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| GGKoul:
Hello All I'm interested in purchasing a light gun for my mame cab. And I haven't been able to fine an distinct answer to which light gun I should get that will best with TV. Can someone please comment one which setup is better? Either the Act-Labs TV Light gun or hacking a arcade light gun. Or any other light gun suggestions. Thanks! -GGKoul |
| hulkster:
well i dont have a light gun, but from what ive gathered the act labs (although looking like a martian gun) is the best bet. the others dont have good accuracy, and i dont think you can hack an arcade gun (like one youd buy from happs) or else somebody wouldve already done it. |
| LoRDDeVO:
Act Labs gun has the best accuracy there are the Super Bio Gun and the PC virtual Gun the review is here http://retroblast.com/reviews/lightgun1.html |
| eightbit:
The act-labs tv gun is the only one supported to work with a tv and as far as I know the only one that works with a tv at all, hacked or not. I also have never heard of anyone getting any of the arcade guns to work with a PC regardless of monitor type. I recently purchased the act-labs tv guns and was trying to get them to work with a 25" tv. I tried 6 different tv's and never got the guns to be accurate. Maybe 1 shot in 5 would hit where you were expecting it. I was limited to 25" because of the cabinet it was going in and there aren't a lot of 25" tv choices. I tried them with a 27" tv that I was putting into another cabinet project and they work great! The 27" tv was a lot better tv (even though it was cheaper) and that could be what made the difference. So I ended up moving the guns to the other cabinet and am VERY happy with their performance. Another note as far as I know the act-labs tv version is the only one that claims support for 2 player though I know of reports of people getting some of the other guns to work 2 player using things like mame-analog+. |
| StephenH:
Act-Labs USB TV-Out should work fine for TVs with an S-video or composite in, and S-Video Out Video Card. Act-Labs PC Version should work fine with PC CRT Monitors, and some arcade monitors when ArcadeVGA and Separate H/V sync wiring is used. |
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