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| My Guncon 1 works in Windows without any custom drivers... |
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| bimm25e:
What are you doing to get sync to the guncon? |
| Zebra:
--- Quote from: bimm25e on March 04, 2020, 04:10:02 pm ---What are you doing to get sync to the guncon? --- End quote --- I just use the composite sync port on my Extron RGB interface with a BNC to RCA adapter. The interface is not necessary though. It's just convenient. You can connect composite sync directly from vga or BNC cables as long as the PC is outputting composite sync. It needs to be 15khz though as the Namco guncon chip is not fast enough for anything higher. |
| arfink:
I'll have to keep this in mind. The ps2 to USB adapters are dirt cheap, so they're probably worth trying with this. I wonder if it would be possible for a program to be written that can add the flash for games that don't have it. Do you think this could work with two guncons? Also, if this just requires a flash and composite sync and throws an analog value and is all in hardware, then in theory this should work with, say, an SBC like Raspberry Pi, yeah? |
| Zebra:
--- Quote from: arfink on March 05, 2020, 04:02:18 am ---I'll have to keep this in mind. The ps2 to USB adapters are dirt cheap, so they're probably worth trying with this. I wonder if it would be possible for a program to be written that can add the flash for games that don't have it. Do you think this could work with two guncons? Also, if this just requires a flash and composite sync and throws an analog value and is all in hardware, then in theory this should work with, say, an SBC like Raspberry Pi, yeah? --- End quote --- I only like to use real light guns on games that used them in the arcade, so adding a flash to non-light gun games is not something I've researched. I have positional guns and IR guns for the ones with no flash. Plus, my USB2Gun board and Act Labs guns both add their own flash. Having 2 players with two PS USB adapters would be no issue as they output like regular analog controllers in Windows. You'd have problems with emulators like model 2, older PC CD ROM games like HOD3 and teknoparrot because they only work with a mouse though. Mame and Dolphin would be fine. I've never used a Raspberry Pi so I have no knowledge of whether PS USB adapters work with them, or how well you could calibrate a Guncon as an analog controller. My advice to any moderately serious light gun fans would be to get Act Labs guns if you have the cash. I own a lot of different PC, arcade and console guns and the Act Labs pistols are easily the best light guns on any system in terms of accuracy and compatibility. You may need a little patience to find a fair deal these days though. A lot of jokers on ebay have got it in their heads that their old Windows 98 non-USB act labs guns are worth $150+. Ignore those listings. Nobody is paying that. I paid around $50 a piece not that long ago for my USB VGA versions. I wouldn't go above $70 delivered for the USB /VGA variant, no more than $40 for Svideo /USB and no more than $0 for the old gameport version. |
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