Project Horned Owl
Project: Horned Owl (Horned Owl in Japan) is a light gun shooter for the Sony PlayStation. It was developed by Alfa System with animation studio Movic providing anime cinematics, and was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game was released in Japan in 1995, and in North America in 1996. It features character designs by internationally renowned manga artist Masamune Shirow. The game was a stylistic predecessor to Elemental Gearbolt, also developed by Alfa System.
Gameplay
Project: Horned Owl is a basic arcade style rail-shooter, with the action taking place in first-person perspective. It has the option of utilizing the PlayStation mouse or the Konami light gun. There is a two player co-op as well as single player mode, both taking place across five city-based levels, where the player controls a giant mech and fights off a variety of mechanized enemies. At the conclusion of each stage there is generally an anime cutscene.
Story
The events of the game take place in the somewhat futuristic Metro City, where the player controls one of two Horned Owl Armored Mechanized Unit police officers, Hiro Utsumi or Nash Stolar, as they attempt to take down a terrorist organization known as Metalica.