Light gun market research question.

[huygens]

Has anybody made a lightgun that puts the sensor at the screen? It seems like you could make a gun that was simply a low-power infra-red laser and then put in infra-red sensors al the plane of the screen to get x/y coordinates. You could get as close to the screen as you wanted and mulitple guns would be cheeper.

[Candiman]

Does this mean I can expect a light gun soon?

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[mlalena]

Does this mean I can expect a light gun soon?

This thread was started in January, and Andy hasn't posted once since that first post. I'm losing hope.

[extendedplayarcade]

Does this mean I can expect a light gun soon?

This thread was started in January, and Andy hasn't posted once since that first post. I'm losing hope.

Me to but I have faith but no patiences hahahahha

[swamprat96]

It takes months to design and launch a new product. Andy's is a great but small business and he has limited time. Be patient- all his products are worth the wait

[TheShanMan]

It was a market research post, not a product announcement post. While it would be great to see him post that he's following through on it, he probably won't say anything until a product release is imminent (assuming he even decides to follow through). And like swamprat just said, complex products take a long time to go from concept to product availability.

I think it's safe to say that MANY of us would be all over a well done light gun solution for MAME, but expressing disappointment isn't going to get us such a product any sooner.

[DJ_Izumi]

You know what'd be cool?  A seperate set of 'light gun guts' and 'shells'.  That way you could buy the internals and hten install them into the shell you desire.  Pistol, shot gun or assault rifle.  As there are some games that don't use a pistol gun.  HOTD3, HOTD4, and Ghost Squad come to mind off hand.

[Candiman]

You know what'd be cool?  A seperate set of 'light gun guts' and 'shells'.  That way you could buy the internals and hten install them into the shell you desire.  Pistol, shot gun or assault rifle.  As there are some games that don't use a pistol gun.  HOTD3, HOTD4, and Ghost Squad come to mind off hand.

I agree! In fact I was thinking the same thing when people were debating the the colors etc.
Have standard guts but then interchangeable gun models. Id like an Uzi more than a pistol myself. But having the option of having another gun model or making my own tickles my fancy.

[DJ_Izumi]

I agree! In fact I was thinking the same thing when people were debating the the colors etc.
Have standard guts but then interchangeable gun models. Id like an Uzi more than a pistol myself. But having the option of having another gun model or making my own tickles my fancy.

The guts of a light gun are pretty simple anyway.  I imagine every shell would come with a preinstalled trigger and microswitch, then you just install the board and the optical sensor, wire them and voila.  The shells could be preformed to have easy mountings for all the parts, so only the length of wire between the mountings would vary.

[smalltownguy]

Alright folks, the wait is over!

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=96369.0

[TheShanMan]

We already knew that.

[Ginsu Victim]

Yeah, that was a tad bit redundant.

[bkenobi]

Perhaps he was just pointing it out for people that haven't been back in a while but have this thread watched?   

[smalltownguy]

Perhaps he was just pointing it out for people that haven't been back in a while but have this thread watched?   

Thanks, that's exactly what I was thinking. I actually posted b/c I was going back through some of my old posts (to find something I was looking for) and I ran across the thread and thought to myself, "what if someone out there was actively reading about this 6 months ago, but stopped checking in and missed the new thread?"

I just figured I'd tie off this loose end and leave a signpost for folks to follow. 

[Ginsu Victim]

Yeah, ok. From that way of looking at it, I get it.

[BamBam]

OK just to follow-up.

A more direct question: would the following minimum distances be considered acceptable?:

28 inch monitor: 3 feet
19 inch monitor: 2 feet.

Thanks

Andy

Count me in for this one. 

[Dartful Dodger]

Yeah, ok. From that way of looking at it, I get it.

Funny, or I guess, not funny.  I didn't see the problem with linking that thread to this one, so I thought GV felt the same but was making light of TheShanMan's remark.

TheShanMan: We already knew that.
Ginsu Victim: Yeah, that was a tad bit redundant.

I was ready to reply something like: We got it already.
...but I didn't want to highjack this thread into a "one up" gag.

[BamBam]

I would think the distance would be proportional to the screen size.  19" you have to be close, 26" not so close, 50" not close at all.  

Yeah, that's why I said 2 - 4 feet....I only have a 19" monitor.

Ditto