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Dreamcast Lightgun
« on: February 06, 2003, 11:25:44 am »
ok so in your opinion whats the most accurate DC lightgun out there. Im still looking for one. Also, will a guncon work on it with some kind of adapter?? Thanks.

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Re:Dreamcast Lightgun
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2003, 01:56:20 pm »
Tough question.  I have the pelican dc guns and they calibtrate perfectly, but only if the contrast/brightness is cranked.  I'd think accuracy depends more on the monitor than the gun.  TV's will calibrate easiest (since my nature they are overly bright with high contrast, and big blurring pixels).  I have an old 1992 hanatrex polo 25" arcade monitor that has difficulties calibrating without me cranking the brightness/contrast (but then its to bright for regular games).  I also have a 1998 25" WG Std/Med rez monitor in another cab which was barely used (looks brand new)...this monitor calibrates much easier and is super accurate.

So which gun to get should come down to best feel (not to heavy or awkward, reload button doesn't get in the way) and  best features (auto fire/auto reload)...

As for the guncon, I've never herd of such an adapter.

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Re:Dreamcast Lightgun
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2003, 10:22:43 pm »
hey dave, is that called the Pelican Stinger Light Blaster?

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Re:Dreamcast Lightgun
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2003, 12:56:46 am »
can a dc lightgun work with a pc monitor?  dc hooked up to a vga box?

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Re:Dreamcast Lightgun
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2003, 10:45:14 am »
another good question SirPoonga! I bought the dragoncast at Gibraltar trade show in michigan, works great but only a handful of games :((, but since I'll be going tv in the cab all will play great, still need to score a dc s-vid cable then hook into a central box to switch between dc and pc for display

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Re:Dreamcast Lightgun
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2003, 11:57:58 pm »
hey dave, is that called the Pelican Stinger Light Blaster?
Yup thats it.
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Re:Dreamcast Lightgun
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2003, 12:14:36 am »
can a dc lightgun work with a pc monitor?  dc hooked up to a vga box?
Yes, lightgun works fine on a PC monitor (vgabox outputs 640x480).  You may have to adjust the contrast/brightness.

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Re:Dreamcast Lightgun
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2003, 12:53:41 pm »
ok so in your opinion whats the most accurate DC lightgun out there. Im still looking for one. Also, will a guncon work on it with some kind of adapter?? Thanks.

Guncon wont work.. :(.

MOST accurate would be the starfire lightblaster..

ITS AWSOME DUDE..no words for it..i just bought 2 couple of days ago and WOW..most accurate gun i have ever used in my entire life..even better then official Namco guncon that came with time crisis on good ol psx...believe it or not..EVEN better..super accurate.not to mention i paid $20 for 2 brand new never open starfire lightblaster for dreamcast from EB games..thats my opinion(NOT FACTS).