***NEW ARCADE PROJECT*** For those of you who have followed..

***NEW ARCADE PROJECT*** For those of you who have followed my passion for arcades and retro gaming, you know that I have started many projects. They didn't all come to fruition (mainly due to unavailability of some material, budget or just something better came along!), but most of them did! My next project? A shooting cabinet! Are you familiar with the light guns available on the market? If not, here's a crash course. You have the longest tenure gun, AimTrak. Unfortunately, they have some calibration issues. You have to be 6 feet away from the screen, you have to calibrate again if someone of a different height uses them, and they aren't the most precise. They do the job, but I didn't want that. You have the new sensation, the Sinden light guns. They have a few flaws. First, you need to have a white border around your screen which removes some space for gameplay (and can be annoying!). Plus, you have to run a program for each gun. Two guns to play? You have to run two programs simultaneously plus your emulators. It can take a toll on your system. That's why I'm going with Super Jolt Guns from Playstation 1 (this isn't easy to find in the wild, lol!) modded with the new tech Gun4IR. Basically, you get 4 sensors on your screen (top, bottom, left and right) and the whole "software" is in the gun! No need to run it on your PC. And anyone of any height can use it without recalibrating. AND OMFG, IT'S SO PRECISE AND FAST. It's the hardest to accomplish option, but omg, the result will be sick. What about the cabinet? I'll use a GameRoomSolutions Shooting cabinet shell. They sell them pre-cute. Software? It will be a PC Build. I'll be running HyperSpin (nope, no Launchbox or BigBox) and including about 200 shooting games (80+ classic arcade ones, and some more modern shooter games on PC.) Want some examples? Resident Evil, House of The Dead, Jurassic Park, Area 51, Time Crisis, Duck Hunt, Alien, Rambo, Terminator 2, Hogan’s Alley, Transformers, Star Trek Voyager, Blue Estate, Haunted Museum, Silent Hill As for the artwork? I'm still thinking about that one! It's my most ambitious project to date. The whole House of The Dead series? The entire Time Crisis series? Alien? NES classics? And the newest games like Star Trek and Transformers? It won't be ready anytime soon...but the nerd in me is ready for the challenge. Part 1: finding all the parts! OH and, obviously, it will be a 2-players cab! Are you interested in this project, and do you want me to give you updates along the way for this build?