History VideoGame / EnterTheGungeon

The game was originally launched on {{UsefulNotes/Steam}} and the UsefulNotes/Playstation4 on April 5th, 2016, before receiving releases on the UsefulNotes/XboxOne exactly one year after its original release on April 5th, 2017, and on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on December 14th, 2017.

** The Light Gun, an [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES zapper]] that fires lasers and a homing duck.

* AKA47: Played with. Some real-world guns are present, including the AK-47, the Winchester Rifle, and the Colt 1851, while others are similar-looking guns [[WritingAroundTrademarks renamed to avoid trademark disputes.]] This even extends to one of the Joke Weapons; the Mega Douser appears to be molded after the original 1990 "Power Drencher", better known as the precursor to the Super Soaker. There's also a gun called the [[FunWithAcronyms JK-47]] that's really [[ThisBananaIsArmed an AK-47-shaped noodle]] with a slower fire rate than the real one, the [=AKey-47=], which shoots keys that can unlock chests, and the [[BadWithTheBone VertebraeK-47]], a weaponized spinal column that chain-fires ghosts which chase down enemies.

* CoolGuns: Pretty much the point, but of note are the real-world weapons that make guest appearances, like the AK-47 and M1 Garand. Such weapons tend to be SimpleYetAwesome, lacking gimmicks but being generally powerful.

* OneHitKill: Some of the magic-themed weapons (e.g. Bundle of Wands, Hexagun, Witch Pistol) come with a chance to [[BalefulPolymorph transmogrify enemies into harmless chickens]]. [[ContractualBossImmunity This won't work on bosses, of course]], but is quite effective at quickly dispatching dangerous DemonicSpiders and [[GiantMook Giant Mooks]].

* BossRush: This game features one as an unlockable game mode, where you face every normal boss in the game up to the High Dragun. The Past bosses, {{Bonus Boss}}es, and the TrueFinalBoss are all excluded from this mode. It's free to play on your first try, but every time after that will cost you 3 Hegemony Credits (defeating bosses in this mode won't grant Hegemony Credits, unlike normal).

* ShapedLikeItself: One of the guns is a lowercase "r" that acts as burst-fire pistol that shoots out [=BULLETs=]. As in, literally the word bullet as a six-round burst, while saying "BULLET" in an uninterested tone. It also produces [[WrittenSoundEffect written sound effects]] as it hits surfaces or enemies. Different Synergies can change the spoken word(s) on top of increasing the weapon's damage. Perhaps the most notable one is [[JustForPun "Just in Case"]], which transforms it into a capitalized R and makes it a single-shot rocket launcher instead; the rocket, is, of course, shaped like the word "ROCKET", and has the narrator exclaim "Rocket!" each time you pull the trigger.

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* BonusBoss: Quite a few of them, such as [[spoiler:Blobulord and Old King]].

*** Reaching [[spoiler:The Abbey of the True Gun is even worse, since it's ''dependent'' on getting into the Oubliette. Inside the Oubliette, there's a special armor item, the Old Crest (which may or may not spawn behind a locked door that you may or may not have a key for), which appears to act like a normal armor pickup. However, if you can get through the rest of the Oubliette ''and'' at least some of the Gungeon Proper following it without taking ''any'' damage and place the crest on the shrine in the Gungeon Proper, you can finally open up the Abbey]]. The level has you facing enemies from the fourth chamber (two up from the Gungeon Proper where you entered from), plus an absolutely ''ball-grindingly brutal'' BonusBoss, and since you likely spent most of your keys on entering [[spoiler:The Oubliette]], you'll be lucky to have one or two decent weapons to fight with.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Kill your past; you've already damned your future.''[[note]]Clockwise, from top: [[{{Oculothorax}} The Beholster]], [[ASpaceMarineisYou The Marine]], [[BoxedCrook The Convict]], [[TheCharmer The Pilot]] and [[{{Ranger}} The Hunter]]. Not shown are [[CoopMultiplayer The]] [[YoungGun Cultist]], [[TheHeretic The Bullet]], [[AIIsACrapshoot The Robot]] and TheGunslinger.[[/note]]]]