Playing retro lightgun games on a HDTV

[Howiee]

I recently dug out my old copy of Virtua Cop 2 and the gun for the Sega Saturn to play on my new HDTV. To my horror the gun was all over the place and I was unable to caliberate it in the options. The game is perfectly playable with a controller so it works fine. The same also applies to House of the Dead 2 on the Dreamcast.

Has anyone else experienced this or know of a cure?

[SuperDanX]

Hdtv's wont have it im afraid. You can get compatible lightguns that will work on hdtv, but not for Saturn or Dc.

[Pavey]

Annoying isnt it. I'd like to play HOTD again.

What's the options?

[peeveen]

Only thing I've seen is a lightgun that comes with little "wii-style" sensor strips that you place down the sides of your screen. It was called the "LCD TopGun". Apparently it works quite well, but I dunno if there is a Saturn/Dreamcast version ... the thing I saw was only for PS2 or XBOX180, I think.

[Howiee]

Not a lot of options it seems. Either keep a standard TV to play them on or store them/sell them.

Personally I tend not to collect anything that I can't play or won't use so I may be forced to sell. Shame because HOD2 hasn't aged a day.

[SuperDanX]

You could get the gun peeveen mentiond and play hotd 2 on an xbox 1, if you have one? As its included on hotd 3 is it not? Same goes for you Mr Pavey.

[Howiee]

I've a 360 otherwise that would've been a great idea.

Still can't beat booting up the old Saturn though. The Virtua Gun was second to none.

[SuperDanX]

Im not 100% sure but isnt hotd 3 backwards compatible with the 360? Im sure i read something about hdtv compatible 360 lightguns somewhere?

[Howiee]

yeah I believe it is. It's the xbox gun itself that would be the issue.

Interesting you should mention a 360 gun. I'm going on a search to see if I can learn more about it. If it exists, its bound to be HDTV friendly considering a lot of 360 owners will now have a HDTV.

[charlesr]

I've got 2 of these:
http://www.ntsc-uk.com/feature.php?f...&fea=LCDTopGun (my review).

Works great on PC, PS2 and Xbox on ANY tv or projector screen. I now use them on my 42" HD Plasma. Won't work on 360 though because there aren't any xbox ports on the 360 and the usb bits rely on drivers.

[Howiee]

Cheers charlesr. At $34 plus p&p, that's a bargain. Great looking too.

By the looks of it that's the only compatible gun, which means I'll never be able to play Virtua Cop on my HDTV

At least now I know.

[bootmonster]

there was a pc version you ken? and on ps2 as part of Virtua Cop: Elite Edition

[Shou]

Definitely going to look into that EMS gun but was wondering if anyone knew if you could get a USB to SS convertor to work with it. If it worked with GunCon1/Hyper Blaster titles as well, it's a must buy.

[angelx]

Will we see HDTV compatible guns what with the talk of Time Crisis? (am I right Here??) on PS3 & 360, I personally love light guns and nothing has ever topped Virtua Cop, Yeah Time Crisis Is a Great Game But standing on a pad was not fun...

[charlesr]

@ shou, it doesn't work with SS stuff - the usb only works with a driver on PC.

@angelx - The LCDTopGun is HDTV compatible. I'm playing Time Crisis and Ninja Assault and Point Blank on my HD Plasma right now.