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Title: 'Light' Guns that work with LCD/Plasma Displays?
Post by: Alpha17X on February 22, 2010, 08:51:01 pm

I'm building a new cabinet, have been for a while. it's vewlix style and I want it to do everything, possible. I want it to have light gun capability but traditional lightguns as most of us know, don't really work well with LCD and Plasma screens, which is what the cabinet in question uses.  Is anyone aware of a PC gun that would work with such a screen. if I really need to I can just go hack two Wii Remotes, but I would be interested in using an existing product if there's one out there.

I checked Act-Labs and they don't seem to have what I'm looking for, unless I didn't look hard enough.

Like I said, hacking some Wii-Remotes would be no big deal, but if there's already something out there, I'd probably settle for that.

Title: Re: 'Light' Guns that work with LCD/Plasma Displays?
Post by: andrewbean90 on February 22, 2010, 08:54:54 pm

http://arcadeemulator.net/ (http://arcadeemulator.net/)

go here and it should work with a pcb board thing sold seperately

Title: Re: 'Light' Guns that work with LCD/Plasma Displays?
Post by: CheffoJeffo on February 22, 2010, 09:00:48 pm

You will want to look at the Aimtrak

http://www.ultimarc.com/aimtrak.html (http://www.ultimarc.com/aimtrak.html)

It is available from Divemaster over on arcadeemulator.net.

There is also an epic thread here:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=96369.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=96369.0)

Title: Re: 'Light' Guns that work with LCD/Plasma Displays?
Post by: Alpha17X on February 22, 2010, 09:12:46 pm

Thanks guys, I was unaware of these.

Title: WiiMote Light Gun
Post by: ubiquityman on February 22, 2010, 09:32:20 pm

I'll be using a bluetooth dongle and a Wiimote in a Nyko Perfect Shot case for the light gun.
Monoprice has the Wii sensor bars and a clone of the Nyko gun adapter, each for just $2-$3.
The BT dongle can be purchased from Meritline for $2 on sale.
Wiimote are about $40, but if you have a Wii already, then you already have one.
Drivers are available on the web for making the Wiimote a mouse....  voila - a light gun.

Title: Re: 'Light' Guns that work with LCD/Plasma Displays?
Post by: Alpha17X on February 23, 2010, 12:39:05 am

That was essentially my plan.  I'm going to get an aimtrack too though, just to check it out and see what It can do, for all I know maybe I"ll like it more.

Title: Re: WiiMote Light Gun
Post by: mwong168 on February 23, 2010, 01:48:37 pm

Quote from: ubiquityman on February 22, 2010, 09:32:20 pm

I'll be using a bluetooth dongle and a Wiimote in a Nyko Perfect Shot case for the light gun.
Monoprice has the Wii sensor bars and a clone of the Nyko gun adapter, each for just $2-$3.
The BT dongle can be purchased from Meritline for $2 on sale.
Wiimote are about $40, but if you have a Wii already, then you already have one.
Drivers are available on the web for making the Wiimote a mouse....  voila - a light gun.

For those looking for one stop shopping for making a Wiimote Lightgun you could get everything from Dealextreme.com which offers free shipping  :cheers:

White Wireless IR Sensor Bar for Wii $6.07
(http://www.dealextreme.com/productimages/sku_3643_1.jpg)
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3643 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3643)

Wu-Band Wii Remote and Nunchuck $25.28
(http://www.dealextreme.com/productimages/sku_27645_1.jpg)
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.27645 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.27645)

Black + White Pistol Gun Controller for Wii Remote $8.82
(http://www.dealextreme.com/productimages/sku_29212_1.jpg)
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.29212 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.29212)

Super Mini Bluetooth 2.0 Adapter Dongle (Vista Compatible) $1.98
(http://www.dealextreme.com/productimages/sku_11866_1.jpg)
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11866 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11866)

I have bought a few of these bluetooth adaptors and they work great and also bought the Black and White Pistols as well in hopes of fitting an AimTrak in there but I ended up picking up a pair of EMS TopGun II's from another member on here for a really good price but this was the route I was planning to go for the Wii.

Title: Re: 'Light' Guns that work with LCD/Plasma Displays?
Post by: JRoz on November 24, 2010, 02:34:47 pm

Thanks again for the suggestion below Mike.  Bringing this thread back to life again to let all know that if they want a USB or wall powered sensor for their arcade, Nextronics Sensor Bar USB is the way to go (have it on Amazon for $21 shipped).  Its ideal for my setup as I need to mount this bar underneath the lip of my monitor bezel and not have to worry about changing batteries or turning it on every time.  It comes with an 8 foot cord so it should be perfect...I'll let ya know how it all works if anyone is interested

thanks
Jason