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" The orange tip means you won't get shot if you carry it down the street" Clearly you've never met American cops. In 2021: "According to The Washington Post’s police shooting database, at least 245 people have been killed by police while in possession of a toy gun since 2015." Some were not clearly marked like this, but plenty were. It's pretty gross over here.
Just an incredible project everyone!
Brings back my Mad Dog McCree memories!
If I remember correctly, I think you need some support in the graphics chip to allow the lightguns that follow the raster beam. So its possible that the CDI didn't have that interrupt, so they had to go down the route of the light-mouse. It would also mean it would work with rear projection screens which they might have thought more people would have if they are also using this to watch movies.
Gods I remember the MS-DOS version of this game. It came with the CD-ROM drive and video upgrade pack we had.
totally agree on the Cd-i gun, it feels just like the Wii lightgun games, and the sensor looses its tracking all the time, had to get rid of it sadly as it looks superb.
Unboxing music by Geert von Schlanger?
3:50 'tis but a scratch
Richard made all the difference here, great work!
Anyone who wants a Philips CD-i 450/550 or 220 with a DV Cartridge to watch back-to-back movies, you must know, the DV decoder overheats. Just a friendly note to collectors. It did that for me brand new. I tried multiple DV cartridges and it was the same. You'll notice there's no fans and zero ventilation, so I can see why.
I have always liked light gun games in general probably with the Sega Master System lineup being the most enjoyable to play (and a pretty decent light gun too). There is a revolver gun for MSX and I think it works with some of the MSX laserdisc titles. Has alluded me so far though. Great video!
15:20 I still have the PC version of that lightgun and all the original CD games... Space Pirates was a bit 'meh' but the others are great. The Wii version of Maddog1&2 is probably the most obtainable version nowadays.... which of course I also have ;-)
Surprised you didn't mention Beverly Hills Cop 2, the first time I had seen the video based shooting ranges
Surely this game could be remade with better video & tech? I shall wait for that day. But until then, RMC has scratched my Mad Dog McCree itch.
On the other hand, you are complaining, that you were not able to hit a target of size of a matchbox two meters away with a revolver. It seems to me pretty real,… :-)
the first gun showed has very poor tracking, that's basically what he was saying. in real life, or at least with a better quality lightgun it's not difficult to hone in on the target after 2-3 shots and the gun holds 6 shots so fire/adjust/fire & repeat until it hits.
I am very far from the best shooter, but even at this close range, one handed, and from the side without aiming, it’s not easy to hit such a small target by real revolver.
@@mx0r With a real one sure there's the weight and the kickback. But a lightgun is a whole lot easier to hit targets with, especially one without a kickback coil. You need to play more Point Blank and Point Blank 2. I can get a high score every time on these games :-)
Best ARCADE-Laser-Gun-Game is, in my Opinion, NAMCOS POINT BLANK from 1994!
Point Blank is not a laser game. For standard light gun games there are dozens.... Point Blank 2 is better than 1 and there's also Lethal Enforcers, Time Crisis 1-5, the Big Buck series, Carnevil, Ghost Squad, Area 51 / Maximum Force, Operation Wolf / Thunderbolt, Silent Scope 1&2, Terminator II, House of the Dead 1&2, World Combat/Warzaid etc etc etc . Most of them are playable on a PC with emulation.
Batocera has Guncon Drivers for PC integrated. You could run Daphne on Batocera alongside a couple of guncons (Guncon clones work aswell in the case of wanting a western looking gun) and you open the door to emulating the whole library of lightgun games supported by mame and other emulators.
Oh that's interesting. Does it support the original guncon only or guncon2 or 3? 3 uses ir sensors so more suitable for modern LCD screens. Guncon1&2 only works on a CRT.
I have very fond memories of Mad Dog McCree and Time Crisis as pedestal gun games at the arcade I used to haunt in the early 90's... they seemed revolutionary at the time! One of the arcade places also had one of those motion ride simulators (Edit: Thompson V-14 Venturer I think) - I particular remember Astro Coaster and Smash Factory. I can remember that if you wanted a ride that wasn't currently loaded... the operator would change the laser disc. My memory is that this too was controlled by an Amiga?
Your deadpan 'yeehaw' was hilarious
Might give it a go on MAME with my Sinden Lightgun and see how it goes.
None of the Maddog games are supported/working in MAME. You would have to use Singe or some other laserdisc emulator. The Wii version is pretty nice and there's Wii emulation....
What kind of beautiful piece of furniture are those Multisystems housed in?
I enjoyed Mad Dog McCree on the Nintendo 3DS. It felt like one of the better and more playable adaptations to date.
When i was 12 i broke my 3DO light gun. My dad said he would look in the phone book to find someone to fix it. I'm thinking "no freaking way" but it turned out American Laser Games was just a few blocks away from his office in Albuquerque. We went, they were like " You actually have a 3DO"?. They gave me a little tour and at the end they gave me an unreleased prototype light gun that allowed another second light gun to dasychain off it. The only way to use 2 light guns on the 3DO
Neil! Loved the humor peppered through this video. I have fond memories of laser discs and always want to play Mad Dog Mcree. Great content as always. Cheers!
Thank you for mention... I'm so happy to see it all looking so shiny and new, and aside from the poor technical capabilities of the gun itself, it still looks pretty swanky! 🤩 Ironically, my parents always told me and my brother that we could open a museum with all of our gaming tech collected over the years, and although that never happened, the gun was his originally, before he sadly passed away in 2008, and I'm certain that he'd be glad that it's with you now and can be enjoyed by those who visit the cave.
I have the wii version, which has good quality video but horrible controls. Loved this game in the arcade though
Laserdiscs looked great but their slow random access times and lack of video buffer made CD-based FMV a much more fluid experience. I had a Sega Mega CD but still looked at my friend's Dad's CD-i with envy. I later got a CD-32 but that was a true disappointment. LoL
How did you fix the PAL speed issue in episode 1 of your series?
I seem to remember the arcade games being all faded and with screen burn in. They must have been there quite a long time before I encountered them. 😂
Hello, since you have a Compaq Presario CDS 522 can i ask you what Hard Disk replacement you recommend? I have a Presario CDTV 528 which probably uses the same board and my old Quantum Fireball 2GB Hard Disk is probably failing soon since its motor has sometimes issues to start up.
Great video! Appreciate that your content is the extreme opposite compared to trash like Tophat Gaming Man
I had the DOS version along with the game gun. It was decent enough and I did manage to complete it but yeah the video was awful.
Always thought that old beared guy was Kenny Rogers?
Thank you great tutorial. Cheers
I was given a CD-I by a good mate and I have yet to get it working. I've managed to get the CD reader spinning, but not reading the disks. I suspect the dreaded failed clock battery chip which can fail and needs replaced as its doesn't display the startup screen at all. I need to diagnose it further some day. Great to see a working version here as my friend gave me quite a few CD games as well. Great nibble, thank you. Any tips on replacing the clock chip?
@ 9:09 - GROAN (Ba-dum TISHHHH)
5:00 Wow, Rise of the Robots is £31 but Micro Machines is only a £10. I know what am spending my money on.
This game is why I'm glad I held on to my CD-i. The fact that the "air mouse" gun is the only light gun compatible with modern displays makes it worth talking about. Was only able to beat it on easy, using the gun in mouse mode. Tried beating the game with the thumbstick controller, and couldn't pull it off, but with the cursor on the screen and the gun, I could easily drag the cursor to where it is needed. Really want to try out some of the other CD-i rail shooter games like that. One of these days I'll grab a copy of "Escape from Cyber City" to try it on, but, not very likely.
I do not wish to admit how many pound coins i put into a Mad Dog McCree game in Great Yarmouth over one single week in the early 90s. I cry thinking about it lol
I had Mad Dog McCree on the Sega CD, it doesn't get more grainy and washed out than that.
Thought it was worth mentioning Singe isn’t an emulator it’s a simulator therefore not arcade accurate. WinUAE emulates it. The later 3DO releases had much better video quality and tighter gameplay. Nothing beats the real arcade cabs with the 45’ screens though.
Didn’t this come out on the ps1 too?
Can you link the PCB schematics? Id like a Commodore PC but theyre rare as hens teeth. I can just buy all the parts and work it all together. Thanks!
Here you go github.com/Board-Folk/Commodore-PC10-III-Reproduction
Gesso…. Ahhh getting Bob Ross vibes
I remember playing Wild Gunman during a couple summer holidays.
I always dreamed of having this console at home. Or have a similar experience (with a huge non-lcd screen of course). I wonder how the wii version is!
0:14 please play super don quixote for laseractive
FREE THE NIP... eeehhh THE BOXES!
I very much appreciate Sierra games as a unit of measurement 👍
i got a sinden & having a window behind it makes it flacky but that is a mine problem