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Balrog0
04/08/21 5:21:59 PM
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Can't wait to try them out. I haven't looked too much into setting them up, but I have a retropie set up and I know others are using these with those. So hoping it should be easy.

These are light guns that are compatible with modern tvs btw

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Balrog0
04/08/21 5:22:38 PM
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Balrog0
04/08/21 8:04:28 PM
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I haven't had a chance to set them up yet but man this feels really high quality. I got the kind with recoil too

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Balrog0
04/09/21 5:25:24 PM
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I got time crisis working. What a fantastic piece of hardware.

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Ruvan22
04/09/21 5:27:41 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
I got time crisis working. What a fantastic piece of hardware.
Nice! I still have Time Crisis 2 and 3 (along with the PS2) - how much did the guns cost?
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monkmith
04/09/21 5:27:51 PM
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how do they work? is it a light sensor like the old school nes gun or is it something else?

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MabusIncarnate
04/09/21 5:30:19 PM
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How much for the pair? I didn't know light gun games were still a thing.

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CanuckCowboy
04/09/21 5:31:56 PM
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MabusIncarnate posted...
How much for the pair? I didn't know light gun games were still a thing.

Me either and I loved em.

Always fun to pick up and play.

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Balrog0
04/09/21 6:54:53 PM
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Ruvan22 posted...
Nice! I still have Time Crisis 2 and 3 (along with the PS2) - how much did the guns cost?

I think they were 80 each; the kickstarter was 2 years ago lol

monkmith posted...
how do they work? is it a light sensor like the old school nes gun or is it something else?

They have a camera, basically takes a picture of the screen and ads a border so that it can use math to calculate where the cursor should point.

MabusIncarnate posted...
How much for the pair? I didn't know light gun games were still a thing.

This has helped with a little resurgence. Though they did still exist in slightly modified form even into modern day. This is unique in how it does it: most modern light gun games use a wii sort of mechanism with bars which is fine for some set ups but isn't really the same because your distance from the screen makes a huge difference


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CanuckCowboy
04/09/21 7:00:53 PM
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I might finally have to get a raspberry pi just because of these.

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Balrog0
04/09/21 7:03:42 PM
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CanuckCowboy posted...
I might finally have to get a raspberry pi just because of these.

Im actually having to use my pc but it's very, very fun on a huge tv

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Balrog0
04/09/21 7:17:32 PM
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I'm telling you guys this is gonna be awesome

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Gakk86
04/09/21 7:22:09 PM
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I had a Dreamcast with 2 light guns up until about 5 years ago, light gun games are just fun as fuck. Eventually the Dreamcast died so I just sold them. These are definitely intriguing, especially if you can get them to work on a raspberry pi.

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CanuckCowboy
04/09/21 7:24:17 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
I'm telling you guys this is gonna be awesome

It's kind of a game changer for real.

I haven't played a light gun game in forever except duck hunt occasionally at my friends place.

Looking at the list of supported games I kinda need this.

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meralonne
04/09/21 7:26:07 PM
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I wonder if they would work for Elemental Gearbolt...

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Balrog0
04/09/21 7:33:53 PM
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meralonne posted...
I wonder if they would work for Elemental Gearbolt...

It does

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Balrog0
04/09/21 7:35:20 PM
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Gakk86 posted...
I had a Dreamcast with 2 light guns up until about 5 years ago, light gun games are just fun as fuck. Eventually the Dreamcast died so I just sold them. These are definitely intriguing, especially if you can get them to work on a raspberry pi.

I mean they work bro!!

CanuckCowboy posted...
It's kind of a game changer for real.

I haven't played a light gun game in forever except duck hunt occasionally at my friends place.

Looking at the list of supported games I kinda need this.

I'm a dummy and I've gotten dozens of games working now. Anything wii or earlier is really easy. They still make light gun games, so it's actually only recent ones that are a bit spotty


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Balrog0
04/09/21 7:59:27 PM
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Fuck boys I think I'm gonna make an arcade cabinet for these guys

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meralonne
04/10/21 8:57:53 AM
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ngl that sounds pretty dope

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AsucaHayashi
04/10/21 9:11:02 AM
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i'm jealous.

still mad that nobody has made a deal trying to mass produce them leading to long waiting times as well as a pretty high price of entry... the recoil feature alone is almost double the price of the gun itself and i've read people feel the recoil-less is also very light and not giving you that feel of a weighty gun =/

so how's the weight on it? i might have to splurge on it soon for real...

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Balrog0
04/10/21 9:17:37 AM
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I have the recoil versions myself, which do have a nice weight to them. I believe he has a couple of deals out to produce the guns for some businesses (those arcade one-up guys? Is that the right name? They have a big buck hunter cab with this technology I think) so hopefully the price will come down some day.

But I did just get these and I was an original backer. According to the creator, both brexit and covid slowed things down

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emblem boy
04/10/21 9:17:48 AM
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Fuck man. I love how excited you are
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Balrog0
04/10/21 9:25:49 AM
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Lmao thanks man, I feel like a little kid with a new toy which I guess I am basically

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Balrog0
04/10/21 10:27:28 AM
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Please recommend me light gun games to play with my girlfriend this weekend

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Ruvan22
04/10/21 12:46:46 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Please recommend me light gun games to play with my girlfriend this weekend

Time Crisis series of course - I think House of the Dead is also on PS? There was another one called Vampire Night (I think) that was REALLY cheesy but fun.

On a different note, how complicated would you say it is compared to the original light gun system?
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Balrog0
04/10/21 1:03:54 PM
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Ruvan22 posted...
Time Crisis series of course - I think House of the Dead is also on PS? There was another one called Vampire Night (I think) that was REALLY cheesy but fun.

On a different note, how complicated would you say it is compared to the original light gun system?

It honestly wasn't too bad to set up on windows. I haven't done it on my pi yet but that's more laziness than complexity.

Only one real hiccups. I had to adjust my monitor set up a bit because the natural light was too bright and was preventing the camera from detecting the monitor correctly. And that wasn't hard to fix.

Gonna check out vampire night btw, thanks bro.

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meralonne
04/10/21 4:57:50 PM
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lol was going to suggest Vampire Night as well. That was one of my favorite light gun games ever. Had way more variety than Time Crisis, though I enjoyed those as well.

Elemental Gearbolt as well, if you have access to it.

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Ruvan22
04/10/21 5:00:40 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
It honestly wasn't too bad to set up on windows. I haven't done it on my pi yet but that's more laziness than complexity.

Only one real hiccups. I had to adjust my monitor set up a bit because the natural light was too bright and was preventing the camera from detecting the monitor correctly. And that wasn't hard to fix.

Gonna check out vampire night btw, thanks bro.
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realnifty1
04/10/21 5:20:24 PM
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How does the latency feel? That was the biggest concern to me as some of the specs I saw had them slower than an actual guncon and I didn't know how noticeable it would feel.

Get the Poiint Blank games, it's like a series of carnival style mini games.
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Balrog0
04/12/21 7:26:34 PM
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realnifty1 posted...
How does the latency feel? That was the biggest concern to me as some of the specs I saw had them slower than an actual guncon and I didn't know how noticeable it would feel.

Get the Poiint Blank games, it's like a series of carnival style mini games.

Got em! Thanks broseph.

I set them both up and played a few games with my gf. It's pretty dang good; there was a touch of lag but I assume it's my TV. I didn't notice it as much on my monitor (though I didn't play on it much either so I could be wrong). And if you've played any of the wii shooters (or other light guns that use a wii mote type set up), I think it's better than those.

Biggest complaint so far is that setting up the second gun can be a game hassle in some emulators

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CanuckCowboy
04/12/21 7:40:11 PM
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Wait wait wait wait. Hold up.

Do they work with battle clash?

If they do then shutup and take my money. Sucks how long the wait time is.

That game alone made the super scope worth whatever it cost.

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Balrog0
04/12/21 8:10:08 PM
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Is that multiplayer? I may test it out later lol

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CanuckCowboy
04/12/21 8:38:05 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Is that multiplayer? I may test it out later lol

I can't guarantee this but iirc it was 2 player but not simultaneously. It was just a mode where it told you to take turns so it was sort of stupid. It kept track of each players scores but its not like you really played together.

Maybe it did have actual 2 player though. I only ever got to play with one battle scope.

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Balrog0
04/13/21 3:29:39 PM
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Really going through the arcade catalog. I'm surprised how many light gun games there are out there actually. So many I never even heard of much less played

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Ruvan22
04/13/21 5:02:59 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Really going through the arcade catalog. I'm surprised how many light gun games there are out there actually. So many I never even heard of much less played
How do the guns connect? Like you still need a PS2 and RCA cables right?
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Balrog0
04/13/21 6:45:34 PM
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No, it's just a usb connection. I think he is making an adapter to play on the original hardware but I'm just emulating it.

Played let's go island with my gf this evening

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peekingpanda
04/13/21 7:02:11 PM
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I want to get the recoil version, but I'll probably wait until original hardware is supported more. I think at the moment it's just psx and ps2. PS1 Digital just got updated to support these guns, so if we get Dreamcast support next I'll wind up ordering. I love light gun games and have really missed playing them in recent years.

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Balrog0
04/13/21 7:09:26 PM
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It gets a strong recommendation from me. There seems to be a pretty active community around the hardware already, too, and it's still pretty new

Edit just to add that it also works with pc light gun games like blue estate and house of the dead overkill (which is a bonus game on typing of the dead overkill). And there are a few new indie games being developed specifically because of the sinden light gun

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Balrog0
04/13/21 7:25:35 PM
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Apologies for the quality of the video and the state of my room

http://imgur.com/a/JxXp1xQ

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Balrog0
04/14/21 9:36:09 AM
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I may see if I can get time crisis 5 working. It's got pedals, though, so I'd need to improvise those

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Balrog0
04/14/21 6:02:54 PM
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Dangit I was too busy to set up any more games today

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CanuckCowboy
04/14/21 6:05:13 PM
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The recoil seems awesome. I dont know what game that was but it looked pretty cool.

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Lordgold666
04/14/21 6:10:40 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
I got time crisis working. What a fantastic piece of hardware.
So jelly

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Balrog0
04/15/21 5:47:29 PM
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http://imgur.com/a/vvqKCxA

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Balrog0
04/15/21 8:29:11 PM
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Gf and I finished transformers tonight.

I'm gonna see about getting a third gun lmao

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ModLogic
04/15/21 8:30:44 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
man this feels really high quality
from the photo the plastic looks really lightweight cheap. maybe its the lighting.

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Balrog0
04/15/21 8:33:29 PM
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My camera sucks in general too

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