A BYOAC Lightgun, are we up to it?

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IntruderAlert:
i'd just like an interface that I could wire a real arcade gun to
sort of an i-pac or keywiz for guns ;D

sWampy:

--- Quote from: ErikRuud on March 04, 2005, 11:56:59 am ---A lot of those old 8-bit computers had ligt pen inputs on their joystick ports. It was fairly easy to implement, because they generally only had one video mode to deal with.

I think that we need something along the lines of this ligt pen interface, but much cheaper.

It would be cool if it had inputs for standard arcade light guns and/or Guncon guns.

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The light pen interface had to be right on the display, since they work by know by watching the monitor for the scan line to pass, they know what part of the screen they are drawing right now, so when they see the scan line, they know where it is pointed. This doesn't work real well from a distance, hince the flash, to make the scan line bright enough to pick up. You also have to tie into the video signal so you can know what part of the display the monitor is refreshing when, different monitors, different setup needed, vga/arcade/tv, 3 different interfaces. ;-/

A better solution would be something like iToy, or some photo sensor array, that looked for a something like a ir led on the end of a gun, to triangulate where the gun was pointed, where it would work with any monitor, any scan rate.

ErikRuud:
Light pens work on the same basic principals as a light gun, but they are pen shaped and designed to be used right up against the monitor.

Because of the short range and tighter focus, they do not require the "White Flash" that many light guns use.

I used to have a Koala light pen for my Commodore 128 years ago.

ErikRuud:

--- Quote ---A better solution would be something like iToy, or some photo sensor array, that looked for a something like a ir led on the end of a gun, to triangulate where the gun was pointed, where it would work with any monitor, any scan rate.
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That is essentially what the RGT system from eRealGames is. They may have a PC version out soon. They expressed some interest in this thread

Shape D.:
As a person with no other abilities to add to the assistance of building a light gun I would like to offer my assistance with playtesting. ;)

Seriously though if you build these make something manly. That was the only crappy thing about the act labs guns. It looked like something my wife would keep in her purse.

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