Lightgun games on RetroPie - Time Crisis / Point Blank / Duck Hunt

Fruitybit · 1 Mar 2019, 13:37

@IanDaemon You’re right. I was so hopeful for the move controllers but having so few games really put me off Sony peripherals. Probably the only one that held any court in my household was the Harry Potter spell game. Shoot had potential, I really want a light gun!

IanDaemon · 1 Mar 2019, 16:18

@Fruitybit There was a "special edition" or something of House of the Dead: Overkill with extra levels, but that title definitely isn't family-friendly.

IanDaemon · 1 Mar 2019, 19:35

Might have been a "Director's Cut".

Fruitybit · 2 Mar 2019, 09:02

@IanDaemon I remember that one- but it was way too risky when the kids were so young:( may have to look it up on the ps3 again, good call.

Evert · 15 Apr 2019, 00:14

Get on board everyone, his kickstarter campaign has started. I can’t wait to incorporate this into my full size arcade that I built.

ByteThis · 15 Apr 2019, 00:51

@Evert The last time he posted a video here..he admitted there were more improvements to be made concerning input lag. He hasn't posted a vid lately to clarify any better lag concerns nor it is perfect now.

pjft · 15 Apr 2019, 07:07

@ByteThis for me, Time Crisis and Mad Dog McCree seem to work fairly well in the latest video. I can't comment on Duck Hunt as I never played it with a gun. Certainly not Virtua Cop as the emulator itself is slow on the pi. Can't comment on Terminator as well.

If anyone can comment on those that'd be great, but for me I'm going at it.

Evert · 15 Apr 2019, 11:03

@ByteThis it might not be perfect yet, but neither is any other option currently available. I see this as an opportunity for the community and other companies to design and implement something new. Its a different way of achieving something and it has to start somewhere. Without support, you can never expect innovation.

barbudreadmon · 15 Apr 2019, 11:23

It might be a good opportunity to mention it : i recently added support for lightgun in fbalpha (Quick Menu > Controls then set Lightgun as device type), i'm eagerly waiting for some feedback since i don't own a lightgun.

MrLightgun · 15 Apr 2019, 12:02

@barbudreadmon said in Lightgun games on RetroPie - Time Crisis / Point Blank / Duck Hunt:

It might be a good opportunity to mention it : i recently added support for lightgun in fbalpha (Quick Menu > Controls then set Lightgun as device type), i'm eagerly waiting for some feedback since i don't own a lightgun.

Excellent, perfect place to mention it, can you recommend any Lightgun games that would be worth trying? Do we need to update the emulator from source to get the changes?

barbudreadmon · 15 Apr 2019, 15:40

@MrLightgun said in Lightgun games on RetroPie - Time Crisis / Point Blank / Duck Hunt:

Do we need to update the emulator from source to get the changes?

Most likely, the implementation was around 2 weeks ago so idk if the binary version got updated since then. I was thinking of recommending gunbustr but the "dpad on lightgun" thing might not be standard and not included on your model ? Maybe something more classic like opwolf then ?

MrLightgun · 15 Apr 2019, 18:41

@barbudreadmon Would it work with Master System and Megadrive in FBAlpha? Thanks

ByteThis · 15 Apr 2019, 22:34

@pjft I just watched this new video using the lightgun. They played a few titles and does look promising

simpleethat · 15 Apr 2019, 23:32

Money's tight right now but I had to back this. I can't wait! I hope you can get it into production. :-)

Rock on @MrLightgun !!!

BJRetro · 16 Apr 2019, 00:34

@simpleethat @MrLightgun i am officially a supporter now too!! Looking forward to getting my gun later this year!! I was “this” close to being a dual wield supporter but I was a little worried about how the pi / its emulators would be able to cope with that! I am going to give the difference in money anyhow to the retropie donate page since I also think that is only fair - without this website I wouldn’t have my bartop arcade that I am now hoping to use the Sinden Lightgun on!

barbudreadmon · 16 Apr 2019, 06:08

@MrLightgun No, gun isn't implemented machine-side on those systems atm, only arcade cabinets have this support.

MrLightgun · 16 Apr 2019, 10:29

Thanks for your support guys, I will be pushing Raspberry Pi Lightgun support for everyone even if you use other devices.

MrLightgun · 16 Apr 2019, 10:33

@barbudreadmon said in Lightgun games on RetroPie - Time Crisis / Point Blank / Duck Hunt:

@MrLightgun No, gun isn't implemented machine-side on those systems atm, only arcade cabinets have this support.

Ah OK never mind, we still have to sort of lr-genesis-plus-gx then. Any chance of Lightgun support in YabaSanshiro? That is the code base that runs on the Odroid XU4 for Saturn support right? Shame the Pi can't handle it.

simpleethat · 16 Apr 2019, 11:35

What systems in Retropie have you gotten to work with it so far?

MrLightgun · 16 Apr 2019, 13:55

Hi Simplethat

NES - lr-fceumm / nestopia
PSX - lr-pcsx-rearmed
Sega Naomi - lr-reicast
Arcade - Mame
Dos - lr-dosbox

I'm hopeful that support is not too far away in Snes (Snes9X), Master System, Genesis/Megadrive/MegaCD (genesis-plus-gx) and Dreamcast (lr-reicast). This is because there is already code implemented in these emulators that needs adapting rather than writing from scratch.