Super Scope 6 - Blastris B Type A (Actual SNES Capture)

This is a capture of me playing the Blastris B Type A game mode in Super Scope 6 for the SNES. This is not an emulator. This footage was recorded directly from my Super Nintendo using an actual Super Scope 6 cartridge and the Super Scope light gun.Show more

Back around 1997 or so I borrowed the Super Scope from my friend Drew and managed to play the pack-in cartridge, Super Scope 6, a bunch. I thought the game and the peripheral were fun, but I didn't get to play any other Super Scope games.

In 2011 I finally picked up my own complete Super Scope bundle off ebay and started acquiring some various light gun games that I had missed out on. Super Scope 6 was still as fun as I remembered, and it was still as challenging too.

Blastris B is similar to Dr. Mario and Tetris 2 in that you line up same-color blocks to clear lines. You use the Super Scope to shoot the blocks, which rotates them and changes their color.

In the Type A game you have to clear the wiggling blocks to complete each stage. I started on high and made it to Level 19 before getting a game over. I had some pretty good chains going, but the game screwed me on that last stage.

Recorded with the Hauppauge HD PVR and the official SNES S-video cable at 60 frames per second. I used a Toshiba model D-R550 DVD Recorder to upconvert the SNES's native 240p signal to 480i so that the Hauppauge could capture the console's audio/video signal.

The Super Scope requires a CRT TV to function, and since the Hauppauge only outputs to the TV using component video (a format not supported on my old CRT TV), I used my distribution amplifier to split the SNES's audio/video signal and send one set of cables to the CRT TV while sending the other set of cables to the DVD Recorder/Hauppauge HD PVR combo.