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fredster:

The guns on Terminator 2 are not optical guns, they are basically joysticks. Is that what a "positional gun" is?

Games like T2 and perhaps Operation wolf, are these guns just a joystick with a fake gun mounted on it or is the control actually different? Are they analog or what?



JCKnife:


--- Quote from: fredster on January 02, 2005, 09:55:48 pm --- are these guns just a joystick with a fake gun mounted on it? Are they analog or what?

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yes and yes.

paigeoliver:

Operation Wolf is really a lightgun, although it is mounted like a positional gun.

fredster:

I have a T2, but I didn't tear into the guns except to service the button.   Do they have pots in them instead of digital switches?

So you can't use them in a Mame project unless you use something called "analog" mame?



SirPoonga:

you can use any joystick that is pot based in mame.  You need to interface it so windows see it as a joystick.  This is easy to do for gameport joysticks, get the gameport specs and wire up correctly.  For USB you will need to hack a usb joystick.

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