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Light Gun question
Chris:
--- Quote from: anthony691 on June 25, 2003, 10:24:11 pm ---I like the Red/Blue idea! Send me some pics when you are done!
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What I need to find is transparent blue and red s the mettaic undercat s still visible...
I suppose the best thing to do would be to buy the Happ gun shells and transplant the Act-Labs innards to them so I'd have arcade-quality guns... bu the empty sells are another $27 per gun...
anthony691:
--- Quote from: Chris on June 25, 2003, 11:03:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: anthony691 on June 25, 2003, 10:24:11 pm ---I like the Red/Blue idea! Send me some pics when you are done!
--- End quote ---
What I need to find is transparent blue and red s the mettaic undercat s still visible...
I suppose the best thing to do would be to buy the Happ gun shells and transplant the Act-Labs innards to them so I'd have arcade-quality guns... bu the empty sells are another $27 per gun...
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Plus you could break them transplanting them...
Chris:
--- Quote from: anthony691 on June 26, 2003, 07:28:50 am ---
--- Quote from: Chris on June 25, 2003, 11:03:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: anthony691 on June 25, 2003, 10:24:11 pm ---I like the Red/Blue idea! Send me some pics when you are done!
--- End quote ---
What I need to find is transparent blue and red s the mettaic undercat s still visible...
I suppose the best thing to do would be to buy the Happ gun shells and transplant the Act-Labs innards to them so I'd have arcade-quality guns... bu the empty sells are another $27 per gun...
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Plus you could break them transplanting them...
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There is definately that... although the guns should be very simple inside... for now I'm just going to paint the gunsight slides and be happy...
jimlab:
Sorry to hijack the thread, but since we're on the subject of light gun hacking... :)
Is there any reason why a light gun couldn't be made to work with a DOS cabinet using a serial interface (like an Opti-Pac)?
The reason I ask is because my cabinet is DOS-based and I like it the way it is, but would like to use light guns and run Area 51 and other games. Heck, even Duck Hunt would be more fun with a light gun. :)
I read the page which detailed hacking a light gun for use with a PCB, and it seemed to be a simple 4-wire connection. What does the AL light gun "converter" do to switch the input(s) of their gun to something that a PC understands? Is it converting it to mouse x,y coordinates and (I'm assuming) button presses?
Bottom line, it'd be great to be able to use light guns on a DOS cabinet, but if I absolutely have to, I suppose I can always upgrade to ArcadeVGA and run Windows to get USB support. I happen to like the setup I have with AdvanceMenu and AdvanceMAME, though.
Thanks for any ideas or help. :)
Chris:
--- Quote from: jimlab on June 26, 2003, 09:34:24 pm ---Sorry to hijack the thread, but since we're on the subject of light gun hacking... :)
Is there any reason why a light gun couldn't be made to work with a DOS cabinet using a serial interface (like an Opti-Pac)?
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A better path would be to find a DOS USB mouse driver, or a Linux one and port it to DOS. You would be limited to one gun, of course....
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