The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Consoles => Topic started by: danny_galaga on July 15, 2017, 12:37:11 am
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Now I just have to mod my AV Famicom to take the NES zapper
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Yeah you need a zapper for that one but you really don't aim so you don't need a crt correct?
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Yeah you need a zapper for that one but you really don't aim so you don't need a crt correct?
Yes. And no ;D
If you take aim at the TV, the bad guy will draw on you. Therefore if you want to see all of the game, you'll still want to use a CRT
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$5 for the rom?
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No idea. I love new stuff for old systems when it's packaged well. I haven't gone nuts, so far I have 2 carts for the Lynx, one for the C64, this one and I might get one for the Megadrive. For such low volume production runs they are really reasonably priced (",)
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$5 for the rom?
It's an open source game. The original C code is actually available with the rom download. I'd post a link, but I'm guessing because other parts of the site is shady it would be taken down.
*EDIT*
Nevermind. I was thinking of regular Russian Roulette. You see this one is called "Super" because this is apparently the second or third nes homebrew to use this concept.
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$5 for the rom?
It's an open source game. The original C code is actually available with the rom download. I'd post a link, but I'm guessing because other parts of the site is shady it would be taken down.
*EDIT*
Nevermind. I was thinking of regular Russian Roulette. You see this one is called "Super" because this is apparently the second or third nes homebrew to use this concept.
Like this one I guess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYAWVWJq0y4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYAWVWJq0y4)
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I have modded my AV Famicom (HVC-101) to use the NES zapper, using this guide:
http://famicomworld.com/workshop/tech/nes-zapper-on-av-famicom/ (http://famicomworld.com/workshop/tech/nes-zapper-on-av-famicom/)
Easiest console mod you'll ever do (",)
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So how's the game?
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So how's the game?
I'll wait until the next time there's a meet before giving a verdict. I played around with it, and I can say it's really well put together but really it's a party game. Needs the addition of some friends and maybe some booze (",)
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I watched a youtube video. That game looks incredibly stupid.
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Needs the addition of some friends and maybe some booze (",)
I've found that anything that requires alcohol to be fun is actually terribly boring. For examples please see baseball, football (both kinds).... any of the "balls" really. Also see Nascar, truck pulls, or anything you go see on "Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!"
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That's ok. I'm not selling my copy anyway…
I've found that anything that requires alcohol to be fun is actually terribly boring. For examples please see baseball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlORWhsJjNM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlORWhsJjNM)
Just so we are on the same page, this is a review of the game in question. I have no idea anymore how to make a youtube link be a preview so you can see it so just click the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehxz9hLGmBE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehxz9hLGmBE)
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Yeah since Saint is MIA maybe we can figure something out. Will the site accept html code in posts? JavaScript? I can probably rig up an embed if we have something to work with.
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Pretty sure just removing the 's' on the 'http' will make it work.
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No it won't. If you happen to be using firefox you'll think it works but on pretty much every other browser it doesn't. The method used by this site has been depreciated for years and a couple of months ago most browsers finally pulled the plug and it no longer works.
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Finally took it to a party. It got played and people liked it, but not loved it so I guess it IS more of a novelty thing. I spent so much time hacking the gun that I became a bit immune to the funny bits myself, I guess a bit like how a play tester gets bored of the game they are testing. Next time will be at my place and the crowd will be more likely to get into it I think.
I did jazz up the zapper a bit though, so you can actually spin the cylinder instead of pressing a button (",) Took me a bit of searching but I found a toy revolver that is 1:1 scale and worked much like the real deal. You break it open, load up the bullets, hammer hits bullets and trigger rotates cylinder etc. Basically I ended up taking the photo diode complete on its PCB out of an aftermarket zapper and gluing that onto the drilled end of a Sharpie barrel cut to size. On top of the diode I also glued a magnetic reed switch so that I had one unit that looks a bit like some kinda home made detonator :duckhunt. That whole unit sits in the barrel. The magnet for the reed switch sits in one of the cylinders. A microswitch is activated by the trigger. I also incorporated an aftermarket NES controller.
I replaced all cables with 9 strand cable. I would have loved to make it uniform but I had a strict schedule so the light gun sports a sega mega drive extension cable, with plugs reused to make a half-arsed break away and the aftermarket NES controller was rewired with a PS extension cable. From the gamepad, I have extended wiring from the B button. This goes all the way through that junction box and up to the reed switch. Therfore when you spin the barrel it is akin to hitting B button. The whirring sounds in the game won't match the rate the cylinder spins of course, but is still a lot more realistic than just hitting a button. Both A and B 'spin' the cylinder in this game (fast and slow spin). However all B is used for other than 'spin' is to go back when entering initials, and therefore for the most part it doesn't matter if the B button is being pressed or not when doing anything else.
So in the end it doesn't matter so much that the gane is well received or not at parties (although everyone loved the gun!). I had fun making a new gun for it and that's a big part of the hobby for me. Makin' stuff (",)
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Well it's been a while since I dragged this out. The guys enjoyed it. Turns out it's fine for Duck Hunt too :duckhunt
https://youtu.be/X2ksvNaLRpk