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Cut the crap - Is the Aimtrak any good?
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Neverending Project:

--- Quote from: Franco B on October 27, 2009, 11:48:39 am ---Your likely to get mucho elaboration due to the nature of the topic. It may be better to add a poll if you just want a yes/no answer.

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--- Quote from: HarumaN on October 27, 2009, 11:52:31 am ---Or better yet, buy one, and decide for yourself.

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--- Quote from: syph007 on October 27, 2009, 12:21:09 pm ---It's worth the money to try one.  If you end up hating it, I'm sure you can resell to someone and not take a huge loss.  But I'd bet the results of your poll will be positive, in that 'most' enjoy it, even if it can't pass 100 million tech challenges... its fun to actually use.  Besides me I'd say 10+ guests have used it on my arcade and never done any sort of recalibrating.  You need to leave the crosshair on though.  If you would hate that, you might not like them.

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--- Quote from: Drakin on October 27, 2009, 12:25:31 pm ---I say yes..and I'm glad I bought them..I'm after the fun factor and not the "how close to a nats ass accurate" can it be.

I would recomend them to anyone wanting to play light gun games.

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No matter what we say, you are going to need to get one and make your own decision. It seems the light gun topic is one of those can of worms that everyone has their own expectations and opinions.

Oops, I elaborated.

Edit: I'm glad that you think all the prior discussions and debates over the AimTrak are crap. [/sarcasm]
rbarr110:
I do not own one yet, but have been looking at all the things posted, trying to decide if it is worth buyibg as well.

This is my opinion, based on everything I have read.

The aimtrack works, lets you play light gun games in mame with decent accuracy.  Looks fun and worth the money, but is not a 100% accurate replica of playing the same games in the arcade.

This is my opinion, based on all the complaints of accuracy.

I find it silly that people expect a piece of hardware to emulate with near perfect accuracy of the original arcade setup.  People are playing an EMULATED game that doesnt claim to be 100% accurate in the first place.  If people are so insistant on near perfect emulation and accuracy, buy the original arcade game.
Beretta:
i dont own one but based on what i've seen (videos) and accounts by people who own one

i'd have to say no.. it's not.

all the videos i see people using it with any real success has them using the cross hair on. not my idea of accuracy when you need a on screen crosshair to aim it.

of course those who are'nt looking for "sight" accuracy this is probably a good solution.


so no i dont think based on what i've seen that it would be a good option for those looking for accuracy.. especially over a range of positions or users.

but what i do think is it has promise and i think that over time it will mature into a good solution if development of it continues which i think will.

but it's not yet the "holy grail" imo.
Neverending Project:

--- Quote from: Beretta on October 27, 2009, 02:30:57 pm ---all the videos i see people using it with any real success has them using the cross hair on. not my idea of accuracy when you need a on screen crosshair to aim it.

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I don't play with the crosshair on, and it is my experience that this gun provides excellent accuracy - better than my original videos lead one to believe. In fact when I tried one of the games with the crosshair on (Police Trainer) it made me realize that there was an additional in-game calibration that needed to be done. I was using the lightgun to move the crosshair onto target and my shots were still off! Once I went through the game calibration in the service menu, the crosshair matched up with my shots, and I turned it off. But damn, that's still a hard game.
SlayerAlex:
i think it beats using a mouse or trackball. So i guess you could say its the BEST!
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