Gun4IR - The Unbeatable Lightgun of 2023!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video we’re going to take another look at the Gun4IR for 2023! The Gun4IR is an exciting lightgun project created by Jay Bee Bongrad, We looked at this project a few times, but there have been some recent enhancements that I wanted to share with the community because it’s an opportunity to take what was already an awesome offering and make it even better. Gun4IR is available through RPEG Electronics in several configurations but in this video we will mainly focus on the GUN4IR Premium Guncon1 with Recoil + Rumble! RPEG also sent me a few extra goodies to check out. One is an EPIC Lightgun from a modern arcade shooter you may be familiar with!
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Who would’ve thought light guns would be the next thing experiencing a tech renaissance.
Long live the Lightgun!!! Thanks so much for watching!
@@RetroRalph I believe you meant Shar-Kade, not Scarkade @19:16. As e-manngaming1227 mentioned Dean was the first to put the LEDs in a bezel and Gun4IR is plug 'n play with all of his builds.
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I still have a CRT and still to this day rock my Sega Saturn and Sega CD for light gun action!
I honestly prefer these old light gun games to VR.
pretty much anyone in the mamecab and/or retro emulation scene
If you want a cheap pedal, they make USB pedals for court room stenographers that can be had pretty cheap.. though it might not look as cool as the Time Crisis one.
Haha Thanks Ralph! I know you too my guy!
Thanks Ray also for the shout out
Gun4ir is the best of the best, and Ray does the best mods youll ever see along with the best support! The dudes unbelievable 🤘
Ok now I need to find an OG Time Crisis gun. That sliding recoil is insane!
Congrats! So sick guncon setups!
Love this technology and how far modern light guns have come along. Your living room setup is great on the big TV. I love your Namco arcade gun, which is very nostalgic, I mean, the whole setup is.
Gun4ir is pure drug when you search, found, and mod it yourself. Grab so many arcade guns in one year and a half 😅 i am a junky. Currently making the TS one too, bad ass rifle gun 💪🏻
Thank you for this vid Ralph, I have been wanting a solution like this for years but didn't realise it could be done with mostly off the shelf parts!
Being in Australia, we are limited as even importing 'toy' or replica type guns can land you in hot water with customs. I wasn't going to take that risk. Thankfully 90% of the parts I have sourced locally and am in the process of building my own gun. Even looking at getting a dedicated mini PC for my TV.
I'm so excited, you got me hooked, haha.
Your videos always hit hard. Great content. Friday video. Just left work. Let’s goooo
Thanks man, that means a lot, I appreciate you watching and supporting the videos. I still have 3 hours of work but so glad it's Friday, enjoy the weekend man!
U got a new subscriber bro enjoyed the video . Who knew that i needed a light gun setup... thanks to you. Keep up the good work 👏
I loved this video! Watching you play T2 was hilarious.
Ray is awesome! I've given him plenty of my money as well, and I get happy and giddy while doing it! Lol. His guns are great and amazing customer service.
Awesome video, keep up the good work!
The feel and balance of the original Guncon is a huge selling point to me if I ever wanted to splurge on something like this. Always enjoyed these games, have a nice collection, and it's unfortunate they don't work on modern sets. Luckily we have options.
This is where a modded wii comes in .
Both Jay and Raymond are great, ready to help with any issue all the time! 1000% recommended! Gun4ir has no rival on the lightgun arcade emulation!
i have no idea who you are but THANK YOU! xD damn screen names... its like tinder without pics...
@@raymonddaiwill this work with call of duty and ps4
@@BOREDANDWELLBOREDno pc only
I wish there was shipping outside of the US. These look amazing and I’ve been dying for some light gun action but don’t have a CRT :(
Awesome, love me some lightgun games. I went yesterday for the first time to the national video game museum here in the Netherlands and they have a big arcade with everything on free play. I first played me some Operation Wolf, than T2, House of the dead, time crisis and some more modern ones. Was also a happy surprise with the many moving and deluxe cabinets they had, specially from Sega like Outrun and After burner which brings back so much memories playing them over summer break as a kid as well as more rare games like the Baby Pacman. For people from the Netherlands or visiting the Netherlands I can recommend visiting the place. I wonder if Wicked been there yet?
i miss the arcade 🥺 t2 was one of my favs and house of the dead
Thanks for the great video. I love to buy Gun4ir but it's always sold out.
Haha glad you finally got to test my game sync functionalities! It was way too underused until now 😂
Wow, I need that Friction game. I love the blooooood!
Watching this makes me want that set up so bad, i had time crisis 3 as a kid and get the itch to play it every now and then
Ralph you definitely have the ultimate light gun set up. I mean… a light rifle? Cmon!
LOL, you have some awesome Gun4IR versions now.
Love that machine gun model 😎, I want one with Reciol.
How did he made this because I can't order them ? Did you had the original Namco gun ?
What's up Ralph? Thank you for the awesome content
I got that terminator salivation arcade rifle to had rey mod it for me and man it make a difference playn games now.
That thing is so cool man! That’s awesome that you got one!
@@RetroRalph hell yea man ebay at finest better for the arcade feel. When you play ur fav old school shooters from the 90s lol
Can you do a review on the pacto 4000t control board? How it fixes the annoying need to bind keyboard keys to xinput. Somehow keeps the player order after reboot. And has a ton of extra functions that most arcade cabs need?
Also, its new LED screen accessory.
Can vouch for Gun4IR, tried multiple lightgun games in mame with it & the accuracy is basically perfect on par with the arcade (or at least to the point where most people won't notice the difference) its hella expensive but you definitely get your moneys worth if you want a gun with arcade perfect accuracy. A great alternative to the time crisis pedal shown in this video is the sinden pedal which i got for around $250. Again its super pricey but it works perfectly for games that utilize the pedal like time crisis
You can get those black LEDs from Mouser or Digi-key... I have the part number somewhere
Retro Ralph! YOU RULE !!!
Funny you should make this video, I bought the Gun4IR parts and 2 Guncons to convert myself. Great minds... 😂
That's awesome! I think I might do the same at some point. Just to get the experience of building one myself.
That’s looks dope
A sega stunner version would also be sweeeeeeet . . . retro console compatibility with adapters . . . would be a bonus !!!
Great video Ralph, I’ve actually been exploring these over the past 48 hrs. Ordered AE Light guns in September and I still don’t have them. Brutal company.
P.S - maybe don’t dance anymore. 😎
I’m pretty sure AE went under. Should probably get a charge back on that one.
2 of these with Virtua cop 3 sounds like a dream setup
That’s 100% possible with the cxbx emulator and demulshooter
I have two of those guns and love them.
Love the video. Also, the part with T2 cracked me up hilarious🤣👊🏻…these guns are amazing. Will have to look into it.
(So he sells the gun you were using to play the Aliens game?…& the thing you showed at the end that you can buy where they put a couple hundred games or whatever on do you think it’s possible for that game to be one of them…Love the Alien franchise)
Thanks Ralph👊🏻✌🏻
yes i also sell the aliens gun ready to go if you like, just shoot me a text
@@raymonddai nice…thank you…I will let you know when I’m ready👊🏻✌🏻
DOPE!
Wow lightgun tech just keeps getting better! Now the prices need to come down.
Hi Ralph and thank you for your review, valuable and nice as always. I respect you very much. I would like to ask you, after having seen this video and being very doubtful about what to buy between a Sindend and a Gun4IR, to use on a rather powerful Micropc to be used mainly for Retrogaming. I don't really like the idea of also having to apply sensors and additional power supply, but I would prefer the opinion of those who have tried Sinden and Gun4IR well. I thank you :)
Would be excellent to get a version tailored to MiSTer compatibility.
I really want this for my Pandora's Box gaming machine. I have a feeling any software will be a pain the butt, though.
Gun4IR is now usable on arcades r fun cabinets also.
Gun4ir is Plug and play with Batocera v35 onwards. Even 2 player is working great in v37!!
I really want that CRT quick response light gun shooter experience again. Where you don't have to worry about making a fast twitch movement and you never have to use a crosshair guide. We hover a mouse instead of shooting with these modern infrared guns.
true, although good news is that these are even more accurate and responsive then the OG lightguns believe it or not. Especially Gun4ir over SInden. Also there are many arcade shooters that do shot croosshairs. Terminator for example, but also Gun blade in 1997
My only concern with these is about the long-term supply of the vintage Japanese GunCon. I hope J-B Bongrad has a plan for keeping the GunCon design (ideally with Namco branding) when the originals run out.
Perhaps he's thought of designing his own lightgun like Sinden and Retro Shooter? A brand new Gun4IR lightgun based on an HK45, an M&P9 2.0 Competitor, a CZ 75 SP-01 Shadow or a Girsan MC P35 Ops (maybe with a control box based on a Modlite PL350) would look pretty nice.
We pay top dollar to keep supply coming, won’t be a concern for a while
Ok I’m definitely sold on this. I’ve been getting bored of my Sinden based light gun cabinet. I wanted to have Retro Lizard’s set up but didn’t want to mess with manually activating the white border. These seem to solve that.
Indeed it does
@@raymonddai I'm saving some cash for another arcade pick up but I will be contacting you to get some of these soon! Sinden has been fine when I use the MAME border pack, but I want to expand and I'm not interested in messing with the borders every time I change games. I also love the idea of the solenoid being "smart" and offering a machine gun style recoil!
@@KillerArcadeGames if u like I have a few one shot guns I made that I’ll let go for cheap, shoot me a message if u wanna just get a starter gun
@@raymonddai I'd love to get one now but I think I'll just wait so I can get the one I really want.
Awesome video, nothing gets close to GUN4IR. Did you set up the Mamehooker yourself or are you using a preconfigured usb drive?
I set it up for him to save the work so he could demo it quickly
You might be excited to here that time crisis 2 is now playable on mame, you have to fiddle with the settings to make it run well and it's only single player as of right now, but you can play the game from top to bottom with all it's alternate paths and everything
are you still getting the dark graphics issue?
@@raymonddai No, as far as the one beginning level crashing. You can play through the entire game top to bottom with a few minor graphical issues. Although, you will have to edit some settings for the game in order to get it to run well, I think overclocking the cpu or frame skipping.
I absolutely NEED that converted original Time Crisis arcade gun... good lord...
As someone who has one it is def worth it if your willing to lay down the cash (which is shit ton btw) if you take full advantage of it’s capabilities (arcade accurate recoil w/mamehooker *only works with mame games that originally had controlled recoil in the arcade but I can confirm it works perfect w/time crisis & point blank 2* as well as lossless recoil strength (doesn’t lose power like sinden). Can only recommend this to someone who *REALLY* loves arcade lightgun games atm since it’s much more of a hobbyist product than a plug-in-play retail product. The Time crisis sliding recoil mod costs $900 at most at RPEGelectronics so it’s definitely something you’ll have to save up for if your seriously considering it. I have been able to 1CC Point blank 2 on advanced so I can definitely tell you the time crisis modded gun at least is legit. (You’ll also need to buy your own power adapter since it’s a 24V solenoid which costs about $20 on Amazon)
It's sold out..
@@ZaddyZavidit usually always says it’s sold out for the time crisis guns. Had to contact them directly to get mine
@MrGTheSpiritAvenger oh cool so u can get it thou...great I'll save up for o e..
Raymond should have a go at modding an Aliens Nerf Pulse Rifle and see if he can get the game outputs to work with the LCD ammo counter on it.
Or he could modify the Aliens Extermination version so it’s not glued into some mounted gun and can be freely moved like most light guns.
@@ChrosGorilla I'm not sure which would be more expensive TBH.
@@MrThunderwing The Extermination Pulse Rifle seems to be more expensive from what I’ve seen since the other one is just a toy gun. Also funny you mentioned the Nerf one cause I wanted that for my birthday this year.
@@ChrosGorilla I just got one fairly recently. I've watched a few videos of people painting it up to look like the real deal and I'm trying to decide whether to do the same...
@@MrThunderwing Well it’s your choice.
Ralph I’ve been using the retro shooter guns on my pc with a bunch of emulators and the accuracy has been really good. You should try them out on the pc if you haven’t already also.
I will have to give it a shot, I haven't tried it on PC yet.
bought the retroshooter as well. one of my guns has a delay in recoil and still working w them to get a replacement. Overall though I'm happy with it and can't beat the price.
It's a great price for a plug and play option for sure. I'm going to have to try it on a PC and see how it works. Thanks for the heads up man.
@@RetroRalph Can you try the Retro Shooter guns on that mini PC that you showed in the video. Are they plug and play into that as well. I would assume since they are so easy to set up. Let us know plz!
Retro shooter , Mini PC and Point Blank please ? This is the series they some say the guns can’t handle . Love to see if the PC set up solves this .
do you have a site you can recommend for the power source?
Great video man … Quick question are the sensors batter powered or usb powered just curious how they connect and hook up … Thx
Simple usb and attached with removable safe nano gel tape
I would love to do this but $800 for 2 guns is a tad too high. 2 Sinden with recoil are only $300. $500 better? I just don't see it being that much better. I would love for you to do a true comparison video talking about the pros and cons of both tracking systems.
You can try the diy option
I did one two years ago on my channel man.
That looks amazing! unfortunately the price is much higher than Sinden right?
If you’re buying from RPEG, yes. However, you can scratch build this product with a software license and the required components. That way it can be much cheaper than Sinden depending on what parts you use.
What's best gun with best collection of gun games? Thx
Yo Ralph I love u man your awesome
Love you too brother, thanks for always supporting the channel, it means a lot man!
@@RetroRalph you're just like me man my son don't want nothing to do with this stuff no more either lol it's for us
Very cool!!! Gotta hire them to get some
Hi, just a question, do you have a video on how to connect the retro beast 2tb to the arcade joystick and buttons? Tks
I wanna give this a try after having no luck with the Sinden guns that i spent insane money on
not sure what issues you're having, but I got mine working pretty easily. adjust the contract in your config tab in the software that helped a ton.
@@JJiG accuracy always sucks, ive spent 10 plus hours trying to get it to work better and it never felt better then a WiiMote
Now that you showed me 24V solenoid in action, I feel ripped with the 12V
I really miss lightning games as I'm sure a lot of gamers do and I truly believe if companies where to take an interest in making them again there is a lot of money to be made still in both arcades & consoles.But until that day happens do this gun4ir work on a modern screen would this gun work with any gun game file i download to a pc 🔫 nice video nicely done good job 👍
How is playing with this gun on a big 55" or larger TV vs the 32" screen on the Xtension cabinet? Not sure which direction I should go. I have a 65" 4K and think that may be the way to go. Curious your thoughts?
65 inch is the maximum you should use , the bigger the screen the more distance u need . Personally i like the 48 inch LG oled for a cabinet
@@raymonddai That's why you should get the Retro Shooter guns. We built them using an 85" TV and we have run them on a 110" projector.
I wrote to RPEG electronics and asked if I could buy two light guns and such a mini pc (like the one they sent to you). But they refused. They replied "Two guncons and a led sensor with US power supplies is $900 total but we don’t sell the software setup as it’s quite complex." That's a showstopper for me as I will never get the setup right/not as good as they can do it. Well, I guess I will keep my money then.
if I had the budget for it I'd definitely invest in at least the Guncon/pedal stuff. but that whole-ass rifle... dude if they gave you a way to play GHOST Squad (probably my favorite sega gun game ever I sank hundreds of hours into the Wii home port unlocking stuff) that would be amazing to play with the rifle controller!
its 100% emulated already, and even with mamehooker support, you can play and have the recoil to the pulse of the game , even when u switch weapons. Operation GHOST works, not Evolution though
@@raymonddai oh good to know, thanks for the update! would definitely be sick to play that on that setup.
Can i get both the original time crisis gun and alien gun and interchange them on one plug and play type of thing? But i want that pedal too haha
Holy crap, the terminator scene was so hilarious i was crying from laughter. You're the best. Omg ,take my money now!!! My wife better not find out how much this guns cost.
I do have sinden light guns and are super pain to setup. Cant thank you enough for the recommendation on a prior video you made for the build. That works awesome!!! Thanks again for sharing.
Thanks for your support! FYI my client divorce rate is like 72%..... im not saying theres a direct correlation but....... ;)
Amazing Video. I am sold on this entire setup. As a non techie is there a super easy way to do this? Example once the gun is purchased from RPEG, then what is necessary? Also is that time crisis gun from RPEG compatible with the recoil/kickback on all other lightgun games? I apologize if this has been covered already, but Is there somewhere I can go to to buy the gun/time crisis game/pedal and have it be plug and play? Thank you in advance! Someone is getting my money! LOL
Thanks, my suggestion would be to contact Ray at RPEG. I put all his contact info in the description of the video. He will be able to guide you down the right path. 👍🏻. Thanks so much for watching!
Yes the recoil on all guns is universal across all games ,
wait a minute.. are those older games upscaled? because the graphics look much better as I remember them.
Is there any way to get those guns shipped to Europe?
Can i use both Sinden and Gun4ir at the same time. I want to use both lightguns.
Let me ask you a question on the rifle how is the recoil?? Is it really weak compared to the pistol or is it good??
Noice!!
Could the company make one for dreamcast? Or take the original dreamcast Gun controller and modify it?
Maybe I missed it, but whats the big surprise at the end?
You hitting up Game On tomorrow ? I’ll be there!
I've decided to skip Game On this year. Just kinda burnt out on gaming conferences at right now. Have fun man, bummed I'm going to miss ya.
@@RetroRalph bummer! I feel ya tho! You been doing a lot lately.
great vid im jealous :(
I know there are how-to's on the internet to diy these LEDs and customize the lightguns. Are you planning on trying this yourself in a video?
Holy crap! If Raymond can outfit my screen replica airsoft M41a pulse rifle I would in heaven!! lol.
I have a pulse rifle real arcade one I’ll be doing next week if u want it
But How much? I can't find it anywhere. I do think this is a BIG want
Ralph I have a ryzen7 mini 5800u. I have spent several hours trying to fix the TP games and it’s overwhelmingly hard. Is there anyway I can get a clone of that build for my mini? I have tp working perfect on my nvidia rig but the mini pc is insane hard.
Looks awesome but dang its expensive
добрый день, подскажите пожалуйста какие программы вы используете для световых пистолетов?
Does it come with games?
SINDEN seems like the best choice to me. But I as yet don't have any of them.
I built gun4ir into a ps3 rifle with rumble back when it first arrived and I'm currently converting a ps1 realarcade/jolt gun which I've already modded to have a more powerful solenoid. Only thing I'm missing is a better pedal. The jolt gun one is lame (but better than nothing)
Oh man those guns are so sick!!
Wish more of these guns would have sliding recoil action?
lol u a trippp😀
can you share the codes for mamhooker ?
$400!!! For one gun I'll wait till the price drop. I did get retro shooter. But to test it now.
we have diy pcbs coming next week for $30
Super want a set of these but looks like no new stock anytime soon
I would check back often, he restocks almost weekend. Or just contact him via his cell phone, I put the information in the video description. Ray can give you the up to date info on his products.
back on sat, im just on family vacation xD
I take it back, I might actually get 2 aliens Armageddon machine guns. Now to figure how to fit 4 ir on an arcade when a glass panel.
Probably will need to print holster for them...
install the leds on the monitor behind the glass, the leds will show thru no problem
@@raymonddai it's a good idea, but I have a thin graphic bezel covering the tv bezel.
Also it's a 50 inch screen, could barely get the screen to fit in the cab 😂
@@salttrader4113 I used a knife to just trim a little of my bezel for the LEDs to show thru
Why do none of the available guns have the slider recoil like the modded one you have?
i would love to have these, but can you tell em what about them costs 450-500 dollars?
Quality parts and time and labor. Once you own one, the cost is justified. But I realize it's expensive, can't say it's not but to me, it's worth it for the experience you have with it.
We will also have a diy pcb option next week or two for just $30 free shipping in US
@raymonddai do they essentially replace the need for an arduino board and would the universal one with Rumble and solenoid support fit in a modded aimtrak?
@@chucksgrace3225 would like to know this as well. i have access to some aimtraks and would convert if its affordable
@@chucksgrace3225 no these are basically routing pcbs, they make fit easier for DIY mods but you still have to solder an audrino on. It makes your life easier but you still have to do the work, that’s why it’s DIY
What Aimtrack, Sinden and this Gun4IR all have in common, is that they sadly still have a very noticeable delay when moving the gun fast.
This is the last bit that need to be cracked, before I would consider buying one.
I would love a setup like this. But being in the UK with import costs and all the extras really doesn't help. Also Sinden being a UK company is kind of a deal breaker. Not just for the cost, but also for supporting UK developers and manufactures. I can completely control the lighting in my arcade environment to minimise any glare etc. But the Gun4IR definitely has the best no fuss and accurate setup by far.
Cool video does the new version of gun4ir work on 75” tv’s?
Yea but needs about 15 feet of distance and two sets of leds
@@raymonddai thanks for the info, I only sit 10 foot from my 75” tv so it seems like this gun is not going to work for me
@@spongeknock7387 in general most guns will not work at that size because the cameras view lens is not as wide as our eyes so it’ll work but may lose accuracy when ur pointing to the middle since it can’t see all the LEDs . Like the movie theater example. If you’re too close to a big screen u can’t see the whole screen
@@raymonddai thanks for confirming what I thought, I should probably get glasses lol
Man thanks for the shout! I love this product and being able to help people enjoy them makes it all worth it!
Did you ever test your hard drive set up he mentioned in this video with the Retro Shooter guns?
@@skydivedickson not sure what you mean? I update it all the time.
@@retrolizardscustomarcades Will your system work with the Retro Shooter Light Guns? Have you tested it?
Does this gun track fast enough for police shooter?