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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: DarthBS on May 04, 2016, 11:08:21 am
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need some help as a first time builder. should i use my old metal slug crt arcade cabinet and turn it into a gun only arcade machine.
the reason i ask is because i see people having issues with guns and aiming on lcd and modern tvs and instead of trying to mess with aimtrack on a brand new build, i am thinking of having a dedicated gun arcade.
let me know what you guys think and also if it's even possible to use a old crt tv and run a bunch of gun games on 1 cabinet while keeping the accuracy up to par.
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I like PS2 for my gun games. It can get a little tricky since some games use different guns, but it runs smooth as silk.
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I like PS2 for my gun games. It can get a little tricky since some games use different guns, but it runs smooth as silk.
so keep the crt and mod a ps2 to play gun games or can i just put a modded ps2 on my custom cabinet with lcd or led tv and switch from regular arcade to gun games whenever i please?
Also is it only ps2 official games that can be used or can i mod the ps2 to play a ton of gun based arcade games?
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can i just put a modded ps2 on my custom cabinet with lcd or led tv and switch from regular arcade to gun games whenever i please?
Turn back now.
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can i just put a modded ps2 on my custom cabinet with lcd or led tv and switch from regular arcade to gun games whenever i please?
Turn back now.
Thanks for the amazing advice
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Wait and get a Gun2Usb Board if you really dig Lightgun Games.
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Wait and get a Gun2Usb Board if you really dig Lightgun Games.
any threads on this? tried searching but couldnt find anything. sounds interesting.
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Search for USB2Gun. It's the I/O board out of the "America's Army" arcade machine.
Like all real light guns, (including PS2 guns ;) ) it requires a CRT screen.
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Search for USB2Gun. It's the I/O board out of the "America's Army" arcade machine.
Like all real light guns, (including PS2 guns ;) ) it requires a CRT screen.
thanks.
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Wait and get a Gun2Usb Board if you really dig Lightgun Games.
i read up on it and it seems like the way to go.
i also noticed it supposedly isnt sold anymore.
any new info on it becoming available or is my only option is looking for an old army cab?
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Wait and get a Gun2Usb Board if you really dig Lightgun Games.
i read up on it and it seems like the way to go.
i also noticed it supposedly isnt sold anymore.
any new info on it becoming available or is my only option is looking for an old army cab?
read this :
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,140666.0.html1 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,140666.0.html1)
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Wait and get a Gun2Usb Board if you really dig Lightgun Games.
i read up on it and it seems like the way to go.
i also noticed it supposedly isnt sold anymore.
any new info on it becoming available or is my only option is looking for an old army cab?
read this :
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,140666.0.html1 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,140666.0.html1)
thanks! yeah this is exactly what i want to do to my old cab. i sent the op a pm.
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I like PS2 for my gun games. It can get a little tricky since some games use different guns, but it runs smooth as silk.
Recently I've been going back and forth trying to make a decision about this myself. I had a Turkey Hunting USA cabinet I picked up last fall in a cab lot that's been gathering dust. Cab was in great physical condition with a nice 27' monitor but had no guns and the flyback needed replaced on the monitor. Initially I planned on repairing the monitor (or replacing it with a 27' CRT TV) and putting in a Playstation-to-JAMMA PCB. Combine that with a PS2 with hard drive and some third party guns that are Guncon/Justifier compatible and I could play the entire PS1 and PS2 library without changing guns or consoles. Be able to play a few PS2 Atomiswave ports is icing on the cake.
In the end though I ended up doing the complete opposite, grabbed some Amtrak guns, yanked the out CRT for a 24' LCD monitor, used a CGA-to-VGA converter board so I could hook the PS2 up, and I also added a PC for emulators.
The main reasons I decided on LCD + Aimtrak over a CRT with Guncon/Justifier was software. With the exception of the Time Crisis: Project Titan every PS1 gun game I really liked was an arcade port (all of which are superior in MAME) plus there's quite a few arcade emulator exclusive games. I definitely prefer the Guncon's preciseness and ease of use but the amount of additional games supported by the Aimtrak coupled with a cheap PC make up for the inconvenience.
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Now you must get CarnEvil working.