dodge ramman Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Best light gun or the xegs light gun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Sega Master System Phaser modded for use on the Atari 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 16 minutes ago, dodge ramman said: Best light gun or the xegs light gun? There were some in-depth discussions of this on the 8-bit forum. Someone placed a pin-hole over one of the guns to make the aim better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 The Best light gun has better accuracy that the XEGS gun. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 I've tried them all and they are all pretty rubbish. The modded sega gun was the best though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SmittyB Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 I've always wondered what makes one light gun more accurate than another; The quality of the light sensor? The strength of the lens? Of course looking at the Crossbow source code it looks to me like they could only get it to poll fast enough to detect 15 horizontal positions per line so maybe the difference in hardware is negligible compared to the game handling it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 16 minutes ago, SmittyB said: I've always wondered what makes one light gun more accurate than another; The quality of the light sensor? The strength of the lens? Of course looking at the Crossbow source code it looks to me like they could only get it to poll fast enough to detect 15 horizontal positions per line so maybe the difference in hardware is negligible compared to the game handling it. It does appear the software may be to blame. If so, it stands to reason that the games could be hacked to make them better via better coding or a calibration routine. wikipedia: “But both Bug Hunt and Barnyard Blaster for the XEGS both have "hard-coded" values, different ones in fact. While Bug Hunt appears to shoot slightly to the left, Barnyard Blaster seems to shoot slightly to the right. The Y readings for the gun are more predictable, equal to half the number of the currently displayed scan line.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzLee Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 11 hours ago, mimo said: I've tried them all and they are all pretty rubbish. The modded sega gun was the best though Same here... Never tried the pin hold trick... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommodoreDecker Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Do these work on a LCD screen or will they work only on a CRT? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SmittyB Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 The short answer is CRTs only. The long answer is maybe if a game used sequential targets, was programmed to have an adjustable delay between frames depending on the player's TV, and the brightness of the LCD was cranked way too high. It wouldn't play smoothly if it worked as you'd have a long delay every time you pulled the trigger. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommodoreDecker Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Aww, nuts. It is somewhat unfortunate - LCD has brought a lot of cool things but this is the one real downer. At least there weren't too many games using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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