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Arcade Games, part 5 (Demul Emulator)

I've been out of the Naomi loop for awhile.  What version of Demul are you using for this video?  Thanks!

[edekoning]

Ok, I've finished all my AimTrak videos.  I will eventually make videos like this for Spinner and Trackball games.

Fantastic!

[MacGyver]

.. the distance you stand from the screen being stationary and constant each time you play?

I'm sure IR guns will be especially susceptible to movement towards and farther from the screen effecting accuracy and sensitivity....

It seems that if someone were to make a eight-emitter IR system (four-sides plus the four corners for a total of 8 IR emitters ) that you would not need to calibrate the system after the initial setup (stand x feet away and point the gun at the center). 
The firmware could be made to measure the distance from the individually distinct emitters it can see and better infer where the gun is pointed. 
Ie.  I see the left lower corner strip only, it's width is 200 pixels, I see no other emitters, and I see it in the middle of the camera, so the gun must be 6 inches away, pointed 2 inches from the left because I can't see the bottom middle IR strip yet, and 1 inch above the bottom, because otherwise I would see the left middle IR strip given the width of the corner strip I can see.




A four sided system might work, but the more emitters, the more accurate it can be. 
I have no idea how much of what an AimTrak does is on-chip, and how much is programming, but if it is programming, maybe the current sensors could be reprogrammed to work with this type of setup,  that way we only need to buy more IR emitters.

[DarthMarino]

I've been out of the Naomi loop for awhile.  What version of Demul are you using for this video?  Thanks!

0.5.7

[DarthMarino]

Great videos, thanks.  Makes me excited to get that Top Gun 3 in the mail.  I considered both but it's tough to pass on something compatible with everything for $50.

Xiaou2 mentioned Sega Shooting Gallery earlier.  That game is shockingly accurate, we played the absolute crap out of it as kids in my house.  Really made you snotty towards Duck Hunt.

Ok, I lied about being done with the Aimtrak videos.  I haven't been able to find a Mega Drive/Genesis emulator that works with Aimtrak. If anyone can get one to work, let me know.  Hopefully MESS adds support one day though I doubt that will happen. I assumed Master System games wouldn't work either but I found an old emulator, FreezeSMS, that works with Aimtrak.  Shooting Gallery is on there.

[runawayabc123]

This thread makes me want to get a light gun cab so bad.   

I have my light gun switcher up and working... just no cab.  And maybe about 18 different games for it.   

[Silverwind]

Great videos, thanks.  Makes me excited to get that Top Gun 3 in the mail.  I considered both but it's tough to pass on something compatible with everything for $50.

Xiaou2 mentioned Sega Shooting Gallery earlier.  That game is shockingly accurate, we played the absolute crap out of it as kids in my house.  Really made you snotty towards Duck Hunt.

Ok, I lied about being done with the Aimtrak videos.  I haven't been able to find a Mega Drive/Genesis emulator that works with Aimtrak. If anyone can get one to work, let me know.  Hopefully MESS adds support one day though I doubt that will happen. I assumed Master System games wouldn't work either but I found an old emulator, FreezeSMS, that works with Aimtrak.  Shooting Gallery is on there.

Thanks for your work on those video's.  Awesome man!  Enjoyed watching them.