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console based light gun cabinet...suggestions?
NoOne=NBA=:
I would put a PS2 in it, but make it so the guns are easily swappable.
I've tried all kinds of different guns, and the original Guncons are by far the best.
I actually bought a pair of completely black ones from Japan, so that I can build a cab around them.
If you want to know how well your guns stack up, put in one of the Point Blank games, and fire up a stage that requires you to shoot 50 times as quickly as possible.
Those stages showed me how well my cheap guns, and other not so cheap guns, were really performing.
The Point Blank series is the ones that I would keep above all else.
They are fun, not completely repetitive, and are always the hit of the party.
severdhed:
yeah, i think the PS2 is the way to go for sure. i didn't realize that my saturn/playstation gun was that bad, it seems fine for playing virtua cop on the saturn..but when i tried to play vampire nights on the ps2, i noticed a big difference between it, and the guncon/guncon 2.
i think what I am going to do is build the cabinet, with a door on the front bottom, where the coin door would normally be. i'll have the consoles sitting in there, with a place to store other guns. i'll put two gun holsters on the panel, and have it so that i can pull out any two guns i want to use. i'm still thinking at this point that i may try to get some dreamcast guns, that way i can play confidential mission, and house of the dead 2.
severdhed:
i have another question about Time Crisis 3. in the arcade, there were 2 monitors, and two pedals... i don't have a second guncon 2 yet, so i can't try out 2 player mode...how does this work with the pedal function? for player one, the reload button also puts you in cover...what happens when player 2 uses this button? does it put both people in cover also? or can player 1 only control the cover function and player 2 just uses it to reload?
the reason i am asking is that i am thinking of making a reload pedal (or possibly a hand held button for my other hand)
severdhed:
i looked through the time crisis 3 manual tonight ( i bought a used copy at EB that didnt come with the manual, i stopped back in this evening to see if i could get the manual for it) and as it turns out, on two player mode, it does it split screen, which explains how the pedal situation is handled. it also shows that you can link two ps2s together with two copies of the game and two TVs for the true arcade experience. i would love to do this, but i know that 90% of the time i will be the only one playing this cabinet. i love playing arcade games with friends, but i just dont have that many friends that come to visit that often...so i'll have to stick with a single unit for now. i did manage to get copies of House of the Dead 2, Confidential Mission, Virtua Cop 2, and Death Crimson OX, all for the dreamcast...so now i just need to track down some lightguns cheap.
my friend has the Interact dreamcast light gun, we tried it out today. it works well, and those games are fun...but it doesnt feel as good as the guncon guns. i'll still pick some up if i can find them cheap though.
i also made a discovery about time crisis 3....you really need a pedal, or at least a button in your left hand to really enjoy it. i played yesterday pressing the Dpad with my thumb for the hide/reload, and it works ok, but tonight i hooked up a gamepad and held it in my left hand and used that for reload, and that was much, much more fun.
i saw that Red Octane made a reload pedal
http://www.redoctane.com/reloadpedal.html
so i was thinking that i would try to make my own...it can't be that difficult, and i already have a ps2 controller that i disassembled for another project that i never finished. i'm just not sure if it would be better to make a pedal, or just something i can grip in my left hand with a single button on top. (perhaps like a bicycle hand grip with an arcade pushbutton on the end.
i guess technically, i could put the controller pcb in a project enclosure with a detachable connector on it, and make a pedal and a hand switch, and then i could just plug in either one.... if i do that, i'll be sure to post pictures.
AwesomeAlbert:
i was about to reply the info on timecrisis 3 !! i would love to run two tvs and two ps2s too. i have a 36" tv, its the biggest tube tv i believe, on two player mode the screens are too small. it keeps the in proportion so the top and bottom are black. its about a 16-17 inch diagonal screen.
i have some high clear guns that i bought on ebay, they have a jack on the bottom for a pedal attachment, i dont have one, never seen it. i wonder if just a headphone jack stuck in there will work. Using the button on the grip isnt fun, it hurts my fingers. the autoreload function doesnt work on timecrisis 3, it keeps changing guns. its better on hotd on the xbox.
i was thinking of making a gun console arcade and putting it next to my mame arcade that is running a tv as a monitor, and just a switch. it might not be cost efficient to buy a second ps2 just for this though.
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