Commercial version of the idea in this video can be found here:
I show a device that I built which lets you play light gun games even with modern TVs. I explain why light gun games don’t work on modern TVs and then show my solution. I show Duck Hunt on the NES, Virtua Cop on the Sega Saturn and House of the Dead 2 on Dreamcast.
Super long discussion thread:
Acknowledgements:
Nintendo Zapper model by Cliche Studio
LED TV model by bistor
Nintendo Entertainment System textures by MatthewThorns
Ariel Marcelo
01.01.2023You don't know how the SNES gun works
Benjamin Young
30.12.2022No way the wii mote is nearly fast enough to actually play duck hunt. You could probably only get to level 6 before the Ducks move too fast for wii detection. Duck hunt is about crack shot speed aiming. This is a total novelty. Pretty impressive tho
Cory
30.12.2022Your explanation of how the light gun works is totally wrong. It doesn't have sub frame resolution in its detection. Watch the 8 bit guy for how it actually works. Simply, when you press the trigger, the screen goes black and then the target(s) light up white boxes. If the light gun sees black, then the next frame, it sees light, it registers a hit. It doesn't know what scanline you pointed at, it only knows if you were pointed within the box. There are lightguns that use the CRT scanlines to register hits, but the NES lightgun is not one of them.
Michael Cool Wayne
30.12.2022Retail price?
Art
30.12.2022Insteresting I bet if you could remake the equipment to a smaller easy attacement to all guns you would make a fortune selling that!
CasetheCorvetteMan
30.12.2022Master System light phaser games dont work same as NES zapper, the light phaser works like all later light guns and reads line by line, NES zapper is the only one that draws the box on targets.
Gerardo Serbantez
30.12.2022this is way to much work versus just going to the salvation army and buy a old tv….
Umbreon DC
30.12.2022Wtf?!!
Juanos Videos
30.12.2022Hello and congratulations! Does the lightgunverter works on a Retro usb AVS or only on a original NES?
Rev
30.12.2022So sad old tech works better. I need my TIME CRISIS.
Mark Plott
30.12.2022chipos81 – Congrats to you figuring this out, but NAMCO and CAPCOM have already figured this out a Decade ago and are using in their ARCADE HD video games involving " LIGHTGUNS ". and their RF based AIMING with a Digital Camera is actually Superior and it has HD Pixel resolution for Precision Aiming.
Christopher Kidwell
26.12.2022So basically these games COULD work on modern consoles. They just do not want to do the extra time and energy to make them work on the modern televisions.
Gareth Willis
26.12.2022Very clever, well done
John Smith
26.12.2022Snes super scope compatibility?
Kenneth Pollard (Ken)
26.12.2022If you have the money the Aim Track litt gun might work best. It works with a sensor bar like a mouse. Usb corded
Javier Dominguez
26.12.2022Well at least i have a old tv and I'm getting a nes soon
the hillbilly gamer !
26.12.2022I wonder if you could make this you know just integrated with a gun and a sensor bar like a plug and play Lightning game the people could buy for save $50 and the games would be similar to like you know old cowboy pop-up Shoot Em Up Games hunting games.. Can I be pulling for sir stuff like that
Samuel Coe
26.12.2022Is this for sale? I bought a Dreamcast with House of the Dead & have this problem…
Andrew Nickols
26.12.2022WHY AREN'T WE FUNDING THIS?!?!
Marco
26.12.2022Love this.
Mrj2 Dub
26.12.2022Will this work for SNES Super Scope?
TecNickel Swag
25.12.2022Dude!!! This is an absolute blessing!!!
Chris C
25.12.2022I knew there must be a way to do this, just took a bit of ingenuity. Why has it taken me 3 years to find this?
OlafttheGreat1998
25.12.2022This is way too complicated for the average person…but that doesn't change how awesome it is
Александр Яковлев
25.12.2022Давно уже все придумано и без этого спама, намного проще и безопаснее. Даже ребенок смог бы повторить, а с этой конструкцией не то что коммерчески а даже вообще стыдно показывать… Всего впаивается регулируемый (подстроечный резистор в сам пистолет) а картридж делается патч для синхронизации на любом ты и все… А за эту срань я бы не взялся…. Кому интересно могу кинуть ссылку!? Этот проект мусор, с моим даже на эмуляторе через ноут и то работает…
wicked18769
25.12.2022Has this already been made a reality? I must have it
LevelHike
25.12.2022When can I get one? Thanks!
G O
25.12.2022Thanks. Working on a fix.
Phenom Menon
25.12.2022Don't they just have Duck Hunt for Wii already?
Joejoeinc
25.12.2022Came here to say great work! keep it up!
Dukefazon
25.12.20220:59 – it's not like this on NES but later machines work like this, you are right. But this doesn't change the fact that this is an awesome invention! I was just thinking about some device to mount on your TV, like the sensors of the Power Glove and split the original yellow RCA cable between the device and the TV, bypassing the TV's latency, that's how I found your device. A general solution for Lightgun Peripherial needs to be made for modern TVs, I think there's a market there.
Wonderwolf
24.12.2022the way he holds the guns triggers the f out of me
ElegyForTheMasses
24.12.2022The duck hunt lcd softmod hack demonstrates that the nes zapper doesn’t use this method. What you described is closer to how the SEGA lightgun works, but you showed an nes zapper
Minirollsrule
24.12.2022well done, very impressed but what a ballache to set up if your not as awesome at programming as you! – oh and i'm getting it in the neck form my GF about keeping my Time Crisis light gun games that dont work with our LCD screen – I would definately buy a tv addon that would allow me to play them again
Mark James Tech Games
24.12.2022You say "that's all it took". But I say you're a genius!!!
Harry-One-Kenoby
24.12.2022Where I can buy your invention for Sega Saturn?!
YAS
24.12.2022awesome
Antoshek Emperor
24.12.2022*laughs in CRT Elitist
Sega MetalHead
24.12.2022Sweet, but this would not be simple for me!
HNogueira
24.12.2022a finished product that doesn't need rubber bands and weird fixed appeal would work good
Billy Smith
24.12.2022Yeah great… all you need is a Wii, a connect 5 or 6 circuit boards and about 300m of cable
Paul Miller
23.12.2022Yeah dude you could make good money if you finished up this project
mediaplague
23.12.2022Wii Zappers are not lightguns.
Karl Hans
23.12.2022Please make this a product!
Sebastian Zmener
23.12.2022Do you know if there is a way to play shooting PS games using a GUN like, lets say PS Mové adapters or this one you show instead of a dual shock control?
Smetroretro
23.12.2022I need this – please ❤️❤️❤️
Darren Nash
23.12.2022Or just use the nes emulator on the wii and putt wii remote in the wii gun
john johnson
23.12.2022Can I buy one from you??
Joey
23.12.2022I was going to buy a Time Crisis bundle on eBay that comes with the gun controller but the seller said it doesn't work on LED LCD or plasma TVs..is this true?
RSCOZZY
23.12.2022This video was posted a while ago now, but shit, this is one clever bloke. Fair play man 👏👏🍻🍻