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is It Impossible To Get Arcade-Quality Guns For A Mame Cabinet?
Nation:
I have really searched everywhere and it seems that there is no way to get arcade quality guns for my mame cabinet. I'm using an arcade monitor in my cab. It seems the only options out there are the Top Gun which seems like the recoil is rather cheesy and requires led stands. I've seen the recoil guns at happcontrols but from what I can tell they are not mame compatible. They are also quite expensive however considering how much it has cost to put together this cab I'm willing to spend the extra cash for the real deal if it is out there. The only other guns I've found are lacking recoil which is really important to me. I used to love playing point blank in the arcade. Someone please tell me there is a solution out there! I thought I ran into a mention of an adapter for the happ guns but I never found any details.
Hoopz:
Try this:
http://www.nanotechent.com/opti-gun.php
smalltownguy:
I have a buddy who's a mechanical engineer, and the 2 of us are scheming on building our own recoil shotguns this winter. Once the project gets underway, I'll start a thread on it.
As far as the light gun goes, you can pick up just about any gun body you want from eBay, and retro-fit it with the AimTrak hardware.
My experience with the AimTrak has been nothing but positive. It helps when you've got someone like Andy Warne behind it.
Nation:
Hoopz, thanks for the link! Damn, that is expensive though... looks like to get happ recoil guns + the adapter is going to be over $500. Ouch. That is really pushing the limits of my budget but its good to know that it is a possibility.
smalltownguy, I've looked at the aimTrak but I'm not aware of any guns that i could retrofit and still have recoil. Do you know of any?
smalltownguy:
Ah...the recoil. Precisely why my buddy and I are going to build our own. Shouldn't be too hard to rig together some kind of solenoid, switch, etc etc to get the desired effect.
I'll let you know what I come up with.