Time Crisis Plug and Play

Pretty cool. I think I still have a copy of this game for the PS1 and light gun in the attic. Might have to get one if this is any good.

Would be amazing if they could port House of the Dead to this.
 
While it might be more fun with today's larger TVs (I used to play this, Point Blank, Die Hard Trilogy etc. on a 14" portable, lol), VR has moved this kind of experience on by lightyears. I would love to give it a go, though.
 
wow so cheap! these bundles are going for around $299-399 these days and you need a CRT this is a steal!

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Specific hardware for ONE game seems like a waste, and that cheap little box will probably be unable to run anything above PS1 level graphics at 60fps.
I've been thinking for some time about getting a Sinden light gun with recoil and pairing it with a steam deck running Batocera through a tv. The Sinden is plug and play now and the deck is powerful enough to run even modern arcade shooters. This setup also gives you the bonus of it being portable.
 
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Ponderling said:
Specific hardware for ONE game seems like a waste, and that cheap little box will probably be unable to run anything above PS1 level graphics at 60fps.
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Well at the very least they show screens of Time Crisis from arcade which is significantly nicer than the PS1 port. Maybe if the system is hacked it can do up to Dreamcast emulation. The rest, I agree (though obviously not with playing on the actual Deck screen like in that hilarious video). Basically, just play on PC, regardless of the form factor chosen and with any number of other lightgun solutions that aren't more expensive than this limited-until-or-if-it-gets-hacked (and a community for support cares enough to even form around it) "console" solution is. Sinden, GUN4IR, soon Blamcon, etc. Gotta wonder how much they could sell just the gun and software for without the box for use with PC and if it'd make a good alternative to the above but I guess they're putting long term profit first and trying to sell each game themselves, partnering with companies for the classics to start with.
 
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Well at the very least they show screens of Time Crisis from arcade which is significantly nicer than the PS1 port. Maybe if the system is hacked it can do up to Dreamcast emulation.
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Retroshooter offered a similar gun+box combo that tempted me, but the box could barely run PS1 games smoothly so I skipped it and started looking into Sinden setups.
 
Ponderling said:
Specific hardware for ONE game seems like a waste, and that cheap little box will probably be unable to run anything above PS1 level graphics at 60fps.
I've been thinking for some time about getting a Sinden light gun with recoil and pairing it with a steam deck running Batocera through a tv. The Sinden is plug and play now and the deck is powerful enough to run even modern arcade shooters. This setup also gives you the bonus of it being portable.
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I've been considering a Sinden light gun for a while, it would be nice to play time crisis 2 again. Does anyone here have experience with it?
 
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Bitstream said:
Make the barrel move like the arcade version and I'll buy it at a highhhh price, stranger.
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I had a light gun on PS2 which had even more recoil/impact and weight to it than the arcade light guns. It also didn't look like a toy like those ones did.
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For this new device to be worth it though it really needs all of Namco's light gun games. One is not worth it especially if the light gun doesn't have some heft and feedback.
 
Ponderling said:
Specific hardware for ONE game seems like a waste, and that cheap little box will probably be unable to run anything above PS1 level graphics at 60fps.
I've been thinking for some time about getting a Sinden light gun with recoil and pairing it with a steam deck running Batocera through a tv. The Sinden is plug and play now and the deck is powerful enough to run even modern arcade shooters. This setup also gives you the bonus of it being portable.
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I've got the Sinden, it's pretty awesome for that feel of an old school Time Crisis gun. Setup can be a bit finicky between the gun itself + emulators. I don't know if their new app came out of beta but I might try that to see if it streamlines things a bit.
 
If this became a console exclusively for lightgun games and it worked well, I'd be all over it. Gonna need some reviews.
 
AJUMP23 said:
$90...... nope
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If that's the final price it's not bad compared to other modern lightgun products like Sinden or RS3 Reaper and stuff. As long as it's actually a good implementation and can be used on PC with other emulators and such (maybe they're somehow locking it down/drivers for it can't easily be created).
 
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This is very tempting, but the limited game support (and inability to expand it) is disappointing.

I'd love to see other Namco lightgun games on it like Vampire Night and Ninja Assault. Even without having to emulate higher level arcade boards they could have included titles like Point Blank 2, 3 and Ghoul Panic.

...still want to pull the trigger though.
 
Little bit cheaper than a Sinden or Aimtrak. This will be a lot better than my MAME setup using a Wii mote with the gun attachment.
 
The benefit of this is you don't need sensors.

I already installed the four sensors in my arcade cabinet to make my Gun4IR that have recoil function. For a while these guns were down to $150-175 on AliExpress but have shot up to $225 or so.


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The price is steep but I guess it's not too bad compared to other commercial lightguns. I do feel that other tech gets the job done without having to buy this more niche hardware though, say a VR app that emulates any lightgun game on a 2D screen, or emulation on a cheap wiimote or something like that. Still a cool option though.
 
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Didn't watch the whole thing, but does the gun have the recoil? Because that's what I love about the Sinden.
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There's at least rumble, but the questions was asked on the Kickstarter chat and not answered on if it's rumble or recoil with part of the gun physically sliding.

But I don't see any movement on the promo video they released. And looking at pictures, I'm not sure what part of the body could slide, it looks like a single piece with the barrel portion being a little different, but there's a button on the side there so unlikely to move.
 
Would have got it if it was compatible with pc, if it's any good I'm sure devs mod the thing to work on pc, a bit dumb paying £100 plus for one game 😂
 
Goddamnit. I'm in.

Plug and play Time Crisis on any modern TV? Yeah, I'll fund that. It's not everything I'd hope for but they can have my support for making it possible.
Backed.
 
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