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Naoki
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Re: Light Gun Games
06/17/11 12:17 AM


> > So it sounds like Point Blank and Area 51 are the only ones you can use a light gun
> > on in Mame for now. If anybody knows different chime in...
> >
> > I guess I could always buy the PC versions of Mad Dog McCree (not sure about Fast
> > Draw Showdown) and The House of the Dead 3 and run them out of XP...
>
> A variety of light gun shooters work for MAME but they're mostly 2D 16-bit era
> shooters. Most of them are very quick and fun in my opinion. Rom set organization
> software like Romlister and front ends like MAMEUI and Hyperspin can show you what's
> available.
>
> I think Area 51, Maximum Force, and MAYBE Crypt Killer (correct me on the status of
> that game) are the most relatively recent light gun games that are working (at least
> at a practical level) on MAME.
>
> If you were hoping to play Virtua Cop, House of the Dead, Time Crisis, Crisis Zone,
> and other 32-bit era Sega, Namco, Konami light gun shooters on MAME than you're out
> of luck for a very long time unless you're willing to play a PC version which are
> usually available. I believe the PC version of a few of Sega's shooter in particular
> are in public domain now.

Time Crisis works fine, aside from minimal raphical errors, it's just a matter of CPU horsepower.


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Subject Posted by Posted on
* Light Gun Games Brians 06/16/11 02:13 AM
. * Re: Light Gun Games abelenki  06/16/11 03:03 AM
. * Re: Light Gun Games Anonymous  06/16/11 07:59 PM
. * Re: Light Gun Games Naoki  06/16/11 08:12 PM
. * Re: Light Gun Games Brians  06/16/11 10:53 PM
. * Re: Light Gun Games Mozii  06/16/11 11:58 PM
. * Re: Light Gun Games R. Belmont  06/17/11 04:03 PM
. * Re: Light Gun Games Naoki  06/17/11 12:17 AM
. * Re: Light Gun Games jonwil  06/17/11 06:22 AM
. * Re: Light Gun Games Naoki  06/17/11 12:08 PM
. * Re: Light Gun Games Mojo2000  06/16/11 03:40 AM
. * Re: Light Gun Games Mojo2000  06/16/11 02:24 AM
. * Re: Light Gun Games uVSthem  06/17/11 03:30 PM
. * Re: Light Gun Games Naoki  06/17/11 03:57 PM
. * Re: Light Gun Games uVSthem  06/17/11 04:07 PM
. * Re: Light Gun Games Naoki  06/17/11 04:47 PM
. * Re: Light Gun Games uVSthem  06/17/11 04:49 PM
. * Re: Light Gun Games Brians  06/16/11 04:08 AM
. * Re: Light Gun Games TheGuru  06/16/11 09:42 AM
. * Holy cow! Mojo2000  06/16/11 12:19 PM

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