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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: TjLaZer on January 03, 2006, 05:12:19 PM

Title: Actionware Lightguns?
Post by: TjLaZer on January 03, 2006, 05:12:19 PM

Hey I am trying to get the Actionware games (POW, Capone, Prison) to work with a Atari XEGS Lightgun? I heard these are the same lightguns that Actionware used?  Anyone know?  I plugged it in and tried it and no go, tried the mouse port and joy port.  Bummer.

Title: Re: Actionware Lightguns?
Post by: save2600 on March 28, 2012, 04:42:03 AM

Was about to post a similar question and caught this unanswered post.
Six year old bump!   :lol:

Anyone know what's up with the Actionware light gun? Sounds like it's obviously not an Atari compatible thing which is strange and a shame. I've got this faux 8-bit Nintendo light gun with a DB9 end I should try on a game I just received recently: P.O.W.

It's also strange how the A1000 and the A500/A2000 usage of the gun apparently differs according to the manual.

Title: Re: Actionware Lightguns?
Post by: Christian Johansson on March 28, 2012, 06:34:07 AM

Afaik there was two different companies making lightgun games for the amiga and the loghtguns differ too. But if you run the games with WHDLoad i think you can play them with any gun. The best lightgun is said to be the Mastersystem lightphazer with an adapter.

Check this thread on EAB for more info

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=21195

Title: Re: Actionware Lightguns?
Post by: Bamiga2002 on March 28, 2012, 06:38:50 AM

I have the light phaser but where can I get an adapter?

Title: Re: Actionware Lightguns?
Post by: Christian Johansson on March 28, 2012, 12:04:17 PM

You'll have to make the adapter yourself. But it's very simple. Check the EAB thread above.

Title: Re: Actionware Lightguns?
Post by: Ral-Clan on March 28, 2012, 02:44:40 PM

Could the problem the original poster is experiencing stem from using these guns with an LCD monitor rather than a CRT monitor (with horizontally scanning ray)?

I know that light pens will not work on LCD monitors because of this.

But I think light guns only care about seeing a "bright spot" on the screen (photosensor) rather than the location of the scanning gun, so my theory is probably off.

Title: Re: Actionware Lightguns?
Post by: tone007 on March 28, 2012, 03:42:13 PM

No, pretty sure the oldschool light guns don't work with LCDs, good point.