One Point Wonder (Franchise)

One Point Wonder is a series of light-gun games made by Cynical Entertainment, it was initially a ProtoGame-exclusive game, but then the first game got re-released for the PlayStation 1 in 1999, the series expanded to PlayStation with One Poinr Wonder: The Fourth, however, One Point Wonder: Cthulhu dropped both supports from both ProtoGame and PlayStaion, making it a PC Exclusive, however, Government returned console support

Main Series
The Series centers around Felix, as he sends justice as the titular "One Point Wonder"

Omnipresent
See the game's page

Basics
The game is like the Time Crisis games, but with some tweaks and changes

Health
Unlike many other games of it's type, you instead have a health bar, and that's why lethal projectiles exists.

Danger Indicators
The damage indicators are sounds and graphical change that occur when an enemy fires a projectile that will guarantee damage to the player, the damage indicators also include lethal damage and environmental hazards.



Lethal Projectiles
Lethal Projectiles exist in the game, and it instantly empties the player's health bar, and hence the player needs to continue

Items and Power-Ups

 * Ammo - Refills your ammo (for the non-pistol ones)
 * Heart - Refills your health

Score Screen
A Score screen appears after every stage you clear, here are what follows


 * Initial Stage Score - How much points you got during the stage
 * Headshots -
 * Accuracy - The less shots you miss, the better score you get, don't miss any shots and you are given a bonus (??.??% (your accuracy)x1000 if you miss any shots, if you didn't miss a shot, you are given a bonus of 150000, 100000 for 100% accuracy plus 50000 points for not missing)

Endings
Endings are what the players get for completing the game

Games

 * Main Series
 * One Point Wonder
 * Arcade (Cynical Sesame) : May 1996
 * ProtoGame Podium: March 1997
 * Sony PlayStation (Rerelease): October 1999
 * PC: November 1998
 * One Point Wonder: The Second
 * Arcade (Cynical Sesame): September 1998
 * ProtoGame Podium: April 1999
 * ProtoGame BIGShot (Rerelease): June 2001
 * PC: February 2000
 * One Point Wonder: The Third
 * Arcade (Cynical Xtra): November 2001
 * ProtoGame BIGShot: May 2002
 * PC: December 2002
 * One Point Wonder: The Fourth
 * Arcade (Cynical Xtra): February 2004
 * ProtoGame BIGShot: November 2004
 * Sony PlayStation 2: April 2005
 * PC: January 2006
 * One Point Wonder: Atrocity
 * Arcade (Cynical Aquamarine): October 2008
 * ProtoGame QUIRK: May 2009
 * PlayStation 3: June 2009
 * PC: February 2010
 * One Point Wonder: The Force
 * Arcade (Taito Type X Zero): January 2011
 * PlayStation 3: March 2011
 * ProtoGame QUIRK: July 2011
 * PC: March 2012
 * One Point Wonder: Cthulhu
 * Arcade (Taito Type X3): December 2015
 * PlayStation 3: April 2016
 * ProtoGame QUIRK: July 2016
 * PC: April 2017
 * One Point Wonder Government
 * Arcade
 * Original (Taito Type X4): April 2022
 * Corrupt Edition (ProtoGame DEPOT): February 2023
 * Console Ports (Has all eight stages four from the original arcade version,)
 * ProtoGEAR: March 2023
 * Sony PlayStation 5: March 2023
 * Xbox Series (Both X and S, duh): April 2023
 * PC: September 2023
 * Spin-Offs
 * Omnipresent (2024)
 * Compilation Rereleases
 * Double Hit Wonder (PlayStation 2 Exclusive rereleases of the first two games)

Trivia

 * (Real Life Trivia) In Reality, the danger sounds are the Vine Boom meme and a Warning sound effect from the mod "Wednesday's Infidelity"
 * (Another real life trivia) This is not to be confused with Fantendo's One Hit Wonder
 * Ebony is compared to Wild Dog of Time Crisis, to the fact that they kill themselves upon defeat only to come back alive in the next game, and the fact that they both have a mechanical limb (the former lost her right leg as a result of an accident post-defeat in One Point Wonder: The Third, while the latter lost his left arm in an explosion, also post-defeat)

Tropes

 * Stopped Numbering Sequels: Played with, the second, third and fourth are literally named The Second, The Third, and The Fourth, however, the series Properly Plays this trope straight beginning with the fifth game, subtitled "Atrocity"