light gun games question

[reko19]

Kinda new to this, trying to get some of the lightgun games working on mine mame/mamewah cabinet. I understand for Area51 I need .chg file. How about virtual cop, house of the dead, etc. There are ROMS available but they don't run properly in MAME. Do I need to get a PC game and then run it thru my front end? What are the roms for then? Thanks for the help. Also, if there is a good place to download these please LMK.

[releasedtruth]

Well, before you get this thread locked, you don't want to be asking where to get less than legal games. house of the dead 2 and 3 are on pc so you can purchase those 2 certainly. Area 51 requires a .chd, compressed hard disk image in order to run. They're considerably large for most games and some don't even work at this point. As to where one might acquire said file, my memory is hazy...

GT

[reko19]

i don't mind purchasing the PC game, but what are the ROMS are for?

[Fozzy The Bear]

i don't mind purchasing the PC game, but what are the ROMS are for?

The ROMS are the game! They are copies of the original software ROMS that were in the original Arcade Machine. Just that some of the hardware to run them is not yet emulated in Mame.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

[reko19]

is there a workaround to get them working? is buying a PC game an option? Would  ACT-LAB Mame gun work with a PC game?

Thanks for your help

[releasedtruth]

The Act-labs usb guns work with pc games often, yes. Mad Dog McCree, HotD, etc. Those are pc software games, not mame, but they work well. Lotta fun.

GT

[ahofle]

You can even get dual lightguns to work for some of those PC games using the Act Labs 'troubleshooter'.  http://thetroubleshooter.home.mindspring.com/

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