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| Ok - the desire for a lightgun has hit again, lots of old links dead..... |
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| u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: horseboy on August 06, 2006, 08:16:32 pm ---Yeah, but the problem with that is that AFAIK nobody has successfully used real arcade lightguns with pc setup. There was a link to a usb arcade lightgun "controller" that showed up on here a couple of times. It cost $180 each and nobody on here was willing to give it a shot. --- End quote --- The other problems are it doesn't say it's winXP compatable (doesn't say it's not, either), and hints you have to buy another board to work: --- Quote ---... a fully HID USB compliant optical gun interface board that will allow a first person shooter to be built around a WINDOWS or LINUX USB compliant PC. The optical gun board will work in conjunction with the UGCI and will allow a complete Optical Gun system supporting two optical gun inputs can be built for less than a few hundred dollars.... WINDOWS 98/ME Compatible --- End quote --- But looks like it's down to $160. Still too high for me, even if it was already tested. edit: added italics to quote |
| NightGod:
IIRC someone contacted the guy selling those and confirmed that you need both boards. |
| rbarr110:
Ok, so it looks like going this route will work best overall http://www.hkems.com/product/xbox/LCDTopGun.htm Now what I am having a hard time locating is can you use 2 simultaneously? (Edit: apparently yes after more searching with some difficulties) I am planning on being about 2' from the arcade cab, is this a problem? Too close? And where is everyone buying theirs? Thanks |
| horseboy:
I bought mine here. Cliff Racer They are sold out now, though. Call and see when they are getting more. As for the distance, I cant exactly remeber ( and I can't find it right now), but there is a multiplier that was generally accepted around here. Maybe it was like ... distance between stands x 2.5 = distance from screen. 2.5 sounds right, but I am not sure. Try to mount the horizontally as opposed to vertically and you will be able to stand a bit closer. |
| NightGod:
I'm almost positive that they have to be mounted vertically, thought I remember reading someone who was unable to get them to calibrate like that. |
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