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PostLink    Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote


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I've been playing Time Crisis 3 with my real Time Crisis arcade recoil gun. It's so much fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D4inp1dGN4

And Ghost Squad on my PC via the Dolphin emulator using a real Ghost Squad arcade machine gun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gx00X9qgzM

I'm setting it up with a 110" screen in my new house.
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PostLink    Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2020 3:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zebra wrote:
I've been playing Time Crisis 3 with my real Time Crisis arcade recoil gun. It's so much fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D4inp1dGN4

And Ghost Squad on my PC via the Dolphin emulator using a real Ghost Squad arcade machine gun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gx00X9qgzM

I'm setting it up with a 110" screen in my new house.


A few years back I bought time crysis 2 or 3 for ps2 and a guncon?? I tried it on the 120" Stewart Studiotech 1.3 gain off the SONY D50. Gun wouldn' t register right. I would love tro try it on a 13-15 gain curved screen. That would probably work better. or at all for that matter.

Like we talked about in this post: Gain turned up to 11: http://www.curtpalme.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33929

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PostLink    Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

AnalogRocks wrote:
Zebra wrote:
I've been playing Time Crisis 3 with my real Time Crisis arcade recoil gun. It's so much fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D4inp1dGN4

And Ghost Squad on my PC via the Dolphin emulator using a real Ghost Squad arcade machine gun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gx00X9qgzM

I'm setting it up with a 110" screen in my new house.


A few years back I bought time crysis 2 or 3 for ps2 and a guncon?? I tried it on the 120" Stewart Studiotech 1.3 gain off the SONY D50. Gun wouldn' t register right. I would love tro try it on a 13-15 gain curved screen. That would probably work better. or at all for that matter.

Like we talked about in this post: Gain turned up to 11: http://www.curtpalme.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33929



Brightness is just one of the factors with light guns registering. The key one is the light gun itself. None of the 3rd party guns work that well, even when they were new. That includes when using my 27" CRT arcade monitors. Aging caps and worn out photo diodes haven't helped much.

I always start with the official Namco Guncon 2. They are the best by miles (if the photo diode is still good but a lot are broken). I removed a worn out photo diode a wired the Guncon 2 PCB to a real Time Crisis arcade gun. These work even better as they use a glass lens instead of plastic.

Then there is the distance from the screen. One of the problems with larger projector screens is that you stand too far back or too close to activate the photo diode. Try reducing the screen size to around 60" and using a white regular screen.

High gain retroreflective or specular reflective screens are designed to direct light back to the source or at the angle of incidence which is hugely problematic for a photo diode or photo resistor. Try using Orca Grow for some cheap but incredibly bright diffuse white diy screen material:

https://www.ebay.com/?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336656890&toolid=20008&mkevt=1

Or, better yet, use a rear projection set-up like they do on the "Deluxe" arcade cabs.

Any sort of line doubler of scaler should be removed. If the res and refresh rate on screen is not identical to what's coming out the PS2, light guns won't work. Some projectors automatically upscale 15khz to 31khz. The only real light guns that will work on these are the Act Labs PC guns or arcade light guns connected via a USB2GUN board.

Convergence has to be well dialed in. One of my arcade monitors has poor convergence at the bottom right corner and it's a light gun dead zone.

The gun I'm using in the Ghost Squad video is a real Sega arcade recoil gun. These didn't use real light guns. They have ten IR led boards mounted around the monitor bezel with a photo diode in the gun. The Sega type 2 guns will work on any monitor or projector including digital. I connected mine to a PC using an Ultimarc U-HID. It's very easy.

Directional arcade guns can also be used on any screen. I'm using a real arcade Alien 3 gun to play Alien 3 in mame in this video (using a DLP projector):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-EdwvQJZlg&t=2s
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just got gifted 3 PS2's. Managed to get 2 working so far. I was playing as DarthVader yesterday.

Tonight; some Midnight Club LA

Tomorrow, P233MMX upgrade, I have a 32meg ATi PCI 3D accelerator card to put in there. c.1999

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PostLink    Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 4:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

AnalogRocks wrote:
Just got gifted 3 PS2's. Managed to get 2 working so far. I was playing as DarthVader yesterday.

Tonight; some Midnight Club LA

Tomorrow, P233MMX upgrade, I have a 32meg ATi PCI 3D accelerator card to put in there. c.1999


Conundrum. I have 2, 32mb ATi 128 PRO cards. Put the first one in, buttoned it up, no boot.

Put the second one in, in a different PCI slot. Booted, found the card. Asked for the driver.
I found the Win98/Me driver. Found an online virus scanner to make sure I wouldn't hose my Win95c install. Downloaded the 7.5mb file, searched around for some CD-R's. Plugged an external burner into this Linux PC. Installed K3B disk burner software for Linux, only to get the dreaded K3B does not have permission to access this burner, please change settings in K3B.
CHECK! No settings found.

Uninstall K3B. Install Xfburn. Burn the massive 7.5MB file to disk. OK DONE!

Nope. Win95 won't complete its boot with the CD-R in the top CD-ROM drive

4 reboots later...allowed Win95 to recognize the ATi card as a generic VGA card.

Switch CD-R to other drive. Read 7.6MB ATi installer file. Done! 2 more reboots because Win95.

Set resolution and color depth to 800x600 32bpp. Right, now we're getting somewhere. It's time for ol'scol gaming goodness. BUT first I'll put the computer case back on. Do that, no boot, black screen. Elapsed time 3.5 hours, F'it and I went to bed.

<sarcasm>Ahhh PC's. so much fun!</sarcasm>

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PostLink    Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 5:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zebra wrote:
AnalogRocks wrote:
Zebra wrote:
I've been playing Time Crisis 3 with my real Time Crisis arcade recoil gun. It's so much fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D4inp1dGN4

And Ghost Squad on my PC via the Dolphin emulator using a real Ghost Squad arcade machine gun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gx00X9qgzM

I'm setting it up with a 110" screen in my new house.


A few years back I bought time crysis 2 or 3 for ps2 and a guncon?? I tried it on the 120" Stewart Studiotech 1.3 gain off the SONY D50. Gun wouldn' t register right. I would love tro try it on a 13-15 gain curved screen. That would probably work better. or at all for that matter.

Like we talked about in this post: Gain turned up to 11: http://www.curtpalme.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33929



Brightness is just one of the factors with light guns registering. The key one is the light gun itself. None of the 3rd party guns work that well, even when they were new. That includes when using my 27" CRT arcade monitors. Aging caps and worn out photo diodes haven't helped much.

I always start with the official Namco Guncon 2. They are the best by miles (if the photo diode is still good but a lot are broken). I removed a worn out photo diode a wired the Guncon 2 PCB to a real Time Crisis arcade gun. These work even better as they use a glass lens instead of plastic.

Then there is the distance from the screen. One of the problems with larger projector screens is that you stand too far back or too close to activate the photo diode. Try reducing the screen size to around 60" and using a white regular screen.

High gain retroreflective or specular reflective screens are designed to direct light back to the source or at the angle of incidence which is hugely problematic for a photo diode or photo resistor. Try using Orca Grow for some cheap but incredibly bright diffuse white diy screen material:

https://www.ebay.com/?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336656890&toolid=20008&mkevt=1

Or, better yet, use a rear projection set-up like they do on the "Deluxe" arcade cabs.

Any sort of line doubler of scaler should be removed. If the res and refresh rate on screen is not identical to what's coming out the PS2, light guns won't work. Some projectors automatically upscale 15khz to 31khz. The only real light guns that will work on these are the Act Labs PC guns or arcade light guns connected via a USB2GUN board.

Convergence has to be well dialed in. One of my arcade monitors has poor convergence at the bottom right corner and it's a light gun dead zone.

The gun I'm using in the Ghost Squad video is a real Sega arcade recoil gun. These didn't use real light guns. They have ten IR led boards mounted around the monitor bezel with a photo diode in the gun. The Sega type 2 guns will work on any monitor or projector including digital. I connected mine to a PC using an Ultimarc U-HID. It's very easy.

Directional arcade guns can also be used on any screen. I'm using a real arcade Alien 3 gun to play Alien 3 in mame in this video (using a DLP projector):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-EdwvQJZlg&t=2s


That Aliens game looks great on the big screen!

The Orca Grow Film 54 in x 25 ft Roll looks interesting too. We use to use counter top material here Wilsonart Designer White.

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PostLink    Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 2:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

AnalogRocks wrote:
AnalogRocks wrote:
Just got gifted 3 PS2's. Managed to get 2 working so far. I was playing as DarthVader yesterday.

Tonight; some Midnight Club LA

Tomorrow, P233MMX upgrade, I have a 32meg ATi PCI 3D accelerator card to put in there. c.May 2001


Conundrum. I have 2, 32mb ATi 128 PRO cards. Put the first one in, buttoned it up, no boot.

Put the second one in, in a different PCI slot. Booted, found the card. Asked for the driver.
I found the Win98/Me driver. Found an online virus scanner to make sure I wouldn't hose my Win95c install. Downloaded the 7.5mb file, searched around for some CD-R's. Plugged an external burner into this Linux PC. Installed K3B disk burner software for Linux, only to get the dreaded K3B does not have permission to access this burner, please change settings in K3B.
CHECK! No settings found.

Uninstall K3B. Install Xfburn. Burn the massive 7.5MB file to disk. OK DONE!

Nope. Win95 won't complete its boot with the CD-R in the top CD-ROM drive

4 reboots later...allowed Win95 to recognize the ATi card as a generic VGA card.

Switch CD-R to other drive. Read 7.6MB ATi installer file. Done! 2 more reboots because Win95.

Set resolution and color depth to 800x600 32bpp. Right, now we're getting somewhere. It's time for ol'scol gaming goodness. BUT first I'll put the computer case back on. Do that, no boot, black screen. Elapsed time 3.5 hours, F'it and I went to bed.

<sarcasm>Ahhh PC's. so much fun!</sarcasm>


Ahhh haa! There was a reason the seller had a sh*t ton of these video cards. The brackets are cut wrong! If you tighten the set screw all the way it pulls the card partially out of the PCI slot.

WOW! I love this era of PC hardware. The previous card was a 4mb S3 VIRGE (DX/GX)386 PCI 1996 ish card. This one runs circles around that one.

I've got the 'pipes' screen saver running. I'd say its 6-8 gtimes faster than before.

Now 'Need For Speed' time.

EDIT: added S3 VIRGE (DX/GX)386 PCI card descriptin & changed the ATi card's date from c.1999 to May 2001

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PostLink    Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 2:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

AnalogRocks wrote:
Now 'Need For Speed' time.

I used to love that game (the original, version 1, from 1995).



Though not as much fun as Stunts from 1990.



You could build your own tracks!

Kal

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PostLink    Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quake 1 512x384!!Thumbs Up
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that game!!...I suck at video games ..but I still have a vintage steering wheel, that I bought because of watching old video games with Personal/Momo style wheels... it has been through a couple of cars and still hangs in the garage.
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my son has bugged me for years to let him mount it on his driving sim....
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I have the MOMO wheel from 1999, awesome wheel. Force Feedback and a slight off set to the left until the game starts.
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I have a Personal/Momo fitipalldi limited edition... from 1979 one of the best feeling wheels I have ever used.. it has thumb rests, swells and bumps in all the right places and is almost perfectly sized.
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Emo new his stuff.

Now loading Xwing vs. Tie Fighter

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PostLink    Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 7:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kal wrote:
AnalogRocks wrote:
Now 'Need For Speed' time.

I used to love that game (the original, version 1, from 1995).



Though not as much fun as Stunts from 1990.



You could build your own tracks!

Kal


I have Stunts installed!

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I just can't seem to beat solitare tonight. What time is it anyways and why do my eyes hurt?

Because...computer time Laughing

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Wow I stayed up way too late. I use to do that every night. Can't do that any more. But 90's PC are still my favorite.
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Now playing Scorch Earth and smoking the other tank with HotNapalm
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Battle Chess!
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Battle Chess!


Now if I only knew how to play chess lol

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