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danph1

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Question installing simulation guns onto PC Cabinet Machines
« on: December 24, 2006, 02:53:38 pm »
Does anyone have experience installing simulation guns onto a PC cabinet machine.  I have a Terminator 2 game and some others. 

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Re: Question installing simulation guns onto PC Cabinet Machines
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2006, 09:10:30 pm »
i dont have any experience with this (i would like some but i dont) but it seems to me that you would have to sync the gun barrel with the target on screen.

basically the gun controls the movement of the joystick so you would need to use the crosshairs in game to let you line up the guns.  it will be trial and error i suppose.

good luck.

can you post a pic of the guns if you have them?  im thinking of using a toy gun as a base for making my own.
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Re: Question installing simulation guns onto PC Cabinet Machines
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2006, 07:10:57 pm »
The guns like that are actually a big analog joystick.
The hack for them is the same as a Star Wars yoke.

You can either hack them into an analog gaming device (like the Dual-Strike), or use an analog interface (like the A-pac or AKI).
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Re: Question installing simulation guns onto PC Cabinet Machines
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2006, 07:19:36 pm »
My arcade website I hacked together has some Dual Strike wiring pictures for you if you decide to go that route.

http://unclet.arcadecontrols.com/

.... look into the rotating cabinet section
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Re: Question installing simulation guns onto PC Cabinet Machines
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2006, 08:36:34 pm »
Hey guys thanks for the feedback.  I understand this better now.  Yeah, I'll def post these pics when I get it to work!

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