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Main => Lightguns => Topic started by: Buick455 on July 26, 2004, 05:51:44 pm

Title: LIght Gun Questions???
Post by: Buick455 on July 26, 2004, 05:51:44 pm

ok just a few ?'s about the actlabs light gun..

i have a Monivision SK5952 29 direct view monitor http://www.monivision.com/monitors.html# (http://www.monivision.com/monitors.html#)
this thing is concidered a monitor/tv.

which light gun do i need for this monitor, TV or PC?
will it work for my NES, SNES, Gen, ect emulators?
have u got the same setup (monitor/emulators) and have any problems?

TIA

Title: Re:LIght Gun Questions???
Post by: TacoTownCharlie on July 27, 2004, 01:39:19 pm

I have a Mitsubishi monitor like yours and an Act Labs light gun.  If you are going to use the VGA output from your computer, then get the PC light gun.  If you are going to use S-Video out, then get the TV gun.  It should work fine with any emulator that accepts mouse input, which is how the light gun looks to your computer

Title: Re:LIght Gun Questions???
Post by: Buick455 on July 28, 2004, 04:46:23 am

ok cool thats what i was figuring, plus im more likely to use the PC gun then a TV one if i ever ditch mame, (highly unlikely) lol. but the new question is if it uses the mouse input for mame, does that mean my trackball will have to be disconected for use. a little more confused now

Title: Re:LIght Gun Questions???
Post by: menace on July 28, 2004, 06:45:50 am

If you run analog+ mame it will recognize multiple mice inputs.  For instance my light guns are mouse 1 and mouse 2 and the spinners are mice 3 and 4.  With the optipac it makes it easier as when i'm not using the spinner, the trackball becomes mouse 4.