Choose between two weapon modes (Pistol and Automatic); Stealth Mode; Team or Solo mode; 150-foot reach; you can add unlimited guns and vests as all Squad Hero LightForce Laser Tag sets are ...

So he used the opposite of a Galilean telescope to take the small beam of his 405-nanometer laser and increase its diameter. His best result was to explode a balloon at 150 feet (45 meters).

This meant a system that used a blank firing replica gun ... in software was required to inhibit the laser when the operator cocks the gun, but it looks – and sounds – really good.