Light Gun!

[oompa loompa]

here's a way to use light guns with basiegaxorz. this only works if you can get basiegaxorz games to run on real hardware since its not supported by emulators.

the light gun is a zapper with a simple inverter to interface to the sega joypad port. the inverter is so that when the photodiode detects the white light from the electron beam, it triggers the external interrupter, saving the hv counter. when the hv counter is saved, the software knows where the light gun was aimed



and no, this is not the same as the sega menacer, or the konai light gun thinger. if there were specs on the menacer, i would create an interface though =P

if someone wants sample code, i can post some. i tried making light gun games last weekend and it roxorz my boxorz. maybe i'll add dual pistols =D

[GiGaBiTe]

i have a menacer but i have no idea if it works anymore, i havent used it since i played terminator 2 on my genesis, and i lost that game YEARS ago

i also need to find the detector that goes on top of the tv, or it wont work.

but heres my basic understanding of how it works.

the infrared box that sits on top of the tv makes the menacer wireless, so you dont have a limit of how far you can go.

so when you fire the menacer at something on the screen the chain of command looks something like this

tv -> menacer -> infrared detector box -> sega

the menacer also has 4 buttons on it, one for the trigger, and the other 3 are for missiles and shotgun powerups. although terminator 2 only used 3 of the buttons. the trigger, and the top two buttons.

i dont think i have ever seen a game where it used all 4 buttons.

[oompa loompa]

are there any emulators that emulate the menacer?don't think gens emulates it at all

[GiGaBiTe]

you would probably have to code a plugin for gens, it doesnt support it. you would also have to create an adapter for the IR detector unless you felt like coding for it to use the serial port (if thats even possible?)

[haroldoop]

Well, if you're just emulating the menacer, there's no need to plug the menacer itself: you could use the mouse to emulate it (ZSNES emulates the SuperScope that way).

[Tulio Adriano]

Same goes for Meka on Master System.

Have you ever heard about a cool emulator called Kega Fusion 3.2?

Some people say that a cool old emulation guru made that emulator, someone called like Steve Snake.

There are rumors writen in the ReadMe.TXT that this cool emulator suports Menacer.

Now talking serious, I don't have any rom to test the Menacer but if Steve says it works, then it works. Just try it.

Cya.

[oompa loompa]

yea, kega can emulate the menacer. i'm not planning to do anything with the menacer though