godslabrat Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Hi all Finally decided to fire up the ol' Super Scope after having it in hibernation for the better part of 8 years. I found some odd behavior, though. It did work. When I fired to start the game, it would start. It would let me test my aim, but wouldn't let me calibrate the aim. This behavior was the same on two seperate games, which leads me to think it's either the gun itself or my environment. What's going on? Pertinent facts: *I used freshly-charged NiMH batteries *games tested were Super Scope 6 and Metal Clash *Gun worked fine when it was put into storage, was bought brand-new by me back in 1994 *I now use a 37" LCD tv, but I didn't think that mattered since, unlike the Zapper, the SS is a transmitter, not a reciever. HELP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awhite2600 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 *I now use a 37" LCD tv, but I didn't think that mattered since, unlike the Zapper, the SS is a transmitter, not a reciever. I don't believe that any of the "light gun" type accessories will work with LCD or Plasma TVs. These accessories used the beam of a CRT tube to determine what the gun was pointing at. Because LCD and Plasma TVs don't use a scanning beam they won't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 (edited) *I now use a 37" LCD tv, but I didn't think that mattered since, unlike the Zapper, the SS is a transmitter, not a reciever. I don't believe that any of the "light gun" type accessories will work with LCD or Plasma TVs. These accessories used the beam of a CRT tube to determine what the gun was pointing at. Because LCD and Plasma TVs don't use a scanning beam they won't work. Except that isn't the case here. The SS had a seperate IR sensor, and transmitted an IR beam. The TV didn't do much of anything. Edit: I'm wrong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Scope Edited July 15, 2008 by godslabrat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLove0378 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 (edited) Yeah, I'm afraid you'll have to take it to a regular tube TV... the Super Scope detects light from a CRT much like the Zapper -- the only purpose the sensor box serves is for wireless implementation of the Scope. I think I'm gonna go dig mine out............. Edited July 15, 2008 by DrLove0378 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 The Super Scope will rape your eyes after awhile...so only expect to get a couple good hours of gameplay before your shoulder and eyes start aching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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