Target: Terror (Wii) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Konami's 2008 FMV light-gun shooter for the Nintendo Wii, Target: Terror.
Played through on the Special Agent difficulty level. Shows all stages, including the locked ninth stage. The good ending is shown.
This is one insane, beyond over-the-top shooter. The Wii port is actually a port of the "Gold" version of the original arcade title (adding in things like the mini-games), and both of the arcade titles were handled by Raw Thrills, and you know what that means! Yup, Eugene Jarvis. His brand of awesome is all over the game.
And so is the dirty feeling of opportunism. Anyone that is old enough to remember 9/11 - watch the final mission. Would anyone argue that it's not a tasteless (albeit hilarious) "parody" of the news stories that day? At least the news clips pretty much nail the flavor of Fox News's coverage. The way America triumphs in that last battle - that's on par with Team America: World Police. Fuck yeah. And finally, the ending itself does Bad Dudes proud.
It's really nothing more than Lethal Enforcers or Virtua Cop using (for the genre) high-quality FMV overlays to replace character-sprites (and by high-quality, I'm referring to the tech side of things, not necessarily the quality of the acting), sitting atop a prerendered "on-rails" FMV backdrop that makes up the level. So, it's not FMV in the same way that Mad Dog McCree is, but it is all FMV.
Lethal Enforcers, but modern. And with more than just a bit of cheese.
How much you enjoy the B-movie quality of this will largely dictate how you feel about the game. It oozes budget-basement development costs, and proudly displays the development team that comprised the complete cast of FMV and voice actors in game. It's all super hammy and dumb, and I love it. Even better are the Midway-style super guns like flamethrowers and ice/thunder beams, the RPG that will turn a group of terrorists into flaming bits flying across the screen, and the best of all: the ICBM. This bad boy will summon from space a laser cannon strike for an amazingly specific attack on all on-screen enemies - even more impressive, you can call it while aboard an airplane and somehow still only hurt the bad guys! It's pretty incredible that the plane didn't just explode.
Now, my only gripe with Target: Terror on the Wii (and it's a HUGE one) is that the game is ridiculously hard. Even by arcade game standards. Most of the enemies WILL hit you if you aren't anticipating their appearance and taking them down immediately. Some memorizing and super focus will get you through the Super Agent mode (like I'm playing here), but turned up higher, I've never been able to finish the game. I run out of credits long before the final stage. The thing is, I don't remember the arcade version being this hard. In this one, you can sometimes visibly get a head shot, yet it doesn't register and then they shoot you instead. The hit detection is extremely picky, in both which pixels you can hit and the shot timing - the enemy isn't always vulnerable to being hit, especially when they are in transition animations.
I love Target: Terror, but the control/difficulty issue really can make it a frustrating experience. I recommend it - with reservations - but I can tell you that despite the annoyances I enjoyed it a great deal. Maybe not as much as Ghost Squad (which I just about worship - light gun games don't get better than GS on the Wii), but if you want something amusing and reminiscent of a poorly directed 80s movie, this will satisfy you, guaranteed. It's pretty much a Kung Fury videogame. Just without Kung Fury.
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[@theoldswitcharoo]

My favorite thing about this game is that one of the poor interns they forced into terrorist costumes was too afraid to take a real prat fall, so after you shoot him he screams and lowers himself gently into a death curl.

[@brandonramirez267]

I remember playing this awesome arcade game at cici's (a Pizzeria restaurant) every saturday and I get so excited when I get my name on the scoreboard. I'm 17 now and I missed this arcade game 😢😢😭😭

[@benclark3513]

me too :(

[@tastywindex]

oh my god i love how they used the same pistol sound as doom, it makes everything so much more ridiculous

[@TheFieryWind99]

There's also Corvus' death SFX from Heretic

[@joshuaginoza9446]

I have been playing both of those games for more than a decade, and I never noticed. Good one.

[@edriespinoza6361]

I can also hear the noise soldiers make when killed from Metal Slug.

[@Takimeko]

I think one of the death sounds for the enemies is Doom Guy's hurt noise, too. 4:54 Yeah, no doubt that's it.

[@WrestlingAndWrootBeer]

The arcade version: One person + both Players' pistols = Badass in the arcade.

[@stephenmanuel9860]

Yeah, the Justice Mode was awesome but a quarter-muncher

[@shadowdancer2439]

As soon as I heard that drum and bass kick up I knew I was in the right place! Everything else is gravy..

[@Vernal_Sky]

I don't understand the negative reviews. In general, this game is many kinds of odd, but in a good way. It's got live-action characters and wacky minigames, just like the good old days. 😂

[@chetneybaronet9445]

Hazel Bonfield lol

[@stephenmanuel9860]

It's like a big juicy cheeseburger amid a menu of beef au jus and filet mignon

[@jasonmartinez5116]

The negative reviews is because of the Wii Remote cursor not being fast enough compared to the actual arcade gun. When there are a fuckton of enemies on screen, with you can easily piece them one by one with the arcade gun, but with the Wii Remote it's almost impossible too

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@jasonmartinez5116using Wii Remote slightly offset the ridiculous difficulty in TARGET: TERROR.

[@mattiatorX]

There’s also the fact that the game was $40 at launch, basically the same price as most other top-shelf games on the system.

[@stephenmanuel9860]

I spent about seven dollars on this game one night aboard a passenger ferry and got the good ending on my second time through the hijack mission. I regret nothing.

[@stephenmanuel9860]

@Lazys The Dank Engineer Yeah, that part was horseshit, because the machine I played disabled continues once you climb to the passenger rows. Gotta be precise on that detonator shot.

[@TheFieryWind99]

That Election Painter minigame has to be the most American thing in this already very American game.

[@freakyfornash]

This definitely was a very fun game, and an overall fine addition to the Wii library, despite it's flaws, and bad reviews, and what not. Bummer the sequel to it never got made, which I'm sure would have been great too.

[@yellowblanka6058]

That Golf bonus game - LOL! I had no idea this game was so tongue-in-cheek, just assumed it was another cheap cash-in "lightgun" game for the Wii. May have to pick this up sometime.

[@Nestalgba92023]

But the Arcade's Gold Edition is the best version of this game.

[@stephenmanuel9860]

@@Nestalgba92023 Agreed. More quality gags than this port, which itself is more or less Gold.

[@yawsanandreas2237]

1:02:54 fun fact: a sequel was actually planned but it got canceled shortly after its announcement

[@marvincool3744]

I don't get why people hate the style. In the early 2000s, corny styles from the 80s became cool again.

[@Vladi306]

I cracked up at the golf carts bonus level. Like what the fuck. XD

[@stephenmanuel9860]

That and the turkey bombs. Brilliant.

[@NintendoComplete]

It doesn't play anywhere near as well as Lethal Enforcers, but its hilarious and gratuitous in every way. A dude pulls a gun on you when you walk in on him taking a deuce, you shoot bad guys at a shoe store called "The Camel Toe," and that last boss finish... I won't spoil it, but it's not a spectacle to be missed.

[@JStryker47]

Speaking of Lethal Enforcers, it's cool that the cops in this game actually help you kill some of the enemies, unlike the ones in LE; who just point their guns at them and then back off.

[@chrisdavis4292]

Revolution x had enemies sitting on the toilet where you unlock one of the band members.

[@Crimson_Dale28]

this game honestly reminds me of Area 51. With a spin of wacky stuff in a fun way.

[@stephenmanuel9860]

I think Jarvis was on the Area 51 team as well. I'm too lazy to fact check right now though.

[@LukeLeonettiYouTube]

I saw this at an arcade at a campground once. For whatever reason, this game has been in a bunch of my dreams, but I never knew what it was called until today, when blameitonjorge made the “top 15 worst wii games” list, with this at number 2.

[@sergito2040]

this game remind me of maximum force I think I still have it somewere in my pc game collection nice gameplay I trought this kind of games died on 2000

[@newerest1]

it's even listed on the maximum force wiki lol

[@elimarcum]

Just like time crisis good ol 90s shooting games

[@TheAccountant1000]

Im surprised Area 51 and Maximum Force never got released on the Wii this game looks fun can’t believe Im barely knowing about it

[@stephenmanuel9860]

Dude, I would KICK A PUPPY for an Area 51 / Site 4 / Maximum Force collection

[@ThunderMarco911]

Criminally underrated game! at 6:32 the enemies killed by the satellite laser reminds me the other satellite from Beast busters the second nightmare arcade.

[@PuppetMasteronVHS]

8:39 We must stop the terror, now watch this drive.

[@SariaFan93]

I played this game so much, both on the Wii and in the arcade. So cheesy, but so fun at the same time. I really wish I hadn't sold my Wii now!

[@marcguerra1854]

It’s like Lethal Enforcers meets Maximum Force

[@DragoonMyuutsu]

This game is essentially an updated and more modernized version of Lethal Enforcers from the SNES, also made by Konami

[@Oddbrother]

RAW Thrills had to do something to get their game on the Wii, and Konami was happy to oblige. :) Or is it the other way around? :(

[@Jiterdomer]

More like a spiritual successor to Area 51 and Maximum Force.

[@stephenmanuel9860]

Konami was just the publisher. Raw Thrills made this, a studio founded by Eugene Jarvis of Midway / Atari fame.

[@chrisdavis4292]

Lethal Enforcers 1 & 2 for the Sony Playstation is the best port from the arcade version. I have the snes version as well.

[@Krieger22FS]

Wait, you're supposed to shoot his left hand to get the good ending? Well, that answers a question I've had for a long time.

[@stephenmanuel9860]

Yeah, gotta blast the detonator away. Then FALCON KICK THE MOTHERFUCKER OUT THE GODDAMN DOOR

[@gjk2012]

If this was released today it would be banned. I wonder how it slipped through the cracks of Nintendo when it released?

[@TheFieryWind99]

IIRC this was sometime after Nintendo relaxed their strict rules towards more mature-oriented games

[@ForeverLacey09]

Let's not forget that Nintendo had exclusive rights to Resident Evil Remake, Zero and Resident Evil 4 on the GameCube.

[@ZeeZeeBun]

.....Why have I never heard of this....

[@emanuelgottig9068]

The basic pistol has the same firing sound that the pistol in the original Doom has. I thought it was just a coincidence, but then I heard some enemies screaming just like the Doomguy when he's hurt. I'm asumming those are just stock assets that are free to use for everyone? Else, I call blatant plagiarism :P

[@NintendoComplete]

Emanuel Gottig Haha I'm not sure that they are public domain, but nobody seemed to care too much. :)

[@yellowblanka6058]

They're probably sampled from the same gun/licensed from the same sound library etc.

[@Jiterdomer]

This also goes for the Doomguy pain sound that was used when you kill an enemy, oh and this Howard Dean scream too!

[@richards.monroe8668]

1:02:06 That's it, chew him up and spit him out! 🤣

[@demontorch]

there used to be a Cici's Pizza near where I live and one of the games they had in the arcade was this

[@stephenmanuel9860]

Yeah, just got this off of Amazon a few weeks back and I have yet to clear on the default difficulty. At least if you run out of credits, you get another 15 extra on your next play. It's like they KNEW you wouldn't clear it on your first go. And the hit detection is pretty wonky, like you said. I haven't figured out which enemies to prioritize yet but I'm sure after a dozen or so runs it'll come together. A 1cc looks literally impossible, as the Jarvis style is Midway Arcade Bullshit™ turned up to 11.

[@Wesley_C]

These bonus stages are so funny.

[@cybershoutmon9741]

I remember seeing this game in a pizza resturant once, it was interesting watching the game’s demo screens

[@theultimateslime5473]

There was a Target Terror arcade in the diagonal mar shopping mall in Barcelona. I would play it before I would go into the Primavera sound festival across the road at the forum.

[@jakebello7988]

This game is just one big WTF moment.

[@genkia87]

I unironically love this game! I always played it whenever I saw the cabinet. Never got a chance to play the Wii port though.

[@stephenmanuel9860]

You're not missing much, but if you can't emulate the arcade game it's acceptable.

[@ramonacat9611]

Its like virtua cop. But no sight

[@hellofaname]

This screams 90s arcade gun games, like Area 51

[@FourByteBurger]

This game reminds me of a flash game i played a few times on PC where you have a machine gun and you go through a house of russian soldiers and it has like a puzzle aspect to it as well as on rails gunplay,still don't remember the name.

[@hanchiman]

Haha I am old enough to remember 9/11 (was 21 years old, damn has it gone over 16 years now??), I remember in post 9/11 there start to crop up shit tons of pro American army games like hunting Bin Laden

[@eileenmilligan9673]

What are your favorite enemies to shoot in this game?

[@NintendoComplete]

Eileen Milligan The guy on the toilet, for sure

[@eileenmilligan9673]

NintendoComplete My favorite is the girl that roundhouse kicks you.

[@elimarcum]

NintendoComplete my favorite is when you have to shoot the terrorist with the green vest and a ski mask off the pilot to save the plane

[@Jiterdomer]

My favorite is the neckbeard dude who is smiling while shooting an M4 like mad.

[@stephenmanuel9860]

Chainsaw Dude.

[@chrisdavis4292]

Raw Thrills should make a Target: Terror 2.

[@freakyfornash]

They were going to at one point, but sadly never happened for some reason though. That surely could have been good, considering this game was very fine, albeit had it's share of flaws which I'm sure easily could have been corrected in a proper sequel though.

[@eileenmilligan9673]

I wonder what terrorists they'd add in the sequel, especially how or if even they'd be able to top the first one with hookers kicking you in the face and guys pulling out guns while on the toilet.

[@chetneybaronet9445]

Yes

[@chrisdavis4292]

Maybe they will make a sequel. Let's hope that it'll happen. Bring back the digitized graphics and fmv.

[@Nestalgba92023]

I think "realism" counter terrorism Arcade shooter is very sensitive in the West right now…😓

[@pz20jacobcouttsrogue]

The negative thing about target terror is the forever cliffhanger

[@landoflogic107]

Do the armed friendlies actually do anything? I know I saw some shooting, and enemies seemed to take damage, but I was wondering if the friendlies actually could kill a terrorist, or you had to kill the one they were shooting at.

[@stephenmanuel9860]

I think there's just there for show like in other games in the genre. You lose a life for shooting them (speaking from experience)

[@eileenmilligan9673]

They do kill, but it is mostly just that one enemy already scripted to jump at that convenient (or inconvenient depending on your POV) spot and it doesn’t count toward your kill score if they get the first shot off him/her.

[@Oddbrother]

Have you ever played it with Justice Mode?

[@NintendoComplete]

+Oddbrother I have, it's even harder though because the aiming is so picky :/

[@maisie4506]

I love this game.

[@user-uf3nt5zq1k]

why the nuclear plant stage is keep showing news scene during a gameplay?

[@NintendoComplete]

+이성용 Bad editing. I accidentally overlapped the two files, so there's a few seconds where it messes up

[@JohnDoe-gh8sk]

I remembered playing this arcade at Vince’s Pizza at Lancaster, CA

[@TMNTRaphael-lz5ew]

I love that game it's awesome yo 😎👍👍 I wish it was on the Nintendo switch that would be awesome

[@ElephantMariotheRHDNhater3293]

There's a bad Nintendo Wii shooter I know: it's called spy Games elevator mission

[@chetneybaronet9445]

I love this game

[@garry12gg]

What is the bad ending like?

[@NintendoComplete]

garry12gg He sets it off and everyone dies

[@stephenmanuel9860]

@@NintendoComplete Do you get the chance to continue and replay the entire final mission?

[@freakyfornash]

@@stephenmanuel9860 Yes you do.

[@jasonmartinez5116]

@@stephenmanuel9860 No I think you just get an instant game over

[@mattuw82]

The fact that they had the same 4 fmv characters on screen for the entire game, they really should have splurged a little more on costumes. Terrorists just wear track suits and sunglasses apparently?

[@TBONE_2004]

0:07 - Konami??? That means Target Terror is actually the game that started it all... *LETHAL ENFORCERS!* (POW!)

[@Blueflag04]

This game reminds me of Area 51

[@EscalationTV]

Is this Game somehow the Sequel for Maximum Force? All the Stuff in this Game (The Movements and Attacks of the Enemies, the whiteclosed Innocents, the Camera-Moving and this mechanic Thing what shows the Score of the Player and that) is too simillar to Maximum Force. But still a nice Game and good Playthrough ;)

[@stephenmanuel9860]

I think Jarvis was involved in Area 51, Maximum Force's predecessor, but it wouldn't surprise me to know he worked on that too.

[@Jiterdomer]

Maybe few Mesa Logic devs were likely involved with this game.

[@purwantiallan5089]

This game is like Virtua Cop meets The House of the Dead 2.

[@nqrtzy8765]

I was expecting the terrorist to get shot, but to be honest, him surrendering and falling into a jet engine is a much better ending

[@waylandquiaoit3871]

Why theres real people in the game?

[@Jiterdomer]

This is similar to how Mortal Kombat and Lethal Enforcers utilized without drawing or modelling new graphics for the characters, it's called digitized graphics.

[@darkmode805]

7:01 Alex that is my favorite game character name.

[@gabo2503]

Is this autorealod weapon or you beed to shoot out of the screen to do it? It looks fun!

[@GreatSax1]

Did you get all the bonus games???

[@kuyawill25]

Why Some Of The Ones He Shoots Is Always The Balls?

[@chetneybaronet9445]

That's for a NeiL Medal

[@stephenmanuel9860]

Good for building combo counter too.

[@chetneybaronet9445]

I always loved the shotgun ammo counter

[@topdownracing9338]

Please bring this to Steam.

[@BatesKrisbates]

If your first name is Alex...your last name wouldn't be Rider, by any chance, would it?

[@NintendoComplete]

+Kristian Bates Nope. Not unless my first name can be Knight.

[@BatesKrisbates]

NintendoComplete Hahahahaha!! Good one, although now I'm worried my initial attempt at humor flew over your head.

[@NintendoComplete]

Kristian Bates LOL I think it might have

[@BatesKrisbates]

NintendoComplete Alex Rider, young adult novel series, basically teen Bond.

[@NintendoComplete]

+Kristian Bates Ah okay that would make sense

[@SomeGuyandanAmbulance]

My friends and I used to play this at an arcade and we would make bets on who shot the most terrorists in the dick

[@skittledabladeycat]

Nostalgic

[@sheenufilms]

So much like Maximum Force or Area 51

[@WMFTheAnimation]

This game maybe inspired by midway's maximum force

[@gordyowl9455]

Lethal enforcers + Area 51 or Maximum Force

[@Nestalgba92023]

0:30 So, did you pick yes or no?

[@FeralCatStray1]

lol this game looks like it came from the 90's. It's like an updated graphics of Max Force & Area 51.

[@alexanderleslie3671]

That was fun game

[@benclark3513]

the funny part is golf cart horn 😅🤣😂

[@TheBadGuuy]

Negative comments are because people absolutely loved this game in the arcades and they butchered the port horrendously

[@stephenmanuel9860]

I wouldn't say *horrendously*. Subpar, definitely, but still plays decently once you get used to the input lag.

[@Gamerkid660]

This + Soundtrack by Le Castle Vania

[@ci310]

What the hell was that electoral votes bonus game 😭 that's america for you

[@stephenmanuel9860]

Brilliant satire, IMO.

[@gunnarbondank3893]

Let me see the photo for the News lady

[@warehousedave7937]

Rare $50 game now!

[@stephenmanuel9860]

Glad I got mine for 30 when I did. No regrets.

[@logicalextremist4752]

In real life the demographics would be 100% different...

[@stephenmanuel9860]

Yeah, probably. Fun game though.

[@SiMplyNoMeRcY]

This sounds like Die hard lol

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

Hard to tell the good guys from the bad

[@stephenmanuel9860]

Bad guys always wear shades and dark colours.

[@user-ky3jp8ev6g]

見た目はリーサルエンフォーサーズっぽいw

[@retromoderngames]

Area 51 fellings....

[@SolCresta3405]

Is this game an action movie or comedy? 🤣

[@youwayo]

1:03:50

[@user-lt9ud6fy1r]

デスクリムゾンOX

[@tylerebarnes8610]

(9:13)

[@kyujuxz0993]

Eh... Bumer 2 is better than this.

[@user-lt9ud6fy1r]

アサルトライフル

[@atrocity3010]

This is a terrible port of an incredibly unfair game. Enemies with small hitboxes swarm the screen, severely lagging the game because it's unoptimized, and hit you almost instantly, often before they actually start shooting. Frame drops and hitching are very common, adding to the frustration. Some weapons are a beginner's trap to pick up because their splash damage will hit innocents. Some of the projectiles thrown at you like the knives have almost no hitbox at all. This is easily the worst light gun game on Wii and arguably the worst one I've ever played. I love the dumb cheesy theme, but Target Terror is a miserable experience. Stick to Lethal Enforcers, Area 51 or Maximum Force if you want a light gun game with digitized graphics that's actually decent.

[@user-lt9ud6fy1r]

エイリアンの火炎放射器

[@user-lt9ud6fy1r]

バイオハザードのライオットガン

[@cartoonvideos5]

Isn't this just Maximum Force by Atari?

[@stephenmanuel9860]

And Area 51 before that? And Lethal Enforcers before that? Yeah.

[@cartoonvideos5]

@@stephenmanuel9860 But they're literally reusing some models and animations from Maximum Force.

[@jasonmartinez5116]

Target: Terror is a spiritual successor to Maximum Force. Considering that Raw Thrills consisted of former Midway, Atari Games and Mesa Logic devs (Atari Games and Mesa Logic were owned by Midway during that time), including founder Eugene Jarvis

[@bsherman8236]

Looks like a joke that went too far

[@stephenmanuel9860]

....or not far enough.

[@tanhimdhrubo8128]

What is this This is ridiculous 😂

[@user-lt9ud6fy1r]

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