The timing of the beam racing down the screen is used by the more modern guns which were used by the SNES, PlayStation, or the Dreamcast. So, it's really not m

The timing of the beam racing down the screen is used by the more modern guns which were used by the SNES, PlayStation, or the Dreamcast. So, it's really not much of a "myth". Most light guns worked that way. The zapper is an outlier.