have nintendo gun all torn apart and have a question

[GMZombie]

can anybody tell me what the swivel thing actually does...it is boggling my mind as to what its purpose is. i see that there are contacts inside of it but why? does this actually move when you move the gun? is the chain supposed to be hooked up so it moves when you move? i just dont get it...thanks for the info in advance

[daywane]

what nintendo gun have you taken apart?
NES?
SNES?
Arcade?

[GMZombie]

sorry arcade

[Turnarcades]

Pretty specific. Wait around for our serious tech-heads like ken layton or urebelscum to pick this question up.

[u_rebelscum]

... arcade (nintendo lightgun)

Sorry, not sure what gun you're talking about (and all the googling just gets me the NES gun).

Pics so we can guess?

[Siris]

Just a guess but since he mentioned a chain connected to it I'd gather it's maybe a simple security device that maybe if the gun were ripped away an alarm could trigger???

[Mauzy]

The chain is just there so some idiot can't rip it off as easily. Also keeps the gun from being too far away from the cab which could cause the cord to wear at a weak point.

[CheffoJeffo]

I believe the contacts inside the swivel are for the wires coming from the gun to the game board (e.g. they aren't wired straight-through like a new Happ gun, but rather allow the cable to twist and twist and twist without binding the wires inside).

I stumbled across this little gem the other day -- VS_GunService manual.

EDIT: Should have included a link to the index as that guy has TONS of Nintendo PC and VS manuals, including the Gun Kit manual:

http://playchoice.riemen.net/rep_manuals.html

[BASS!]

Wow, what a smart engineer. Nintendo is just so damn clever.

[CheffoJeffo]

Wow, what a smart engineer. Nintendo is just so damn clever.

And they invented Strongtanium(tm) !

 

[BASS!]

Lol that was an interesting google spree there. I had to look up strongtanium.

[BASS!]

Alphalon: Years ago the powerful and wise Marcos Strikerman and his companion Lazor Lord Luke Strongtanium created a device of ultimate power. The mystical peakflow, and into this device they put their love of all gods creatures, their acceptance of cultures and will to dominate all life. After their departure to the great beyond the peakflow passed to one race to the next until it came upon the evil creature known only as Insidior, or Sinestro, but mostly Insidior. In the fires of mount immorality he began his plans to rule the galaxy. But there were those who resisted, a last alliance of cyber ninjas and space mimes marched on Mount Immorality, and on those slopes they fought for the control of Middle Universe 42. And some say, the future of the multiverse itself. Victory was near! But the power of the ring… er peakflow could not be undone. It was at this moment that Isildur, son of the Space king, took up his father’s sword. And hit Insidior’s one weak point. A giant cardboard circle with an “I” on it strategically placed on his chest. And so, the peakflow was sent to a distant planet, Earth.

Found that too LOL

[daywane]

I believe the contacts inside the swivel are for the wires coming from the gun to the game board (e.g. they aren't wired straight-through like a new Happ gun, but rather allow the cable to twist and twist and twist without binding the wires inside).

I stumbled across this little gem the other day -- VS_GunService manual.

EDIT: Should have included a link to the index as that guy has TONS of Nintendo PC and VS manuals, including the Gun Kit manual:

http://playchoice.riemen.net/rep_manuals.html

DUDE 
you are the man of the day

[GMZombie]

so could these just be replaced with non swivels or are they needed for a bigger purpose?