NES Guns don't work

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Is it guns or console or Duck Hunt cartridge?
 
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light guns won't work with newer non glass tv's and actually work best on the old curved glass ones. if you have a LCD/LED/Plasma tv they won't work.

btw are they making the "POW" noise when you pull the trigger? if they are then it's not the guns or the game it's definitely the TV.
 
NES Guns

Yup.
Its a new LCD.
Bummer.
Thanks for the answer.
 
There are better sources out there, but it's still an interesting read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_gun

Also, there are companies who make replacement light guns that will work on non-CRT TVs, though I'd hate to have to use something other than an official Zapper on the NES.

This is one of the reasons I bought one of the last generations of CRTs - hopefully it'll give me many more years of classic gaming.

Thing's a BITCH to move, though :p
 
This is one of the reasons I bought one of the last generations of CRTs - hopefully it'll give me many more years of classic gaming.

Thing's a BITCH to move, though :p

lol my 27" sony trinitron flat CRT is the same, i love the picture out of it but it's definitely a beast to move. i haven't used a NES lightgun on it to my knowledge but i've used an xBox silent scope and it worked fine (calibration also).

I think it was also the last generation of CRT's i got it in 99' if i remember correctly on sale for like $200 new.
 
Mine is a 27" Samsung from 2004 or so. Last two places it's been were both upstairs, too. Fortunately, the house we just moved into is a single story...that TV was part of the reason why :p
 
Yeah, when my Mom moved to Missouri and wanted to get rid of everything so she didn't have to take it I kept the first TV she had bought when she was 19. It's a small 13" RCA woodgrain TV but it has the antenna hook-ups so I can play Atari systems on it. It's small but it's nice since I don't need much space in the closet for it and the RF modulator sits right on top.
 
ive always been curious as to why... doesent worh with projectors either...

it still flashes, is it just that the gun was made to pickup flashing phospor dots or what?
 
The NES guns were never very good, the Sega Master System guns worked way better.

too bad the master system games sucked donkey balls.. ( well except afterbirner mabye)

rambo?? hell yeah? oh wait, he shoots tennis balls??? and they travel 1/2"????? thanks for ripping me off during my childhood sega. alex kidd in wonderland or whatever? Yeah thanks for taking a dunp in a game box and shipping it over here sega. ha ha


funny enogh i have both a nes and master sys
 
ive always been curious as to why... doesent worh with projectors either...

it still flashes, is it just that the gun was made to pickup flashing phospor dots or what?
In a CRT, the image is created by having an electron gun scan the screen really fast. When you shoot a light gun, the screen flashes white and the gun records where on the screen the electron gun happened to be at the time of the trigger pull (basically). LCD/plasma/projector don't use a scanning system like a CRT, so there's no way for the light gun to tell where on the screen it's aimed.
 
With most flat panels these days, theres also a slight delay in the video. I dont care what anyone says, for video games nothing beats a good CRT, and you can find 'em for free these days. I've stockpiled several of them for this very reason in hopes they will outlast me.
 
too bad the master system games sucked donkey balls.. ( well except afterbirner mabye)

rambo?? hell yeah? oh wait, he shoots tennis balls??? and they travel 1/2"????? thanks for ripping me off during my childhood sega. alex kidd in wonderland or whatever? Yeah thanks for taking a dunp in a game box and shipping it over here sega. ha ha


funny enogh i have both a nes and master sys

Rambo was allright bitd. You had to pick up items to lengthen your shot range. And the first Alex Kidd was a great game. SMS had some good games, don't forget the first Phantasy Star.
 
Yeah, when my Mom moved to Missouri and wanted to get rid of everything so she didn't have to take it I kept the first TV she had bought when she was 19. It's a small 13" RCA woodgrain TV but it has the antenna hook-ups so I can play Atari systems on it. It's small but it's nice since I don't need much space in the closet for it and the RF modulator sits right on top.

When I was growing up I had a Zenith just like that (13", woodgrain, etc) that my mom had bought when she first moved out on her own in her 20s. That's what I grew up playing 2600, NES, and SNES on. Years later I think I was still playing PS1 games on it until it crapped out. I'll probably never find a TV that'll last as long as that did.
 
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