Posted by Nate Thompson on 13, 2000 at 1:39 AM:
In Reply to: Encouraging news about light gun support for MAME! posted by Mark Boyko on 12, 2000 at 1:13 AM:
I emailed them when they first released this product and was told that the program had to use DirectX for the guns to be supported, dashing any hopes that I had of playing T2 the way it should be played. Hopefully what you are saying is true and they now work with DOS programs as well.
Nate
: I recently sent the following e-mail to ACT Labs, maker of a light gun system for the PC. Here's a URL to their gun page: http://www.act-labs.com/gszone/
: Just think of it! You could use it as is, or it seems like it would be possible to hack the guts and use it in a different casing, perhaps a real Terminator 2 or Operation Wolf gun! I hope that the MAME developers will go for this, because it would be grand!
: "Hey I just wanted to let you know that I think it would be in your best
: interests to try to get your gun supported in arcade emulators,
: especially MAME. MAME has recently emulated light gun arcade games,
: among them the Terminator 2 arcade game. If it was announced that your
: gun would work in MAME, there are literally thousands of people who
: would buy one on the spot. I know I would! Many of the people who use
: MAME are working adults who have plenty of money, not some poor little
: quake playing gamer kids! I'll bet that if you would send the MAME
: developers some development kits, they would be willing to implement
: support for your gun.
: Here's the response I receieved!
: Let's do it Mark. We're a smaller gaming controller company for the
: intermediate to advanced gamer. ACT LABS is 100% devoted to supporting the
: gaming community so count us as game for this.
: MAME games are defintitely enjoyable throwbacks to the days of old ;) We are
: open to supporting the scene and I hope the contact you mentioned can assist
: us in distributing the developer info.
: Thanks!
: Brandon Crick
: VP of Development
: ACT LABS
: http://www.act-labs.com