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Title: LCD Topguns and 64bit CPU/OS
Post by: PhoneLine on December 31, 2007, 12:17:41 am
Hey there all,

I currently have a P4 2.8ghz machine running WinXP as my mame arcade.  I'm tinkering with the idea of upgrading my machine to perhaps a Core2Duo and right now have a Athlon 64 X2 4200. 

My question is, if I use my current AMD system as my arcade and toss in 64 bit XP or Vista, what kind of issues will I have with my dual EMS LCD topgun lightguns?  I know getting them to work correctly under the current setup was tricky and certain games need a custom config.  But right now, they all work great in everything from duck hunt to Terminator 2. 

So, whats the driver/setup problems I am looking at if I make the jump to a 64bit arcade machine?

Appreciate any info!
Title: Re: LCD Topguns and 64bit CPU/OS
Post by: Lilwolf on January 01, 2008, 08:05:32 pm
I haven't tried, but I'm guessing it will be a big no-go.  Drivers in vista64 and xp64 still suck for lots of older items.  And it doesn't buy you much.   

You might want to email a few of the guys writing their own drivers for the topgun.  They will DEFINATELY support 64 before the offical drivers do... they suck
Title: Re: LCD Topguns and 64bit CPU/OS
Post by: BASS! on February 29, 2008, 01:22:25 am
Bumping this because of relevance to another post. Do you know of who is writing the drivers? I want mame to work so bad in vista64 with the topguns. I was under the impression that they were working on a driver, but it looks like they ran into some issues with microsoft saying that they needed some sort of certification.
Title: Re: LCD Topguns and 64bit CPU/OS
Post by: Griphylad on February 29, 2008, 09:33:24 am
Hey there all,

I currently have a P4 2.8ghz machine running WinXP as my mame arcade.  I'm tinkering with the idea of upgrading my machine to perhaps a Core2Duo and right now have a Athlon 64 X2 4200. 

My question is, if I use my current AMD system as my arcade and toss in 64 bit XP or Vista, what kind of issues will I have with my dual EMS LCD topgun lightguns?  I know getting them to work correctly under the current setup was tricky and certain games need a custom config.  But right now, they all work great in everything from duck hunt to Terminator 2. 

So, whats the driver/setup problems I am looking at if I make the jump to a 64bit arcade machine?

Appreciate any info!



Hi... I was justing wondering how you managed to get dual ems topguns working with your mame... I have two but I wasn't able to get both of them working at the same time...

Appreciate any info, thanks...
Title: Re: LCD Topguns and 64bit CPU/OS
Post by: BASS! on February 29, 2008, 03:36:55 pm
make sure that you enable multiple mice in mame. It defaults to only wanting one. Then go into the game config and set em up:-) If you don't have version 116. and up, there is'nt any support for multiple mice/lightguns.