Is the sinden lightgun project the one that works on modern TVs? Might try to pick one up if so.

If one can get the Sega gun games working on an emulator and that emu is compatible with it then it's a big win.

davyK wrote:

retroking1981 wrote:

The original Virtua Cop is light gun perfection for me. There's tons of other great ones spanning 1995 to 2005ish, it really was a golden era for the genre. I also have a huge soft spot for Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley on the NES. As far as light gun games go though, the less said about the 16-Bit era the better.

Had To The Earth on NES. It was a good game but it was just too effing hard.   Think I got to the level 2 boss.

To the Earth was one of the four light gun games I had as a kid (the fourth was Gumshoe).

It was indeed bastard hard, and retrospective youtube reviews have only backed up my opinion back then that it was... a bit shit.

I sold it as part of my NES cull to put towards a SNES, one I did not regret selling.

This playthrough suggests to me that the game wasn't possible with the zapper trigger - the rapid fire needed in the final level is mental

There's a chance the PAL port might have been worse if the framerate was butchered.

dynamiteReady wrote:

Blimey. Been a while... Hope you're well. :]

Hello sir! Not too bad hope you are too!

I knew Wii games were a compromise but I always got on with them OK I have to say. Likely because I'm not good enough for head shots, justice shots etc. 

You can turn the crosshair off in some games - Ghost Squad enforces it in some modes. But I'm guessing it is still driving the cross hair and you just don't see it.

I wonder if M+ had better tracking of the pointing function. Guess we will never know now.

davyK wrote:

You can turn the crosshair off in some games - Ghost Squad enforces it in some modes. But I'm guessing it is still driving the cross hair and you just don't see it.

I wonder if M+ had better tracking of the pointing function. Guess we will never know now.

Yeah but if you don't have the crosshair how will you know where you are aiming?

This is where I'd usually say follow your dreams but in this instance I can't.

Bob wrote:

Some one tell me I'd be mental to buy this for the games room https://www.game.co.uk/en/arcade1up-dragons-lair-2872962

You would be mental because the "game" is a load of old shit.  You can get it on DVD (likely BluRay now).

I remember when it appeared in the arcade. Drawing huge crowds. There was a 2nd monitor on top of the cabinet for spectators. 1983. I was 17 - had an O level in Computer Studies (back then you had to be able to write code to get an O level - now it seems you only need to know how to use MS Office) and instantly I could see exactly how it worked leaving me completely nonplussed. Even then "full motion video" was something that did not attract me. I looked at the people shaking their heads at this magical machine - I felt like shouting at them it was only a bloody video disc player.  I remember trying it once just to confirm my theory weeks later when the crowds died down. Fucking 50p a go. A fucking quid for 5 lives - in 1983. 

"Play" consisted of watching short sequences of animation with load times lasting longer than the clips - with what are now called QTE trial and error tests every few seconds sapping away your lives. Even the life loss animation had a load screen before it.

I walked away content that I was right and never went near it again.

It gets points for nostalgia for those who liked it I suppose. But its echoes in modern day cut scenes makes me grind my teeth.  And. A fucking arcade game with fucking load times. 

Loadtimes could be dispensed with in these modern times of course. But that would expose the game even more for what it is.

The art style is gorgeous of course. But you can watch it stitched together on a DVD or YT.

davyK wrote:

Bob wrote:

Some one tell me I'd be mental to buy this for the games room https://www.game.co.uk/en/arcade1up-dragons-lair-2872962

You would be mental because the "game" is a load of old shit.  You can get it on DVD (likely BluRay now). I remember when it appeared in the arcade. Drawing huge crowds. There was a 2nd monitor on top of the cabinet for spectators. 1983. I was 17 - had an O level in Computer Studies (back then you had to be able to write code to get an O level - now it seems you only need to know how to use MS Office) and instantly I could see exactly how it worked leaving me completely nonplussed. Even then "full motion video" was something that did not attract me. I looked at the people shaking their heads at this magical machine - I felt like shouting at them it was only a bloody video disc player.  I remember trying it once just to confirm my theory weeks later when the crowds died down. Fucking 50p a go. A fucking quid for 5 lives - in 1983.  "Play" consisted of watching short sequences of animation with load times lasting longer than the clips - with what are now called QTE trial and error tests every few seconds sapping away your lives. Even the life loss animation had a load screen before it. I walked away content that I was right and never went near it again. It gets points for nostalgia for those who liked it I suppose. But its echoes in modern day cut scenes makes me grind my teeth.  And. A fucking arcade game with fucking load times.  Loadtimes could be dispensed with in these modern times of course. But that would expose the game even more for what it is. The art style is gorgeous of course. But you can watch it stitched together on a DVD or YT.

Yeah.. that's done the trick.

The others are quite solid from what I hear.

The size might be an issue as they are not full size - depends on the size of you and anyone else for 2P. 

It's easy to forget how big classic cabs were. My Asteroids is a beast.

Dragons Lair is indeed shit.

Only FMV game worth giving any time is Road Avenger imo.

It also had button prompts that I don't think are in the original.