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pinballjim:
CoinOps doesn't work with any light gun. The Top Gun works fine with the 3 or 4 Xbox games that use light guns.
Nephasth:
Question about the wide angle lens solution... does it have a negative effect at further distances? Or do the guns function the same as they would without the lens at those distances?
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on October 05, 2012, 10:52:19 am ---Question about the wide angle lens solution... does it have a negative effect at further distances? Or do the guns function the same as they would without the lens at those distances?
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Maybe related to distance- I thought it was interesting that arcadeguns.com offered this:
http://www.arcadeguns.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=225&zenid=2kvpm7ei8ehaha3a7f02bmflb6
You could probably get a cheap 4:3 projection TV off CL or from Goodwill and make a nice shooting pedestal cab.
pinballjim:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on October 05, 2012, 10:52:19 am ---Question about the wide angle lens solution... does it have a negative effect at further distances? Or do the guns function the same as they would without the lens at those distances?
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I've only done some limited testing, but here's what I found.
I'm using a 17" LCD which is about the same as a 19" CRT. Without the wide angle lens, the gun needed to be about 5-6 feet away from the sensors (which seems to be the consensus).
For the lens, I bought one of those ~90 cent jelly things on E-bay. I tore off the adhesive ring and snipped the little nub sticking off the side, put it against the tip of the barrel, and mounted it with one wrap of black electrical tape. Very high tech.
At the old distance, I found no change in performance. I could reduce the distance by about half and it played the same. The gun takes all of 5 seconds to calibrate so I can't imagine larger distances being a problem. All you're doing is making easier for the gun to see all the LEDs at shorter distances.
yotsuya:
I just bought one of those things to test it out. :cheers: