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What should I getin your opinion?
« on: April 06, 2004, 03:45:20 pm »
I am looking to get two guns to play for my arcade cabinet, so I could play 2 player games with a friend through mame and other programs.
Should I
A). Go with the ACT-Labs guns and use those?
B). Go to the arcade shop, buy two Terminator guns/area51 guns and proceed to hack them to the almighty.
C). Other alternatives?

I enjoy wiring, and problem solving so hacking the gun to make an interface would not be that big of a deal.  I am not going for any theme.  Money is not an issue, and neither are looks.  What are issues are stability, workablity and endurance or lasting power.  I don't want to have to re-hack a new gun ever 8 months becaue thier life span is so short.

What do you think I should do?

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Re:What should I getin your opinion?
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2004, 03:56:43 pm »
Go with Act-Labs light gun. I have the S-Video out version and have had no problems at all with it. It's better personally then risking a hack and then it going wrong somewhere down the line and having to do it again. At least with a finshed product and needs no hacking you can be sure it will last.

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Re:What should I getin your opinion?
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2004, 08:40:25 pm »
When I look at the T2 gun hacks, the biggest problem I see is that they are such behemoth's.  You would sort of need a very special cabinet to be able to sit them on your cabinet reasonably.  The Act Labs guns have the advantage that they are small and convenient.

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Re:What should I getin your opinion?
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2004, 03:44:21 pm »
There are more games that work well with t2 guns...

whats good with one sucks in the other... so play them and see which you want.  You will not want to crossover at all (or much).

btw... for the t2 guns... if you remove the knocker mechanism... it drops the weight in 1/2... this was needed for my kids to use them...

note to self... make sure my kids know the proper way to shoot a M16... good life long lesson  ::)

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Re:What should I getin your opinion?
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2004, 04:13:53 pm »
Just get yourself a Colt .45, sure it's a little hard on the monitor, but it's great fun.

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Re:What should I getin your opinion?
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2004, 08:03:05 pm »
Just get yourself a Colt .45, sure it's a little hard on the monitor, but it's great fun.

roflmao @ "a little hard on the monitor"
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Re:What should I getin your opinion?
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2004, 08:19:02 pm »
Just get yourself a Colt .45, sure it's a little hard on the monitor, but it's great fun.

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I do this and it's really not bad.  I just use bullet-proof glass instead of tinted plexi.  I have to replace it frequently, but like Stingray said, it's great fun....and my way the monitor stays completely out of harm's way.  As far as ricochet, I have only been grazed twice and on only one of those occasions did I need stitches.
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Re:What should I getin your opinion?
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2004, 08:36:32 pm »
This post just begs for the ol'
"You'll shoot your eye out"
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Re:What should I getin your opinion?
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2004, 08:48:33 pm »
Have you ever seen the aftermath of someone shooting a picture tube with the rear support removed?
When the tube implodes the rear connector assembly flys TOWARD the shooter, and it gets a little ugly from there.

I had a friend in high school whose mom worked in the trauma center.
We got all kinds of "don't try this at home" advice on a regular basis.
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Re:What should I getin your opinion?
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2004, 09:40:18 pm »


roflmao

damn dude, dont you think thats a little much?

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Re:What should I getin your opinion?
« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2004, 11:55:43 am »
Schmokes, you're a genius. I'm off to buy some bulletproof glass. Can you gat this in a nice dark tint?

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Re:What should I getin your opinion?
« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2004, 12:21:25 am »
roflmao
damn dude, dont you think thats a little much?

Um, no....I gotta lotta ass.  My wife even tells me on occasion that I'm a COMPLETE ass.  I take "complete" to mean "finished", and as with all guy things, I underestimated the final product.  I need to take a little off the back.....a few more cracks like that from Stingray, and I'll be good to go :P

That struck me as the funniest damn thing in the world, because in my mind, I can picture him standing there, shards of glass all over the friggen place, turning around, doing a rampy *shrug*, and giving me a "that'll leave a mark".  That's not just funny, that's RICH!
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Re:What should I getin your opinion?
« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2004, 01:31:26 pm »
I fail to see what's so funny.  ;)

Another unexpected bonus, my wife never complains about how noisy my non-gun games are anymore.

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