WTF - Sega Menacer working on an LCD flatscreen... How???

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thet0ast3r:
Umm, guys, I don`t wanna spoil anything, but to me it looks like that isnt working.

The video clearly isn`t there to show lightgun gameplay, and contains special effects in the end. The menacer (what i picked up on google) looks to be an ordinary lightgun. I doubt they did anything special with it.

My thoughts why this is not legit:

1. Cursor moves awkwardly (not like a person controlling a light gun)
2. They show a tv briefly, but there doesn`t seem to be any kind of sensor bar or anything mounted
3. They never show the gun and the tv, just screencapped footage
4. The front of the gun looks awkward - although maybe thats how it originally looked?

pbj:
I had a Menacer... wasn’t much to play on it. I recall it supported rudimentary continuous tracking but it was probably strobing the CRT and I didn’t notice because early 90s.

Zebra:

--- Quote from: pbj on December 30, 2019, 09:01:38 pm ---I had a Menacer... wasn’t much to play on it. I recall it supported rudimentary continuous tracking but it was probably strobing the CRT and I didn’t notice because early 90s.

--- End quote ---

I have similar vague memories of my Menacer. It was so long ago that there's a lot I don't remember though. I can't recall if it flashed when you took a shot or how well it tracked etc.

If you take the Guncon 2, which is the best (or certainly one of the best) home light guns. It can only move a visible crosshair around the screen on the white or (beige) calibration screen. On full auto games like Crisis zone it looks like you're at a Japanese wedding with all the white flashes.

Similarly, my Happ guns on my PC with USB2Gun and my Act Labs guns can't move a crosshair around the screen unless it's white or the game has the strobe effect like on Operation Wolf. You'd have no chance on Terminator 2.

I can't see white flashing on any of the Menacer videos on YouTube. It's possible that the camera may just not pick it up though. If it does work in a different way to other light guns, I wouldn't mind giving it a try with my Titan Two Console Tuner with a Genesis to usb adapter.

Please can someone who still has one confirm if it flashes either when you pull the trigger or when you move the crosshairs?

2huwman:
You've probably seen this video

I think it means CRT only but no flashing on firing or moving the cross hairs. Looks like an interesting system. Might have to get one!

Zebra:
I had seen that video. I'm just not sure if he's just assuming it won't work on an LCD because that's what everyone says, or if he's actually tried it.

I don't know of any other (real) light gun that can move crosshairs around a dark screen (like the T2 game) without flashing. The Guncon 2 can only do it on a white or beige background. Light guns flash because they need that light bright screen to work.

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