USING THE IR AND WIIMOTE OSCULATOR PS2

A lot of arcade light gun cabs have the guns replaced with Happ or Betson light guns as the tech is generic. There is no copyright laws protecting light guns or solenoids. So yeah maybe I will try check the Chinese route. When I asked the seller, they told me to contact the brands directly. That's why you have more chance to find stuff in China, were the laws on copyright and all are pretty much absent.įor the lightgun search, I spent two weeks searching in so many locals or more specialised shop everywhere, in the popular places as well as obscure places, I could only find the usual cheap guncon/Virtua gun. I'm working for big game companies, it always shock me to see how overprotective they are with their products and the way they make money with them. Which is not the case for lightgun cabinet that are fully patented by the brand. For arcade boards it's a little different because they use some standard like jamma supposed to make them compatible with everything, and so be used/bought and installed by anyone. They still continue to support them, it's still a real business here. Quote from: Zebra on October 30, 2019, 12:51:26 pm I'm sure there are large arcades with machines that are owned by the brand but that won't be the case with a lot of smaller arcades running older games that Namco and Sega etc no longer support.Īctually the problem in japan is that companies are overly protective of their own brand and products, even 20years old products, and don't allow other companies to sell part for their products. The power supply only matters in terms of matching it to the specific solenoids ratings. I would use the largest continuous duty tubular solenoid you can fit in your shell. Most arcade solenoids use 12v or 24v PSUs but so do a bunch of momentary solenoids that are not suitable for continuous duty. Solenoid specs like voltage and amps won't help. The Chinese knock-off Time Crisis guns are usually a lot cheaper and have a stronger solenoid. Ask them if they can track you down a cheap Time Crisis solenoid replacement. These guys (also in HK) can often get used arcade parts. There is also another store in HK called Happ that sells arcade parts but they have nothing to do with each other. I'd keep an eye on local video game stores who sell older used consoles.Īlso, Suzo Happ, one of the two large arcade parts suppliers here, have a store in Hong Kong to support customers across Asia. You guys have lots of stuff we've never even seen (like the original Famicom recoil machine gun). People travel to Japan from all over the world to buy video games and peripherals. I wouldn't assume there are none to be found locally. I am positive that the same stores we buy from in HK and mainland China would also have shipped to Japan. A lot of the ones here were originally ordered online from stores in Hong Kong like Play Asia.

USING THE IR AND WIIMOTE OSCULATOR PS2

My ability to search them was always limited by my lack of Japanese language skills though.Īs a general point, all those 3rd party ps1 and PS2 recoil guns were made in Asia. They used to maintain a list of Japanese arcade PCB stores over on the shmups forum which shows there are plenty of places for consumers to buy old arcade parts there. The solenoids in those gun survivor 2 guns they were throwing away are excellent BTW. They don't even attempt to find a home for all those candy cabs that we sell our kidneys to get here. These old arcade cabs are getting thrown in dumpsters in Japan, just like they are here in the States and in Europe. I'm sure there are large arcades with machines that are owned by the brand but that won't be the case with a lot of smaller arcades running older games that Namco and Sega etc no longer support.

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