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Cut the crap - Is the Aimtrak any good?
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Ragtag83:
I don't know how accurate the GunCons were on console's, I'm sure it was great from all the games that were made, but for PC use it's quite the challenge. I used every driver option I could find and calibrated who knows how may times and it always lost accuracy at the edges of the screen. Second time calibrating the AimTrak, I lost maybe a millimeter on the edges, granted that's on my laptop screen. The GunCons loved to randomly shoot the corning of the screen instead of where I was aiming. The AimTrak shoots where I point. Now I am not saying the AimTrak is the end all to any other gun solution, but for under $50, I don't see how you can get something better. Maybe it's not the accuracy of the arcade game you are thinking of but it's under $50!  It's fun to use and much much easier to setup than a GunCon onto the PC.  ...and that's my two cents on the subject.
RandyT:

--- Quote from: Ragtag83 on October 28, 2009, 02:46:23 am ---Now I am not saying the AimTrak is the end all to any other gun solution, but for under $50, I don't see how you can get something better.

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Again, it depends on your situation.  The Guncon2 is an actual integrated gun, not just a couple of circuit boards and wires, can be had for half the cost (1/4 if you look a little), and you can use it 6 inches from any size tube screen.  If you don't have spare gun shell, or the what for to install the Aimtrak yourself, or the cash to pay someone else to do it for you, or you want to be closer and you have a tube display, then it's not difficult to understand how you might be able to do better.  Of course the GunCon's also present a number of difficulties in interfacing them with the PC (probably the cause of the erratic behavior you experienced), but some have already jumped this hurdle and are looking at this is an upgrade possibility.

I haven't yet tried the Aimtrak on a little laptop screen, but I'm guessing the experience is different there than on a large tube monitor.  I'm sure the calibration routines fare better and the distances required probably won't be so apparent.  I'll have to give that a go when I get a chance.

As for the OP's motivations for asking this question in the first place, it's a bit silly.  Turnarcades, you are going to be on the "front-line" of support for your products, so if you incorporate the Aimtrak into them, it's going to be your baby.  There's no way anyone here is going to be able to answer the question you are posing.  It's something you will need to assess for yourself, by purchasing one, and using it for a while on the system you plan to offer it with in order to make an educated decision as to what you may or may not be getting into.  You know your customers better than any of us do (I hope) and there's a good possibility they aren't nearly as technical as this group.  They may also not be as forgiving, or as willing to jump through the hoops, as most who pay others to do something for them simply want something that just works.  I'm not saying that this isn't that something, but it's a decision you can't make as a third party to it.  It's only a $50 business investment....suck it up! ;)

RandyT
BamBam:

--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on October 27, 2009, 01:50:02 pm ---It's not a simple yes or no answer.

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 :soapbox: Why not?  It's a valid question.  The poor guy, and many others, want a short answer so he can make a decision to buy one or not. I have been sitting on the fence waiting for the short answer too.  I own two ACT Labs Guns, that have yet to work properly so this is important to me too.  I have been trolling through the "other" long post, on this subject, in search of this answer too and thought this post would be of assistance to me.  If you like to hear all of the pros and cons, why not return to the "other" post and leave us simple folks alone  ;)
BamBam:

--- Quote from: bkenobi on October 27, 2009, 04:13:43 pm ---
--- Quote from: SlayerAlex on October 27, 2009, 03:38:07 pm ---i think it beats using a mouse or trackball. So i guess you could say its the BEST!

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Ummm, NO!  There are other guns that are also better than using a mouse or trackball.  If you currently don't have a gun, it sounds like it's a good option.  BUT, a lot of us have guns and want to get better (accuracy, easier to configure, less flukey, etc) ones.  That's the question that a lot of people want answered.  That has been answered before by RandyT's review in one of those monster threads.

To summarize:  If you have nothing and are NOT using a CRT, it's your best option.  If you are using a CRT and have nothing currently, get a GunCon2.

Oh, and I really want these to be awesome, but so far I'm not seeing it.  Hopefully they will improve enough for me to see a benefit in upgrading! :cheers:

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That's the kind of feedback we need here.  Thanks  :cheers:
Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote from: BamBam on October 28, 2009, 08:38:18 am ---
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on October 27, 2009, 01:50:02 pm ---It's not a simple yes or no answer.

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 :soapbox: Why not?  It's a valid question.  The poor guy, and many others, want a short answer so he can make a decision to buy one or not. I have been sitting on the fence waiting for the short answer too.  I own two ACT Labs Guns, that have yet to work properly so this is important to me too.  I have been trolling through the "other" long post, on this subject, in search of this answer too and thought this post would be of assistance to me.  If you like to hear all of the pros and cons, why not return to the "other" post and leave us simple folks alone  ;)

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Perhaps you missed RandyT's reply to my post. You want a short answer and there isn't one. There are too many caveats when answering it.
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