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Does the screen really flash when using Guncon2 guns with MAME?

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Teknique:


--- Quote from: sofakng on April 01, 2008, 02:47:26 pm ---Do you know if the original Nameco Guncon2's work with either drive?

From what I've learned, there are two Guncon2 drivers but neither has been updated in about two years.  Both of them seem to suggest that the original Guncon2 doesn't work.

Is this true?

How do I know if a specific Guncon2 is compatible?

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Original guns are compatible and are reviewed in a thread here:

http://www.guncon2driver.com/forum.php?viewforum=5&language=english


I purchased the cheapest, most generic guncon2's I could find on ebay to test them out and they worked:

http://cgi.ebay.com/PlayStation-2-PS2-Light-Gun-Shooting-GunCon-GunCon2-NEW_W0QQitemZ300211674579QQihZ020QQcategoryZ21188QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

...so there is a good chance that most any branded gun will work.
 

sofakng:


--- Quote from: Teknique on April 01, 2008, 03:33:53 pm ---I purchased the cheapest, most generic guncon2's I could find on ebay to test them out and they worked:

http://cgi.ebay.com/PlayStation-2-PS2-Light-Gun-Shooting-GunCon-GunCon2-NEW_W0QQitemZ300211674579QQihZ020QQcategoryZ21188QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Ahhh, thanks.  These are exactly the ones I was looking to purchase so I'm very glad to hear that you purchased the same ones and they worked!

I guess I'll spend the $30 (two guns plus shipping) and try it out.

I was actually really interested in the Topgun LCD guns but after seeing the price ($100 minimum for two) and the fact that you need to stand FAR from the display device, I'm not really that interested anymore.

I'm also halfway decently interested in the new ActLabs guns but they cost around $200 for two guns (insane) and if the Guncon2 will work just as good then I'll save a boatload of money!

Chunce DeLeone:

Guys just to clarify those 10$ guns work with mame?  What else other than the software do you need?

sofakng:

One more question... does the Guncon2 work using component cables?

Teknique:

yes the $10 guns do work in MAME.  I did very little calibration for them to work out of the box.

sofa -It is a standard composite (RCA video feed) used.  The guns come with a ps2 and yellow dual sided male/female RCA cable attachment - the yellow cable needs to be connected to the tv on one side and to the cable coming from your video card on the otherside.  my video card has s-video out so I needed an s-video to RCA adaptor which I got a cablesforless.com for a couple bucks.  I am not sure about component inputs as I do not know how the signal is divided there.

Tek



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