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Main => Lightguns => Topic started by: jsansoterra on February 08, 2005, 04:30:32 pm

Title: Betson, ARCADEVGA and ActLabs Lightgun question
Post by: jsansoterra on February 08, 2005, 04:30:32 pm

I have a Betson monitor and ARCADE VGA video card.

I want to get a few lightguns to use with MAME.

I notice that ACTLABS no long makes the PC USB light gun.

There is, however, a TV USB Lightgun still available.

Will the TV USB Lightgun work with my setup?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Betson, ARCADEVGA and ActLabs Lightgun question
Post by: dabone on February 08, 2005, 04:34:34 pm

Short answer.



NO.



Later,
dabone



Long answer,
The tv lightguns only work with svideo, your monitor only supports pure rgb.

Title: Re: Betson, ARCADEVGA and ActLabs Lightgun question
Post by: jsansoterra on February 08, 2005, 04:45:16 pm

okay thanks!

I thought they might plug into the SVIDEO outout of the ARCADEVGA and get a 'copy' of the signal from there.


Thanks again!

Title: Re: Betson, ARCADEVGA and ActLabs Lightgun question
Post by: Silver on February 09, 2005, 10:04:41 am

Alas no,  the way actlabs guns work means they need access to the signal that actually ends up on the screen, not just a copy.... This is because they alter the signal when you pull the trigger (they turn the whole screen completely white momentarily).

There's a company who have recently released a lightgun for the xbox/ps2 and are thinking about releasing it for the PC - someone from the company posted here on a thread asking about mame. E-real games or something. Anyway, if they make a pc version, I imagine it would work with your setup as it uses a camera you setup at the top of your monitor. No white flashes either....

Title: Re: Betson, ARCADEVGA and ActLabs Lightgun question
Post by: jsansoterra on February 09, 2005, 10:40:06 am

Okay, that makes sense now.

Thanks for the help guys!