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Title: light gun help
Post by: noddy on November 05, 2008, 04:32:23 am
i can get my hands on some old Big Buck Hunter light guns and i was wondering if it was possible to hook them up to my pc and use it through MAME.
Any advice WILL be helpfull, ;)
Title: Re: light gun help
Post by: u_rebelscum on November 05, 2008, 06:47:07 pm
Short answer, No.

Future looking answer: maybe but not yet (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=81154.0), or (same product) yes but $$$ and not tested here (http://www.nanotechent.com/opti-gun.php).
Title: Re: light gun help
Post by: brandon on November 06, 2008, 03:43:02 am
Short answer, No.

Future looking answer: maybe but not yet (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=81154.0), or (same product) yes but $$$ and not tested here (http://www.nanotechent.com/opti-gun.php).

$199 seems expensive at first... BUT if it supports TWO guns and also has a stereo amplifier and 24 switch inputs then that adds to the value of it..  From what I remember the arcade light guns are little more than a photocell and a switch.. so you could probably hack a molex connector on a console lightgun to work with this interface.  I think it'd be work $200 to have a solution that finally JUST worked! 

BTW, what did you mean by (same product) ?  Those two products aren't the same at all.. maybe I misunderstood you..
Title: Re: light gun help
Post by: CheffoJeffo on November 06, 2008, 07:53:40 am
BTW, what did you mean by (same product) ?  Those two products aren't the same at all.. maybe I misunderstood you..

They look the same to me ... both are optical gun boards produced by Nanotech.

FWIW, I am thinking that, once I clean up some of my projects, that I will break my self-imposed ban on buying stuff related to davidrfoley -- this looks to be to good to pass up and would turn my JAMMA gun cab into a nice multi-gun cab.
Title: Re: light gun help
Post by: brandon on November 06, 2008, 11:14:13 am
oops.. that was before I read the entire thread.. I only got as far as the ULGI being mentioned.