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Opti-Gun Adaptor - Says Works With Mame!
TheShanMan:
Well if Happ sells it for $150, then divemaster will probably be offering it for perhaps $120 and perhaps $60 for the guns. Still a bit spendy for a 2 gun setup, but at least it's starting to approach reasonable. It would be cool if they offered 2 versions of the board where one is a basic board with the extra features disabled. Maybe then we'd hit that magic $200-or-less point.
wbassett:
If that's the case, then it would be around the price (including guns) of the dual ActLabs gun setup and easier to swallow, but still pricey.
Did you check NanoTech's site out? They are definitely over priced.
"The Retr-IO adapters provides a standard JAMMA interface for USB based systems. This universal adapter provides a complete solution to implement an arcade game using Joysticks, Trackballs, Spinners, buttons and features digital outputs and built in audio and video amplifiers.
The board works with any PC based system including M.A.M.E and other emulation products. It provides an all in one solution to hooking up traditional arcade controls to your PC, or any USB system. All digital inputs and outputs are interfaced via standard keyboard commands, and appear as mapped keys to your games. The default key mappings match those of many popular PC emulation products. Two Trackballs and two Spinners are supported, and are mapped to the system as mice. The board supports four player standard configurations or two player 4 way joystick and 6 button configurations.
The onboard video amplifier allows video generated by PC video adapters to be amplified to the proper voltage for display on arcade monitors* The onboard audio amplifier takes PC audio output and puts it onto the JAMMA stereo connectors.
*the board does not convert video resolutions or frequencies, that must be done in software.
Retr-IO Adapter: MSRP $199"
Shouldn't that be priced well under $100? :dunno
Personally I wanted to see the gun interface for around the $60-80 range, not the $200 range!
I guess we still have to wait for the final reviews and what the actual street price will be.
exibar:
oh my! Does this mean that the box of arcade guns I bought 2 years ago is actually going to be used? I bought this box of like 20ish arcade guns, most of which are in good shape, but the only use I got out of them was to open the box, look at them, then close it and put it up on the shelf :-(
I'll have to build a dedicated shooting cab now too..... oh boy, the wife isn't gunna like this! ;-) Maybe I can find one of those jap cabs with the 32 inch monitors in them ;-)
Now where are all those shooting game roms I was collecting....
Please keep us informed how it goes with this interface. I agree that an interface without all the bells and whistles would be TONS better. I don't mind the $150 that much, but only because I have the guns. But I would much rather only have to spend $60 - $70 on it, of course :-0
Mike B
TheShanMan:
Exibar, if this interface proves to be a good solution for us, you might consider putting some of those guns in the BST forum. I wouldn't mind buying a pair of good condition used guns if it saves me a decent amount of $!
Paul Olson:
I would be interested in a couple of guns as well.
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