The Justifier was originally designed to support Konami's game Lethal Enforcers. Versions were released for the Sega Genesis, the Super NES, and the PlayStation. In the early 1990s the Justifier and its associated games were the subject of extensive contreversy, including congressional hearings on video game violence.
The Genesis and SNES versions were modeled after the Lethal Enforcers arcade revolvers, similar in appearance to the Colt Python. The blue "player 1" version was bundled with the game and connects directly to the console. The pink "player 2" version was only available by mail-order and connects by daisy-chaining through the blue gun.
The PlayStation version, with a green shell, was redesigned to have a less realistic appearance.