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Light gun market research question.
wooowman93:
even better inexpensive and good
DJ_Izumi:
It's already easy enough to get cheap third party guncons. The issue is getting light gun models that will survive usage, especially if you don't let your machines collect dust and encourage people to actually play with them. With my light gun collection I take the PS1 and PS2 guns and games out to anime and gaming events I help run so people can enjoy some Point Blank or Time Crisis. The events might only run 7hrs but some of those kids are playing the HELL out of the guns, frantically and insanely going at the triggers. I'd say construction quality would be a major issue.
I set up some cheap HAIS CRT based multisystem lightguns (Which seem to be physically identical to the LCD TopGun almost) and they were DESTROYED in 3hrs of House Of The Dead 3 on Xbox. Literally the triggers didn't even go 'click' anymore and one gun couldn't even be detected by the Xbox anymore. Third parties vary in quality. I've had decent results with Namco's own Guncon 1's but now one has an iffy trigger and another needs it's video passthough repaired. The only guns I've had that have operated flawless were the offical Guncon 2's for PS2 that Namco made, but that could just be dumb luck.
So if someone were making a hobbiest light gun for MAME and such I think one of the key goals should be to have it survive 'arcade level usage'.
TheShanMan:
I don't think Andy would make it if he couldn't make a high quality, durable product. But I think some people here are getting ahead of themselves. I don't think Andy has said he is going to release a light gun product. The title of the thread says "market research", so it sounds like he's only in the exploratory phase. That said, I'm hopeful!
severdhed:
yeah, it sounds like it could be a while..but it is promising news. Ultimarc makes great products...i couldn't be happier with my u360s and utrak. I'm really hoping that something good comes from this. I'd love to have an arcade quality gun for my cabinet that works with mame. i'd even be happy with something on the same level as the guncon 2.
so, Andy..if you are reading this...whatever it is you are working on...please make it compatible with LCD monitors. the caibinet i have just doesnt have the depth require for a CRT. and even though i've been pushing and pushing..my wife is just not on board with me getting another cabinet set up for Playstation 2 light gun games. i'd love to tell her that there is an awesome light gun product that will work with my existing LCD cabinet.
daywane:
LCD, CRT, TV I do not care ... I can use any of the listed.
3 to 4 feet is fine.
getting the darn thing to work and simple to set up is key to me.
TV size I would be using
svid... 20 inch and 32 inch
Plain old TV 52 or 56 inch. I do not remember size right off the top of my head.
LCD 19 inch
CRT 19 inch
You make it... I will buy one.
a yoke would be nice next.
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