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Main => Lightguns => Topic started by: Tom on March 28, 2002, 07:35:40 am

Title: NES Lightgun for MAME?
Post by: Tom on March 28, 2002, 07:35:40 am

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows if you can take a NES lightgun and hack it somehow in order to use it for mame.  I know that you can buy converters for it, but if their is a way to build them, I would rather do that.  Any help would be greatly appreciated

Title: Re: NES Lightgun for MAME?
Post by: tetsu96 on March 28, 2002, 01:29:08 pm

I'm pretty sure the answer is forget about it.  The gun is incompatable with MAME from everything I've read.  I'd wait for the new Act-Labs gun for PCs and see how that turns out...

Title: new ActLabs guns?
Post by: AUX on March 28, 2002, 04:49:09 pm

Anyone have a link for more info on the new ActLabs guns? I heard there was a thread on the official MAME board, but I couldn't really find anything there. I looked on the ActLabs website but they only listed their old guns.

Title: Re: NES Lightgun for MAME?
Post by: Tom on March 28, 2002, 09:03:32 pm

tetsu, I use MAME32 and it is capable of supporting light guns from what I have read, so I don't think that giving up is an option yet, I may just try and hack it myself

Title: Re: NES Lightgun for MAME?
Post by: StephenH on March 29, 2002, 12:46:00 am

The current guns do not work with MAME.   However, Act Labs has a USB light gun in development that will be compatible with Windows on a PC monitor.   It is not yet known if it will work with arcade monitors or TVs.

Title: Re: NES Lightgun for MAME?
Post by: Dr. Jay on March 29, 2002, 05:51:56 am

Also notice the blowout prices of the old guns.  They're clearing they're stock before introducing new product.