Video Posted March 22, 2003 Share Posted March 22, 2003 I was curious what the pinout for the Atari Light gun is. I'm wondering because I assume they all work more or less alike, you pull the trigger, and the screen goes black except a white spot, and your gun'e either amed at it or not. If I knew what the pinout on the light guns were, I could probably build one out of a NES Light gun, scince I have so many laying around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted March 22, 2003 Share Posted March 22, 2003 Pin 1 - Trigger Pin 6 - Light Sensor Pin 7 - +5V Pin 8 - Ground If you want to mod a gun use a Sega Master System or Saturn gun. Or even an Arcade gun. Avoid the Nintendo guns, they use a serial connection and you will just give yourself a headache trying it. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted March 22, 2003 Share Posted March 22, 2003 and the sega master system guns look more like the atari guns!! and its all ready black! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbrad Posted March 22, 2003 Share Posted March 22, 2003 How about a Nintendo arcade gun (like off of a PC 10) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 Pin 1 - TriggerPin 6 - Light Sensor Pin 7 - +5V Pin 8 - Ground If you want to mod a gun use a Sega Master System or Saturn gun. Or even an Arcade gun. Avoid the Nintendo guns, they use a serial connection and you will just give yourself a headache trying it. Mitch Thanks for the help. I'm not concerend with the odd connection for the Nintendo gun, as I was simply going to cut it off and put a new one on it. I can't use a Master System gun, because I don't have any, but I personally have 15 Nintendo Light guns (I'm the local game collector and often get dead Nintendos with complete controller sets) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Be aware that on the Nintendo gun you will also need to rework the circuit board. It's not a simple cord swap like the Sega guns. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted March 24, 2003 Author Share Posted March 24, 2003 Cool, I'm assuming it's kind of like working with a NES controller, desolder the cable and chips, and solder a new cable in place bypassing the old chip. Oh well, I guess I'll find out. Hey....If I got a MS light gun, then I could make a box that swaps the pins around (I saw a 9 pin dip switch connector) Unless it needs something inside, that'd probably be the way to go.f Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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