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Post by nevermind on Apr 3, 2017 11:33:03 GMT
I never thought of that Davyk. The only way it could work is by the way it works in the main game, the high score screen must just continually draw a white refresh and the guns sensor is working without you pulling the trigger.
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Post by davyk on Apr 3, 2017 12:34:27 GMT
I can remember there being an option to display cross hair in Mighty Hits too. It relied heavily on their being optimal lighting conditions etc.
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Post by lanhilb89 on Apr 3, 2017 22:40:56 GMT
Interesting there gonna have to make something for light gun games well maybe. What in the hell will thry do with LG new tv that is paper thin and hangs on the wall like a painting? Also can 2nd rolled and folded up for putting in your pocket at convince. Except the sound bar which is huge and just so happens to be the guts is not transportable. These dumbasses ok so an amazeing new futuristic tv but without the sound bar that is the actual guts or whatever you might as well put a drawing of a tv in your pocket.
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Post by Sonnington on Apr 4, 2017 2:05:43 GMT
Well, a camera is dirt cheap and the processing power would be miniscule. All it needs to do is measure the x and y coordinates in a rectangle. Can someone mention this idea in a neogaf thread so someone could steal it from me and make it happen?
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Post by davyk on Apr 4, 2017 8:01:06 GMT
I love a light gun game but sadly the problem is enough people don't seem to want to pay for them and another peripheral only adds to the cost.
Maybe something clever could have been done with Kinect instead of an effing Star Wars dance game?
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Post by HennessySlick on Apr 4, 2017 9:23:24 GMT
Maybe something clever could have been done with Kinect instead of an effing Star Wars dance game? I fully support this sentiment.
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Post by Sonnington on Apr 5, 2017 6:31:17 GMT
I love a light gun game but sadly the problem is enough people don't seem to want to pay for them and another peripheral only adds to the cost. Maybe something clever could have been done with Kinect instead of an effing Star Wars dance game? Nah, people LOVE guns. Especially in the states where gun sales and ownership is through the roof right now. It's not that lightgun games wouldn't sell. It's that every big publication is... shall we say... politically bent against gun ownership and the major news publications, gaming or not, would try to assassinate the credibility of the developer/publisher. Some are scared of the powers that be and others buy into the philosophy wholesale. Not trying to be politically, but, I mean, lets tell it like it is. In any event, it would still sell like hot cakes. People -love- guns and parents would definitely buy it to play as a family to teach their children responsible gun ownership with a fake gun. Handguns are illegal for civilians in the UK, correct?
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Post by bultje112 on Apr 5, 2017 8:14:02 GMT
Guns are illegal in any sane country in this world.
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Post by davyk on Apr 5, 2017 8:23:04 GMT
You trailed this issue into the conversation earlier which I thought was innappropriate and let it go - but so be it.
Gun ownership is legal in the UK but access is strictly controlled. Given where I am from, the ownership of guns is a somewhat sensitive issue. There are quite a few people who own them in N.Ireland for personal protection because their lives are at risk.
Perhaps if you owned a bullet , shot by the IRA, that was pulled out of the wall of your grandmother's home you wouldn't find them appealing.
Perhaps if you were regularly sighted down the barrel of a weapon by troops on the street or in a car as a child as I and everyone else of my age did you would find them less appealing.
Perhaps if , as a child, you had to lie down in the back of your parents' car on the way to school every day as a safety measure against crossfire (as my wife did as a child) you would find them even less appealing.
I am not anti-gun for all that. And I also believe that there is an awful lot of responsible gun ownership. I have a friend who is a gun owner and culls deer, crows etc as a service to landowners. I wouldn't mind a go myself but I have no interest in ownership. Sadly much of that is based on cultural fear.
Please don't extrapolate the fearful, isolationist views of the US to the rest of the world.
Back to games. Video game guns are fun. I have no evidence to provide, but I wouldn't have thought that light gun games were ever amongst the top sellers for any system. I would exclude Duck Hunt from any figures for that since it was a pack-in game.
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Post by buckoa51 on Apr 5, 2017 8:26:42 GMT
Handguns are completely illegal though I believe, not that I've ever really looked into it, I've no interest in owning a real gun of any kind.
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Post by davyk on Apr 5, 2017 8:37:03 GMT
Handguns are completely illegal though I believe, not that I've ever really looked into it, I've no interest in owning a real gun of any kind. It depends. They can be allowed in certain circumstances. The laws have been tightened up in certain categories in the wake of , for example, the Hungerford and Dunblane incidents. But there are still gun clubs in the UK but I think it's mostly about target shooting with rifles as per the olympics. Ownership of certain types are allowed. Handguns for personal protection are allowed in certain circumstances.
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Post by Sonnington on Apr 5, 2017 15:53:21 GMT
I just wanted to say the political influences at work, here in the states, would assassinate the character of those trying to promote guns in this way. Light guns that you could aim with by looking down the sights would sell like hot cakes here. It would be absolutely HUGE and would likely even sell consoles just for the lightgun itself to a new demographic.
That's it, nothing more. I'm much more interested in seeing you attack that argument than use boring emotional arguments we've all heard before about gun laws. Sovereignty among nations is a wonderful thing. Great. Who cares, it's a gaming forum. It's the political influences that are the biggest obstacle to lightguns, as described, not how popular they'd be.
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Post by barryburton on Apr 5, 2017 17:53:40 GMT
I just wanted to say the political influences at work, here in the states, would assassinate the character of those trying to promote guns in this way. Light guns that you could aim with by looking down the sights would sell like hot cakes here. It would be absolutely HUGE and would likely even sell consoles just for the lightgun itself to a new demographic. That's it, nothing more. I'm much more interested in seeing you attack that argument than use boring emotional arguments we've all heard before about gun laws. Sovereignty among nations is a wonderful thing. Great. Who cares, it's a gaming forum. It's the political influences that are the biggest obstacle to lightguns, as described, not how popular they'd be. In a country where you can in most cases buy lethal weapons with ease, the idea that political forces are stopping light gun games is ridiculous. It will be a decision made by the big game industry companies based on technical and commercial reasons.
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Post by Sonnington on Apr 6, 2017 2:24:40 GMT
I just wanted to say the political influences at work, here in the states, would assassinate the character of those trying to promote guns in this way. Light guns that you could aim with by looking down the sights would sell like hot cakes here. It would be absolutely HUGE and would likely even sell consoles just for the lightgun itself to a new demographic. That's it, nothing more. I'm much more interested in seeing you attack that argument than use boring emotional arguments we've all heard before about gun laws. Sovereignty among nations is a wonderful thing. Great. Who cares, it's a gaming forum. It's the political influences that are the biggest obstacle to lightguns, as described, not how popular they'd be. In a country where you can in most cases buy lethal weapons with ease, the idea that political forces are stopping light gun games is ridiculous. It will be a decision made by the big game industry companies based on technical and commercial reasons. Are you really that unaware of American politics? It seems tough to believe someone as intelligent as you would say such a thing. To me, when smart people make such blatantly ignorant comments, it makes me think they're just trying to score points with someone. To give the benefit of the doubt is this something you want me to explain to you?
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Post by davyk on Apr 6, 2017 8:37:05 GMT
It's probably best this issue is parked. This is a cultural clash and never the 'twain shall meet.
Sorry to bore you with my personal experiences. It is also an emotive issue and emotions do come into it. Lobbyists quoting the 2nd amendment is an emotive action. Calling on notions of freedom and rights - playing to peoples' fears is what it really is. I know gun ownership is a divisive issue in the States. I also suspect that the "gun lobby" - a term I dislike - probably doesn't get a fair representation in the media due to its bias. The UK media is just as bad.
This is originally a British website and therefore has a strong European slant. Our fields are soaked in blood spilled over centuries and therefore our feelings are somewhat different to the "New World" as it where. So in a gaming forum it's probably best left that way.
Gaming-wise - surely if US game developers thought a light gun game would sell by the bucketload it would have happened? As enjoyable as they are, they are arcade experiences and therefore a bit on the shallow side. That's no bad thing but it doesn't make for a good home experience as the poor old Dreamcast exemplifies.
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