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Lasertag gets serious!

, Dec 27th 2006 Discuss [0]

And here’s me thinking I had fun with one of those little guns that fire foam disks across the living room!  This mighty looking beastie is Scorpion, a well-and-truly hacked laser tag gun made by enthusiast Mike Yates who, with his fellow gamers, stage hardcore battles in bunkers underneath abandoned military bases.  Starting from a commercially-available Hasbro gun, Mike leveraged his access to pre-release hardware to develop a 3000psi air-tank powered quad-rocket array that’s fired by an authentic tank trigger/grip.

Scorpion Laser Tag hacked gun

Each “RPG” rocket emits an IR blast designed to take out as many opponents as possible.  Mike can then pick off the remaining stragglers with his high-powered 1500ft-range laser rifle.  More photos of the much-adapted weapon after the cut…

Scorpion Laser Tag hack

Scorpion Laser Tag hack - pneumatic piping

Scorpion Laser Tag - ex-tank trigger & grip

Scorpion Laser Tag hack 

The thought of prowling dimly-lit tunnels like something out of an Aliens film is both exciting and scary.  Does anybody know if there’s a UK faction?

Hacking Laser Tag [Finkbuilt]

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