Hello All,
My name is Nick and I am a complete noob to DIY/MAME arcades and am at the beginning phase of building one. I didn't know this world existed until I saw one at my friend's place and then fell in love. So far I have an old Block Out arcade cabinet, an old computer, and just received my X-Arcade Tankstick. The next step forward is getting a monitor or TV and possibly upgrading my PC if it's not powerful enough.
The whole gun with PC/MAME situation seems quite cloudy. Here are my questions:
1) Is it possible to use the Big Buck Hunter orange arcade shotgun with the PC version of Big Buck Hunter by Midway?
2) What is the story with some guns working only with certain PC monitors, TVs, or arcade monitors?
I've come across various information via the internet saying that "light guns" don't work with flat-screen TVs and the "EMS LCD TopGun" is the only gun that works with flat-screen TVs. But, when I was browsing Betson.com I came across Big Buck Hunter Safari which clearly has a flat-screen TV and even appears to be in 16:9 aspect ratio. Betson.com also sells only the orange shotgun and in the description it is referred to as "Optical" which for all I know could be another term for "light gun".
3) Are only some guns compatible with MAME?
Thank you very much for any clarification provided, I greatly appreciate it.
My name is Nick and I am a complete noob to DIY/MAME arcades and am at the beginning phase of building one. I didn't know this world existed until I saw one at my friend's place and then fell in love. So far I have an old Block Out arcade cabinet, an old computer, and just received my X-Arcade Tankstick. The next step forward is getting a monitor or TV and possibly upgrading my PC if it's not powerful enough.
The whole gun with PC/MAME situation seems quite cloudy. Here are my questions:
1) Is it possible to use the Big Buck Hunter orange arcade shotgun with the PC version of Big Buck Hunter by Midway?
2) What is the story with some guns working only with certain PC monitors, TVs, or arcade monitors?
I've come across various information via the internet saying that "light guns" don't work with flat-screen TVs and the "EMS LCD TopGun" is the only gun that works with flat-screen TVs. But, when I was browsing Betson.com I came across Big Buck Hunter Safari which clearly has a flat-screen TV and even appears to be in 16:9 aspect ratio. Betson.com also sells only the orange shotgun and in the description it is referred to as "Optical" which for all I know could be another term for "light gun".
3) Are only some guns compatible with MAME?
Thank you very much for any clarification provided, I greatly appreciate it.