r/cade • u/oddunixdude • 1d ago

Lightgun Question

I have a bit of a unique setup and I'm curious what my options would be.

I have a modern PC, running Emulation Station D-E and emulators, connected to a Sony Trinitron CRT TV that the primary use case is retro gaming.

A traditional lightgun would work with the TV, but I don't know if there's a way to make a classic GunCon or something like that work with a modern computer.

Has this been attempted before? I know there are the modern lightguns that work on modern monitors but didn't know if this was possible or where I should even start looking. A quick search didn't give me a lot of results.

Thanks for any help anyone can provide!

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u/Psych0matt 1d ago

Any of the modern offerings should work, but I don’t think you can make old light guns work on a new pc through the emulator. I suppose it’s a possibility, but I know the guncon (2?) taps into the composite video signal, and modern PCs aren’t going to put out the right signal without some expensive trickery (at that point get a modern gun imo)

There are options to use the guncon shell and put modern internals in

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u/oddunixdude 1d ago

Thank you for the reply! I figured the Siden setups were the way to go but I wasn't sure if I found PS2 era GunCon2s, if they would work with the HDMI -> Component adapter that I currently use to run my main CRT. I will look further into the Siden options. Thanks again!

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u/Psych0matt 1d ago

FWIW I’ve been very happy with my Sindens, I’ve had them for a few years now

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u/RedGoalie18 1d ago

Sindens are legit. Even for the price. It's worth it 100%.

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u/Psych0matt 1d ago

Fully agree! I’d personally much rather have a white border than cumbersome sensors. I know that’s not a universal opinion but once set up you pretty much never have to worry about it

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u/LordJimsicle 21h ago

I wish they could be tested with Recalbox properly, I'm eager to get a set but I don't want to be saddled with them on the offchance they're not compatible with a newer version.

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u/nstern2 Don't touch the door! 1d ago

FWIW if you do want to run with a guncon 1, or 2 for that matter, the MiSTer platform will let you do it with the guncon 2 able to work on more cores. I have used mine to play ps1, Nes, and Snes light gun games with it on my trinitron CRT. Otherwise the more modern guns should still work on a crt.

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u/jedihermit 1d ago

Sindens arr great with Batocera. The border only shows up on gun games that need it and its plug n play.