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Re: GUN2CRT, the new universal CRT lightgun adapter
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:03 am
by mrchrister
Man, this is exciting news. Too bad I just bought 2x Gcon2s...
Re: GUN2CRT, the new universal CRT lightgun adapter
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:07 pm
by JayBee
mrchrister wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:03 am
Man, this is exciting news. Too bad I just bought 2x Gcon2s...
Don't lose hope. I said before the guncon2 won't be supported for now, but once I finish this prototype you never know what can happen
Re: GUN2CRT, the new universal CRT lightgun adapter
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 8:44 pm
by Matsu
Neat! This is gonna be huge, excellent news
Re: GUN2CRT, the new universal CRT lightgun adapter
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:27 pm
by Atohmdiy
Hello !
Very nice project, any news
When i saw this project i bought two guncon, there are waiting for action now
Re: GUN2CRT, the new universal CRT lightgun adapter
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 6:10 pm
by sonik
mrchrister wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:03 am
Man, this is exciting news. Too bad I just bought 2x Gcon2s...
Guncon2 support should be implemented directly in mister's linux... Same way a wiimote's driver is implemented directly.
I was trying to do this but I don't have much experience in writing kernel driver.
But I got the Guncon2 and also the Guncon3 working in the mister by running a python script. Not ideal but works.
https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/issues/399
Re: GUN2CRT, the new universal CRT lightgun adapter
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:54 am
by Loukey
Can’t wait to see this.
Re: GUN2CRT, the new universal CRT lightgun adapter
Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:55 pm
by El_Syd
JayBee wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 2:47 pm
retrorepair wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:18 pm
JayBee wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:04 pm
Yes the G-Con45 is the model 1
For now it will be focusing on this model yes, but I might try other guns eventually once this one is fully supported.
Surely gcon2 will work with a linux driver as a HID mouse. You'd only need an adapter for composite sync.
I've actually done this before on linux, I'm not sure how to compile a linux driver for MiSTer though.
It can be done, but usually has more latency, require manual adjustments to match each resolution, and can't really work reliably with games that require screen flashing.
The whole point of my system is not requiring those, it should be plug it and forget it
Almost, it will be
MiSTer == VGA ==> GUN2CRT ==VGAtoSCART==> TV
Or
MiSTer == VGA ==> GUN2CRT ==GenesistoSCART==> TV
Since my system should have both.
Note that it's not decided yet if the RGBs out will be genesis type or something else.
For people using Direct Video, would the setup be something like this?
MiSTer --> HDMI cable --> HDMItoVGA converter --> VGA cable --> GUN2CRT --> VGAtoSCART cable --> TV
Re: GUN2CRT, the new universal CRT lightgun adapter
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 5:23 am
by zorrobandito
I see that native support for GCon2 has been added but I'd still like an adapter for the GCon45 I already have... any news?
Re: GUN2CRT, the new universal CRT lightgun adapter
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 8:19 pm
by Looneybinjim
Awesome! Count me in on this, would love to Beta test if needed. I have many lightguns and crts!
Re: GUN2CRT, the new universal CRT lightgun adapter
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:03 pm
by Hat
I'm super excited for this. I have a old presentation CRT TV which is basically an 800x600 monitor that I've been breaking my head over for the past few months trying to getting my Guncon 1s to work.
viewtopic.php?t=5426
I'm hoping this can end my pain.
Re: GUN2CRT, the new universal CRT lightgun adapter
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 5:34 am
by ksdomino
Op hasn't posted in this thread in 7 months so in the hopes that this project is still alive in some way I'd like to register my interest too..Am happy to buy and test -I have hdmi to vga into crt (no scart) so this adapter would be ideal.
Re: GUN2CRT, the new universal CRT lightgun adapter
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:44 am
by rax
Hi JayBee,
I'm impressed by your work.
I have a 70cm VGA CRT, it accepts 640x480 and 800x600 resolutions only.
I would like to use a LightGun on it using a PC.
If you can tell me that it will work with this kind of configuration, I am very interested in your device.
Thanks in advance for your reply.