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Title: windows xp and dual light guns
Post by: mattnday on February 24, 2004, 12:54:16 pm: Is it imossible to run dual light guns with windows xp. or will it work with an analog version of mame like turbomame?

any help would be appreciate as I need to determine wether to buy 1 gun or 2
Title: Re:windows xp and dual light guns
Post by: jerryjanis on February 24, 2004, 03:48:52 pm: I started working on this chart a while ago. I just put it on my website. It's a chart of compatibility of several lightguns with different operating systems and using multiple lightguns.

If anyone has any info about any other lightguns, I'd be happy to add it.
Title: Re:windows xp and dual light guns
Post by: CitznFish on February 24, 2004, 04:59:29 pm: nice easy to read chart. :)
Title: Re:windows xp and dual light guns
Post by: jerryjanis on February 24, 2004, 05:08:36 pm: Quote from: CitznFish on February 24, 2004, 04:59:29 pm
nice easy to read chart. :)
Right right...

http://jstookey.com/arcade/lightguns/
Title: Re:windows xp and dual light guns
Post by: CitznFish on February 24, 2004, 05:26:09 pm: Quote from: jerryjanis on February 24, 2004, 05:08:36 pm
Quote from: CitznFish on February 24, 2004, 04:59:29 pm
nice easy to read chart. :)
Right right...

http://jstookey.com/arcade/lightguns/

No,no..i was being dead serious. It'll save a lot of time as long as people actually go there.

Most of us realize there is a www link under your avatar. ;)
Title: Re:windows xp and dual light guns
Post by: eightbit on February 24, 2004, 07:05:33 pm: Act-labs tv light guns work very well dual under XP on a tv.

In my opinion the only 2 guns even worth using are the act-labs pc monitor gun or the tv gun.
Title: Re:windows xp and dual light guns
Post by: CitznFish on February 24, 2004, 07:28:28 pm: Quote from: eightbit on February 24, 2004, 07:05:33 pm
Act-labs tv light guns work very well dual under XP on a tv.

In my opinion the only 2 guns even worth using are the act-labs pc monitor gun or the tv gun.

yeah, but they look so silly.
Title: Re:windows xp and dual light guns
Post by: mattnday on February 24, 2004, 08:39:18 pm: thanks for the help
Title: Re:windows xp and dual light guns
Post by: Sasquatch! on February 25, 2004, 12:36:33 am: Wait a minute...you don't need MAME+Analog for the TV guns?? When did this happen?
Title: Re:windows xp and dual light guns
Post by: GamingGreg on February 25, 2004, 11:50:53 pm: Quote from: Sasquatch! on February 25, 2004, 12:36:33 am
Wait a minute...you don't need MAME+Analog for the TV guns?? When did this happen?

Since the release of the TV guns. The reason is that the dual TV guns set acts as one mouse (a four button mouse I believe). It knows who fired the shot by the button number. At least that's the way I understand it.
Title: Re:windows xp and dual light guns
Post by: crashwg on February 26, 2004, 12:14:17 am: How would that work with light gun games? Normaly you can see your cursor on the screen. What happens if you shoot at the same time?
Title: Re:windows xp and dual light guns
Post by: GamingGreg on February 26, 2004, 02:03:04 pm: It would be a problem if you did shoot at exactly (down to the millisecond) the same time. However it is very unlikely that you'll pull the trigger during the same millisecond. More likely is the fact that it'll register quite a few milliseconds later. Act-Labs probably designed it with that fact in mind. As long as your shots are over ~34 milliseconds (the time for the electron gun to scan the screen once) apart, which is highly likely, then you are okay.