Metalman1661 Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I recently purchased a Menacer gun from a garage sale. It came with the IR receiver that plugs into the console and the Terminator 2 arcade game. I already had the Menacer 6 in 1 game and an extra receiver so i needed the gun to try the game out. I put some fresh batteries into the gun and hooked everything up into my Genesis 1 console. I first tried the 6 in 1 game. It loaded fine and when I was at the title screen i tried to press the start button. The gun wouldn't do anything. I tried moving the gun closer to the receiver and it somewhat worked. I am thinking the gun in not making a full connection to the IR receiver because when I play Terminator and bring the gun close to the receiver it works a little and I see the crosshair on the screen move around a bit. Anyone else have this problem and fixed it? If not any suggestions on whats wrong? I tried opening up the gun but it was held together by something more than the 7 screws so I put it back together for another night since it was getting late. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalman1661 Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 Ok so here's the deal... I replaced the two IR LEDs in the gun because when i put fresh batteries in and pulled the trigger while aiming my camera at the IR LEDs the LEDs did not light up. Now they do when I preform the same test. Now I see the crosshair move around on the screen when I play T2 but when I press any button the crosshair jumps up to the top right corner of the screen. While the button is pressed I cannot move the crosshair and it stays in the top right corner. I'm not sure what the problem is now but the gun is partially working. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbojohnny Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 What type of TV are you playing on? Older light guns do not work on HD tv (plasma or LCD). The signal might be partially received, but the total functionality of the gun is not likely to work. I had to buy and older tv just to play with the guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalman1661 Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 What type of TV are you playing on? Older light guns do not work on HD tv (plasma or LCD). The signal might be partially received, but the total functionality of the gun is not likely to work. I had to buy and older tv just to play with the guns. I'm playing on an old CRT TV from the 90s so it should be working fine. I'm trying to get a working menacer gun to compare to this broken one.I just think it's really odd for it to bug out like that when the trigger or any other button is pressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I got one and then never tried it because it took so many batteries! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalman1661 Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 I got one and then never tried it because it took so many batteries! Haha so true, six AAA batteries is a bit much. I just picked up a couple of Konami Justifiers for cheap so i'm gonna test them out with leathal enforcers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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