PC Light Gun, but without spending loads of money

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PC Light Gun, but without spending loads of money

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I have a PS2-PC adaptor, works with all PS1 and PS2 pads, and I have a Scorpion Light Gun, I'm not shelling out loads of money for a PC light gun, the buttons work, but the gun can't aim at all, is there anyway I can use my PS Light Gun on my PC without shelling out loads of money? There's gotta be a way, thanks in advance :)
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Sounds either practically impossible or not worth it, oh well thanks anyway
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Light guns usually don't work too well with computer monitors.
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Post by blackbox_dev »

I think for a lightgun to work with the PC monitor you have to set up the refresh rate for the monitor to the same as the TV, which I believe is 60 hertz. I'm not too sure about this though.

Oh, and also a resolution of around 320x240 or 320x200 would work best probably, but no new games today go below 640x480.
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Hooking your computer up to a TV is probably your best bet
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most composite non-def TV's can go upto 800*600. Mine goes a tad higher.
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My TV goes up to 1024x768, but its all blury. It looks best at 640x480. Oh, and this is using S-Video. :roll:
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Double post. Please delete.
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Post by dankicksass »

Your light gun won't work if you use an LCD. Newer Gun-Con 2 guns are USB. You can use the Gun-Con 2 with s-video out on your video card if you have an s-video to composite adaptor ($1) which probably came with your video card.

Go here and here, read the tutorials, adapt the hardware, and download the driver.
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Post by Unidentified Assilant »

Hmm... this seems more and more likely to happen, and, I do have my PC hooked up to the TV

One Problem being, mine is a Scorpion Light Gun not a GunCon2.
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I don't like double posting, but this needs a bump, I got a GunCon2.... go me! :P How come the accuracy is bad? Still even then the cursor stays in the corner for some reason :(
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