Just scored a FREE Area 51 machine. What other shooting ROMS use these guns ???

[rmcelwee]

I just got a FREE Area 51 arcade game - well, will be picking it up in a couple of weeks from my parents house. I was never a huge fan of Area 51 and would like to put a build a MAME machine out of the cabinet. I never have messed with light guns but I figure there should be some interface for the original guns to hook into the PC so I could play other games (Duck Hunt, etc). Anyone know what the capabilities of these guns and this cabinet will be? What controller cards will be needed? Thanks!

Yes, I should probably wait until I actually get the cabinet but this will give me a chance to order some hardware if needed.

[DudeRegular]

I wish is was that easy man. I have had the same thoughts when I came into some gun parts and boards. Reality is that it is not easy to just hook up standard crt and light guns to a pc with MAME. If you run across the usb2gun board that was in the americas army machines, that looks to be a decent solution to use your guns. Otherwise take a look at the aimtrak setup from ultimarc.

[Purple Tophat]

I am still working on sourcing more of the USB2Gun boards. Send me a PM if you want in on the list for if we can make it happen.