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Crosshairs in Digital Leisure Games & HOTD III PC
isucamper:
I've only tried Mad Dog and Time Traveler, and the video looks fine. I used DVDs for these though.
Time Traveler tends to glitch up a bit, going to the devil scenes when it shouldn't (I think) and locking up on the game over screen. Otherwise, its running pretty well. Finally got my aimtrak ordered, probably won't be here by the weekend though.
GreatLamer:
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Ok, I checked. Only one player accepted. But Singed lightgun games looks pretty good ones.
isucamper:
Got my aimtraks and have been playing some Mad Dog in Singe and Lethal Enforcers in MAME.
So far I have mixed feelings on the aimtraks. They work great when calibrated... but I'm tall, and anyone else who wants to try them has to recalibrate or turn the aim cursor on, which is not acceptable to me. And... after calibration, if I'm not in the exact spot I was when I calibrated, then the accuracy gets off a bit. For instance, if I calibrate with my arm fully extended, but then get tired during a game and bend my arm, this will throw off my shots by a quarter inch or so. I know, this isn't much, and most people might find it acceptable, but these light gun games are hard enough as it is, and the little bit of precision loss is going to mess you up in the later stages of these games. The last two levels of Lethal Enforcers are not really playable unless you make a concerted effort to stay exactly in your calibration zone, and that little bit of distraction is enough to impact your gameplay.
So after two days I would say that the aimtraks are fine for casual players, but for anyone who wants to play the more difficult stages of these games and play them well (without the cursor turned on as they should be played), they just aren't going to do the job. Perhaps my opinion will change. We'll see.
Anyway, I do have a Singe related question.
For MAME games, in order to get offscreen reload to work with the aimtraks I have to set onscreen trigger = left mouse, and offscreen trigger = left mouse. But for Singe, you can only reload with the right mouse. Does anyone know a way around this? Otherwise I have to go into the aimtrak configuration tool to make the switch whenever I go from Singe->MAME or back again.
I think the "on boarders" reload option in Singe should probably be linked to the left mouse button, then it would be consistent with MAME.
bwodie:
I have been considering selling all my original laser disc gear as it is just becoming to much hassle to keep going.
I am a purist like you so I bet the aimtrak will annoy me. Are there any other options ?
I want to play mad dog, crime patrol etc
BadMouth:
I have the old Act Labs ray guns and am happy with the way they work (not real crazy about the styling, but they are discontinued anyway).
They are a real light gun, so they are pixel accurate, but limited to CRTs.
http://www.act-labs.com/products/gun1.htm
If you're a purist, you might not be happy with the Digital Leisure games or the SINGE conversions.
The interface of the PC versions is different and nothing like the arcade.
The SINGE versions have the arcade interface, but the video quality is reduced as part of the conversion process. (I used the XP CD-Roms)
I imagine converting a Mad Dog DVD would yield higher quality, but that's the only one that's available on DVD.
I ended up using the PC versions on my system because the video quality was better and the interface, although not the same as the arcade, doesn't look as dated.