History Main / SecondaryFire

This is also TruthInTelevision, as most modern assault rifles have at least a fire selector for automatic, semi-automatic, burst fire, and similar modes, as well as underslung grenade launchers and shotgun attachments. Also the bayonette, a knife or spike attached to the end of the rifle as a last resort melee weapon.

* ''PerfectDark'' had the Magsec 4, which could either fire semi-auto or 3 round burst in exchange for worse accuracy than the standard Falcon 2.

* The SuperDragon assault rifle from ''PerfectDark''. Its lesser version, the Dragon, had a unique variant; activating its secondary fire let you throw it on the ground and use it as a proximity mine. Very useful against ammo campers.

* Most guns in the ''{{X-Com}}'' games can switch between single-shot and rapid fire. Or rather, aimed shot (slow but accurate), snap shot (fast but less accurate), and rapid fire (woefully inaccurate and more useful for trimming down your own squad size).

** Strangely enough, the Glock ''[[DidNotDotheResearch 17]]'' as well.
*** To be fair, the original design was based on the Glock 18, which was select fire, but the in-game model was changed to that of a Glock 17

* In ''[=~Unreal II: The Awakening~=]'', the standard assault rifle's alt-fire mode uses the primary ammo to launch a cluster of shards that initially acts like a shotgun slug if it hits an enemy. If the slug hits something that isn't an enemy (like the floor or a wall) then the shards ricochet off on their own.

** Its predecessor in the first game was either an [=MP5=] submachinegun or an M4 assault rifle (depending on whether or not you have the Hi-Def pack) equipped with an M204 'nade launcher.

* The [[{{BFG}} Death Machine]] from CallOfDutyBlackOps is a minigun given to you from [[DeathFromAbove Care Packages]], and when you [[SightedGunsAreLowTech try to aim down the sights]], it will instead spin the barrel.

* While not a launcher, ''Halo'' uses the left trigger to throw grenades.

** Its predecessor in the first game was either an MP5 submachinegun or an M4 assault rifle (depending on whether or not you have the Hi-Def pack) equipped with an M204 'nade launcher.

* Inverted all kind of ways in ''CliveBarker's Jericho'', causing many complaints about the interface. Primary fire is right button, and changing fire modes is a separate operation. Left button is another weapon, either an under-barrel support shotgun for the assault rifles, for some characters it's a sidearm, grenade, or nodachi. The closest weapon to meeting the standard for the trope is the sniper rifle, which on alt-fire shoots explosive rounds. So much for stealth kills.

* MegaMan and MegaManX are perhaps the iconic examples with their [[ArmCannon Arm Cannons]].

* In ''Unreal 2: The Awakening'', the standard assault rifle's alt-fire mode uses the primary ammo to launch a cluster of shards that initially acts like a shotgun slug if it hits an enemy. If the slug hits something that isn't an enemy (like the floor or a wall) then the shards ricochet off on their own.

'''Burst or Rapid fire:''' Usually found on pistols, sometimes on rifles, this allows for a faster, but less accurate series of shots, generally intended to be used at short range or during more intense firefights where precision is unneeded. A variant of this often appears in any game featuring a double-barreled shotgun, firing both barrels at once.

* A variation in HalfLife - secondary fire activated the laser sight for the rocket launcher and, in Opposing Force, the Desert Eagle. This didn't zoom in, but it did let you guide launched missiles and made the Deagle more accurate.

* ''HalfLife 2'''s shotgun alt-fires both barrels at once. Which is funny, since it's ''not a double barreled shotgun''. The "second barrel" is in fact the tube magazine.
** Not true, it's simply an "over-under" shotgun instead of a "side-by-side" one.