Although this game’s inputs have been implemented since MAME 0.211, it was left uncalibrated and (I’m not sure how many people were aware of this), according to the game’s manual, the way to calibrate the gun is by *pressing both the test button and the service button simultaneously* (by MAME’s default input, *press the F2 key and the 9 key together*) to access the gun calibration screen.

After calibrating the gun, the game should be playable but due to still incomplete emulation (and that MAME still marked it as NOT WORKING) expect the following bugs:

-Sometimes the gun will not fire when you shoot in certain small areas (examples: at 23:31, 23:38, and 32:50).
-Watch out for the kill-zone spots (if you shoot at certain spots in some stages the game will crash and restart [example at competitive win/lose mode: 1:23:51])!
-Even when calibrated, MAME’ gun cursor still can’t precisely aim at the calibration targets (like in Area 51 or Maximum Force) and the shots will be slightly off at certain places.
-Most, if not all, sprites that are placed behind objects will still be fully visible.
-Expect more bugs.
(*Do not expect* an expert playthrough!)

(At 1:08:26 and onwards, the sound will go out because of video recorder fault)

The game does have a secret setting (press the reset button while holding the service button), but as far as I know, all it does is just changes the test switch from slide to push.

Unfortunately the US Dragon Gun conversion does not have input yet, but a playthrough of Gun Hard (Japanese version of Locked N’ Loaded) is coming soon!

In my opinion, this game definitely blows both Lethal Enforcers and Maximum Force out of the water (better stages, items, gameplay, terrorist that react differently to groin shots, etc). Under Fire and Target: Terror came close, but I still like Locked N’ Loaded/Gun Hard better!

(P.S. Whoever were devs/actors that worked on this game, please feel free to share about the game’s development or your experiences on this game in the comments section. I am VERY interested in learning more about this interesting game.)

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