforms

Alternate name: Arm guns

AM2R: Return of Samus (Linux)
AM2R: Return of Samus
LIN 2016-08
BioForge (MS-DOS)
BioForge
DOS 1995-04
Metroid Fusion (Game Boy Advance)
Metroid Fusion
GBA 2002-11-18
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge (Game Boy)
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
GB 1991
Mega Man & Bass (Game Boy Advance)
Mega Man & Bass
GBA 2002-08-10
Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation)
Final Fantasy VII
PS1 1997-01-31
Mega Man III (MS-DOS)
Mega Man III
DOS 1992
Mega Man 3 (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Mega Man 3
NES 1990-09-28
Saints Row: The Third (Xbox 360)
Saints Row: The Third
X360 2011-11-15
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick (Xbox)
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick
XBOX 2003-06-16
Mega Man (Game Gear)
Mega Man
GG 1995
One (PlayStation)
One
PS1 1997-11-20
Oldest example of any kind of arm cannon is possibly in Cyborg 009 (1964), and possibly oldest example of non-robot/mecha having such is in Cobra (1978). Neither are confirmed as earliest of either for now, as digging up examples of this is difficult at best.
See also: implant weapons
Not to be confused with hand cannons

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Parent group

Guns

Games by year

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The first Arm cannons video game was released on August 6, 1986.

Capcom, Nintendo and THQ published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 14
PS 7
Linux 5
SNES 5
3DS 4
GBA 4
GameCube 4
MS-DOS 4
NES 4
PS2 3
Wii 3
GB 3
PS3 3
Xbox 2
Switch 2
Nintendo DS 2
Arcade 2
PSP 2
X360 2
PS4 1
Mac OS X 1
Famicom Disk System 1
GBC 1
Neo Geo Pocket Color 1
Mega Drive 1
WonderSwan 1
WonderSwan Color 1
Dreamcast 1
Game Gear 1