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NES LCD mod - ROM mods to play zapper games on flatscreen w/OG hardware
KenToad:
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--- Quote from: KenToad on January 07, 2019, 09:28:43 am ---Hyperkin will release a LCD zapper gun for use with OG carts and consoles later this year. Apparently, they will debut at CES. It's not clear how it will work, but it seems to have a separate connection to the flatscreen, maybe to calculate delay?
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I'm trying to wrap my head around that and I don't see how that could possibly work without some memory editing on the cart. It isn't like a traditional light gun with a generic dot by dot line crawl that can be generated with a bit of electronics... it physically draws a box around each target in order. How could it know anything about where the boxes are, ect?
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I wouldn't think too hard about it. I have pretty much no idea how it could work, just spitballing. :dunno
CES starts tomorrow, so maybe we'll find out soon enough.
opt2not:
--- Quote from: KenToad on January 07, 2019, 02:23:26 pm ---Heh, up til now, the only thing of theirs that I've even contemplated getting was their SNES optical mouse. Unfortunately, there aren't enough games that support it. Not to mention the ergonomics look completely off.
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What's the number of "enough" for you? I ask because i was really surprised how many games on the SNES that has mouse support after I looked into it. There are at least 6 games I now use the SNES mouse for, outside of the standard Mario Paint: Arkanoid: Doh it Again, Lemmings, Populus, Cannon Fodder, Terminator 2, Vegas Stakes.
There are actually quite a few games that can use the mouse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_NES_Mouse
But not all on the list make good use of it.
Here's a video I found that sums up what are the games that really make good use of the SNES Mouse (as well as further solidifies my point that not everyone should be filmed on video... yikes! :lol)
KenToad:
Not really interested in ports since I have dual Turbo Twist spinners, a trackball and a normal pc mouse right by my consoles. Do any of those ports like Arkanoid, Lemmings, T2, have any reason to play if you have access to the originals?
I could see trying King Arthur's World, Tin Star, and of course Mario Paint on original hardware.
Thanks for the link to the video.
opt2not:
--- Quote from: KenToad on January 07, 2019, 03:18:55 pm ---Not really interested in ports since I have dual Turbo Twist spinners, a trackball and a normal pc mouse right by my consoles. Do any of those ports like Arkanoid, Lemmings, T2, have any reason to play if you have access to the originals?
I could see trying King Arthur's World, Tin Star, and of course Mario Paint on original hardware.
Thanks for the link to the video.
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Well actually Arkanoid isn't a port, it's a exclusive SNES sequel to the original Arkanoid. Chronologically, it supposed to take place 5 years after the original Arkanoid. I don't know where Revenge of Doh fits in, but my guess is RoD is more of an updated version of Arkanoid rather than being a conical sequel. Similar to how Raiden DX is an updated version of Raiden II. Or 1943:Kai is an updated to 1943:Battle of Midway.
Also, while Lemmings 1 is a port, I believe Lemmings 2:The Tribes was originally developed for SNES, and then ported to the other systems.
LOL and if you have access to T2: The Arcade Game, with the guns, then by all means there definitely isn't a point of playing the SNES version. :lol
pbj:
Vegas Stakes supports the SNES mouse... I'll be damned.
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