New Lightgun Technology for 2024!

[@Frear]

I’ve been following them for a couple months. They’re taking the time and putting the effort in to make sure these are done right before making them public. This is the one I’m very excited about!

[@quantumfx2677]

Time to build the 60inch light gun arcade cabinet! Definitely some incredible looking guns.

[@fretburner89]

This is exciting news. More players in the (lightgun) game is always a good thing for the end consumer. Really hoping these come to market as solid performers and aren't too hard on the wallet. Hope you had a great New Years Ralph!

[@ThePerfectStormGaming]

I’ve been itching to get my hands on these especially the Star Wars themed ones on my Sith-Cade. I’d love to be a beta tester for them.

[@TheBigExclusive]

I'm watching this video, but all I can think about is Ralph's After Burner Deluxe cabinet. The hype from that video is still very strong.

[@RetroRalph]

🤣🤣🤣 I wish I could say that project is going well but it’s dormant at the moment. I’ll get back to it soon though. I’m having too much fun with all this pinball crap right now 🤣🤣. Thanks so much for watching man!

[@jldhammer5901]

​@@RetroRalphi was a arcade tech from 96 till 2009 just for reference that after burner machine is a rare one indeed. But I do not envy your quest to Refurbish it gonna take ton of work. Other then that love your vid's

[@quentinbesancenez1427]

Very interesting. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out. Love my integrum retro gun drive so it will be cool to see how well it integrates

[@Props3D]

Thank you for making the video! It was just shared on our Discord. I would love to set you up with a Retro Ralph custom Blamcon if you're up for it. I'm just publishing a video in a few hours showing the tracking and a bunch of the guns in action but I would love to get your opinion and honest thoughts on our guns to see where you think we are compared to the other offerings out there.

[@RetroRalph]

That would be awesome! I will jump back to our email thread from a while back. Thanks so much for checking out the video: I'm very excited about what you guys are doing! Can't wait to check out the technology and get some hands-on experience with it!

[@ArcadeAzrall]

What an absolute game changer! These guns will look incredible for the home arcade.

[@darktetsuya]

hopefully some of the prebuilt ones are at an affordable price, I would totally put down for a couple to have some light-gun action at home! some of those designs are pretty sweet too, like the one that looks somewhere in betwen the zapper and sega's light phaser? some really cool designs it's definitely something I'll keep an eye on.

[@Bo_Knows_Tecmo]

I like that mp5 submachine gun style look.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

ok, this is going to be interesting ! 😲

[@KevinLopez-ht9br]

Blamco gonna take it to the next level

[@gettin_lit6594]

If and when these become available they will be awesome to have..

[@TeamPandory]

VERY interesting.. They look pretty damn awesome tbh.

[@RetroRalph]

I thought so too, I was like... well damn, those are sexy! Happy New Year brother!

[@TeamPandory]

@@RetroRalph All the best for 2024 🙂

[@arcadesunday4592]

This looks like a pretty exciting concept for both DIY and ready made kind of people. Very cool. I'll be watching out for updated info !

[@8-bit_Informer]

I am super excited to hear this. I unfortunately have two sets of light guns-ultimarc and Sinden and none of them work properly. I hope this will be different. Just plug in and play with minimal adjustments.

[@SupremeODMG]

Love the best guns there is. The sindens, arcade looks, crt accuracy and great price.

[@patrickjones2843]

Looks cool I will need 2 revolver guns for my custom arcade cabinet. Seems like all thats available is the blue and red ones.

[@flowblow9880]

Mr Retro Ralph I shared your After Burner motion cabinet video with my friends. We're all excited for you to fix it. When are you going to share some updates with us??? That machine looks amazing.

[@theadmiral8161]

These look incredible. I'm a huge LG fan, and have Aimtrak, Sinden and Retro Shooters. Looks like I'll be dumping more money into lgs. Lol. Side note- since Retro Shooters now include 4 ir's, it's very accurate

[@arcaderacer586]

2024 - the year of the light gun!

[@quantumfx2677]

Wow, some of those guns look like they can take your TV out!

[@MobileDecay]

Imagine they accidentally send you a real one and when you fire up House of the dead... 💥💥💥🤯

[@chuckyluvsu13]

Thank you for this video !! This looks awesome !! I would love having a RoBoCoP style gun and some kind of crazy looking PumP shotgun to play gun games with

[@kebabimpaler]

It's pretty bananas that I just watched a gun4ir video from you from 2023 and figured it was about as advanced as it was gonna get. Then I see this which makes it look outdated already lol. Excellent content man.

[@Evercade_Effect]

I really enjoy hearing about new gaming technology, especially light guns and steering wheels. For me, nothing can beat the arcade experience because of how the games were designed around those peripherals. However, when you can bring the arcade home, it is when the magic happens. Always, that was a long way of me saying that I enjoy your coverage of this kinda tech. 🔥👍💯

[@BeamerTime354]

Gun4ir sounds cool but all you see on the website is not available. Kind of difficult to buy one when they don’t sell them.

[@stevie-b]

Will these use a can like the sinden or sensors like the ir

[@xenasgun]

Very Nice designs!!!!

[@TedGravesArt]

Dude, I have to ask, where did you get that fantastic Sinistar hoodie?

[@MobileDecay]

Did they say anything about modding guns you already have. I have some replica guns that shoot foam darts. I have an assault rifle, some pistols, a Doom shotgun, and a Howitzer grenade launcher. That be cool to convert them into light guns. 😁

[@RetroRalph]

You will be able to buy a kit from them if you want to mod a gun you already have. Good point, I forgot to mention that in the video. Thanks so much for watching and happy new year bud!

[@MobileDecay]

@@RetroRalph Happy new year!

[@srvuk]

Very intriguing to see and the open source aspect could open things to a wide audience and bring real value to light guns. The Sinden is the only one that I have seen that offers close to something affordable for many but I also think that there is scope to bring prices much lower for the masses (in turn likely leading to new light gun game development). We shall see. If the Pico is at the centre of things then the scope for decent pricing might seem attainable, with the company also being able to make money from selling complete units direct and coming up with all manner of design concepts to choose from.

[@K1NGARTH3R]

It would be cool if these solutions were available for those arcade games that came with RPTVs running 15k such as Mad Dog McCree or House of the Dead for example. So if the screen fails a Short Throw Protection TV could be put in place and one of these modern solutions could work with it inside the original gun housing,

[@icemanbooya]

I have played Mad dog with Blamcon, brought back some great memories, and was seamless. Naturally we used the Stallion(6/shooter with hammer action- pixel accurate.)

[@manuelrodriguez9972]

Is it going to use sensors like Gun4IR or like sinden?

[@E-Pro73]

OMG, those look amazing

[@tomaskonvicka4135]

It looks awesome and will definitely replace the Sinden Light Gun with the ugly white frame. I would have expected it to be wireless.

[@zemi2750]

Key components they should focus on for these to take advantage of the gap: 1. More or same amount of buttons as Sinden. 2. Front End integration (or point to directory of emulator/driver with game file manager executable). 3. Single and Auto mode button shortcut. 4. Power hub/Power Y-splitter cord (less spaghetti cord mess). There is a big gap between Sinden and Gun4IR, not only in price range but on ease of use, compatibility and power. Sinden: High compatibility, non friendly software, not enough power (by design), complicated/non optimal 2 player set up, no plastic molding & sort off mid-range pricing. Gun4IR: Best gun on the market, strong recoil, low compatibility (lack of buttons), and absurd price-range. If they can find a mid-high level between these too, they got a hit. With Retro Shooter v2 being a compelling buy as a turn key solution, they better do their research, and that's without mention if Retro Shooter or similar does a wireless version later on.. so they better have a good plan.

[@MrMichaelrichards]

I'm watching but also, performance is everything, responsiveness/delay, it could look like a tissue box for all I care.

[@adamrandell7946]

Ohhhh, the Vyper is my jam...

[@retromod6488]

The Robocop Gun tho!

[@goldenretrogames]

This is incredibly exciting! Looking forward to seeing more about these. My only concern at the moment is what appears to be a lack of additional buttons on the guns. Hopefully they've been provided feedback about that, as it's extremely important for modern gun games.

[@Props3D]

On the Vyper There's 2 buttons in the foregrip, the trigger, magazine is pull to reload, the select fire works, there's a dpad on the side with two supplement buttons, and a foot petal. Number of buttons does vary by model but there's always at least 3 buttons to work with modern games.

[@goldenretrogames]

​@@Props3D That's great to hear. Would be great if the minimum was tigger + 3 buttons. Having a d-pad/stick and additional 2 buttons on guns that have space is great too! Any idea when the minimum distance will be from the screen? I know that many people have large screens and have a seating area pretty close. Gun4IR isn't too bad with the ultra-wide lens. Sinden needs more space, since it doesn't have as wide a view. If it's possible to further expand on what Gun4IR can do, that will open the door for people to use them with larger screens.

[@Props3D]

@@goldenretrogames I have a laser range finder and a tripod head with an angle gauge that I want to use to give exact numbers for that. We do have wide and ultra wide angle lenses so you can get close but I am going to create a chart, it should be applicable to all light guns with the SENS0158 camera, which is pretty much all of them

[@goldenretrogames]

@@Props3D awesome! Ralph mentioned that your team is based somewhere in Canada. If you ever have an event to show off the guns in Toronto, I'd love to come by and check them out.

[@Props3D]

@@goldenretrogames We're at Vancouver Fan Expo next month. I would love to come to Toronto to show them off when we get more established, have family back East I haven't seen in forever ;)

[@nightsurfride]

Well that is just frigg’n awesome!

[@azrabain8210]

I refuse to have white borders so the Sinden light gun is out and the Gun4IR is a little on the pricey side so hopefully these guns are as accurate as the Sinden without the white boarder’s and priced in the same ball park as well and I will get a pair of them. I’m getting ready to build a new MAME cabinet and I haven’t decided yet if I’m going to use my 25” CRT arcade monitor or buy a 32” OLED for way easier setup but less authentic

[@stevetb7777]

I actually pulled the 25" CRT out of my cab and replaced it with a 48" OLED in vertical orientation. Long story short, this is the most flexible setup I've ever seen. The only real downside is relating to light guns. There is no space for sensors on top or bottom, only on the sides. I suppose they could be on top/bottom but they would be blocking screen space. I'm not sure if any IR guns out there can work with only side sensors.

[@petergriffinelectricdrums4164]

❤😮😮 Sounds & Looks SWEET!! CURRENTLY THE FULL SIZE RETROLIZARDS LIGHTGUN ARCADE CAB IS BAR NON THEEE BEST HOME GUN CAB! Real Arcade NAMCO LightGuns with 24 VOLT BLOW BACK!!!! That’s thee Strongest Blow Back you can get! RETROLIZARDS HOME ARCADE CABS BEST!!!

[@smashedbrothersgaming234]

I’m sure the demographic does exist, but I rather the guns look like the arcade. I’m not playing these games to imagine I’m actually shooting a “real” gun, I want to remember my childhood.

[@jdteney]

Aren't those also available? There's a nes zapper too

[@ragingtyga]

did you not watch the video? They offer arcade and console replicas on top of realistic looking designs, it's up to you since you're printing them out

[@smashedbrothersgaming234]

@@ragingtyga yep, watched the video. If you ever finished 3D printed parts it’s not cheaper than buying second hand parts. The demographic that has 3D printers, especially to print efficiently at the scale shown, is into arcades, and has the skills to finish the parts is extremely low, but as I said exists. Good on them for trying it’s a cool project.

[@ragingtyga]

@@smashedbrothersgaming234 you're not printing this to save money... you're printing this as a solution to literally make whatever light gun you want that's a quality. The fact you have to 3D print this on your own makes this expensive

[@ragingtyga]

@@smashedbrothersgaming234 This isn't for people trying to do this at scale. That should by obvious no? Why would I, as a home arcade customer want to do this at scale anyway? I'm not Namco, or Sega

[@jcougar831]

Need a lightgun you can add and remove stock

[@chris72sax]

It would nice if somebody could make the controls, sensors, and power swappable (so you could just buy the guns separately).

[@ygtandoh]

They might as well make shells for gun4ir and call it a day…we past q1 and still no product available

[@otaking3582]

As long as these kits don't cost over $100.

[@ParadoxArcadeSystems]

Cool!

[@RetroRalph]

Thanks so much for watching!!! I need to check out one of your arcade systems soon!

[@Konuvis]

More players on this scene is awesome!

[@stevetb7777]

Does anybody know if any IR guns out there can work with only side sensors? My cab setup doesn't have space at the top or bottom without blocking the screen.

[@dreamcazman]

I'm interested to know the technology behind this but it is going to be hard to beat JB's Gun4IR, it just works so well and customisable to your liking. The gun designs is something they've got going for them though and it's nice to have kits available for those countries with strict gun laws (ie Australia).

[@RetroRalph]

I'm excited to hear more as well, I will keep you guys posted as soon as I know more. Thanks for watching!

[@alejandrocuevas5556]

What's cool is both Gun4IR tech and Blamcon gun designs can be used together in a gun, print the gun you like (either yourself or have someone do it for you) and put the Gun4IR technology inside that Blamcon model. Options are always good! 👌

[@TenguSix]

Poor Samco. 😢

[@siraxification]

I feel the only way anyone will see these outside the states will be if people print them themselves. Many countries have strict laws about toy guns having orange tips which, imo, would completely ruin the aesthetic of the awesome designs. I hope the team making these are aware of this and perhaps sell them as "replicas", dismantled and needing assembly.

[@kyky121911]

I would love to get a gun4ir if they wherent sold out

[@ogrefade]

Sign me up for a new gun and one of those integrum builds in a cabinet. Will you let us know when Xtreme Gaming has a US based cabinet with the new guns available? I'll be a beta tester!

[@drady4172]

You should talk to Chris his a great guy.

[@Brandon-xz1vp]

Im wanting a light gun for emulation. Are they all 100s of dollars in cost? Battle clash from childhood is calling me😊

[@davidh4548]

Hey Ralph! Question: Why does AimTrak not get any love these days?

[@RetroRalph]

Really Old Tech at this point. Nothing wrong with it but with better options now, people are starting to move on from it. It really all depends on if you're happy with the AimTrak performance. If so and it still works for ya, no need to switch. For me personally, I always felt like AimTrak performance just wasn't quite good enough. These newer solutions have much faster response times, so it helps bring that real arcade feel back.

[@davidh4548]

Thanks Ralph! I'm a light gamer and use my AimTrak with the ALU which works well but I see your point! I honestly don't know what, if any, other guns work with the ALU.

[@RetroRalph]

@@davidh4548 That's a great question, I haven't stayed up to date on supportability of accessories on the ALU. I bet the channel Wagrners Tech Talk would know. He's probably the most knowledgeable on the Atgames products. Maybe shoot him the question on one of his videos, he's a great guy, I'm sure he would respond to you.

[@davidh4548]

Thanks Ralph. I'm a subscriber to his channel! ;)

[@rager1969]

I hope this pans out, as I'm not as into light guns as you, so this may be a cheaper, more palatable "purchase".

[@jsmeghead]

And it's gonna cost how much?

[@PatrickquintonOwens]

Will this bore me also?

[@PatrickquintonOwens]

Canadians designing guns sounds promising!

[@GhostKamachiArts]

We need a lightgun for the Nintendo switch and other game consoles

[@Hdogg-ey5mr]

Siiiick

[@Ryochan7]

2:21 I can see the input lag during the demo segment. That is definitely slower than 10 ms. Not really a good first impression.

[@RetroRalph]

That was early prototypes, they’re down to less than 1ms of lag at this point. Go look them up on KZbin for their latest video on it. 👍🏻

[@TiltingT]

That Cobra gun looked sick!

[@RetroRalph]

Right!?! I was like , well damn, that’s fire 🔥

[@honestjason7854]

i want a alien pulse rifle please!

[@RetroRalph]

So do I, these guys are making some amazing guns!!!

[@gummybums]

As usual Australia will miss out on this.

[@XtremeGamingCabinets]

XGC won’t miss out

[@gummybums]

@@XtremeGamingCabinets in that case take my money now.

[@Props3D]

I'm working with a long time friend and maker to bring it to Australia. I did ship a beta there but it just ..disappeared. So making local there is the only option. You can also make your own :)

[@thatman84]

I hope they don’t promote unlicensed rom sellers. That’s no good for real community

[@flottenheimer]

Exciting - Will follow Blamcon with great interest (shame they aren't on X). We really need some kind of new, universal standard for lightguns that work on modern screens. And we need SEGA and NAMCO to pick up on this and possibly make their own Blamcon powered 1st party guns... Just imagine!

[@ien2023]

still not cordless..

[@RetroRalph]

Something to strive for I guess. I think the limiting factor on that is latency. No one's cracked the code on that yet for modern lightguns, maybe these guys will. Thanks so much for watching!

[@xenasgun]

@@RetroRalph Check out the X-Gun. It is completely wireless

[@xenasgun]

Hey Ien, check out the Xenas Gun. It is completely wireless

[@Hidyman]

Looks like style over substance.

[@Props3D]

I just posted a substance video on my channel showing it all in action

[@dereckgarten7457]

I don't see the point of this... Just a gun4ir with different name

[@mrburns366]

Yeah, I'm not really sure the point either. I suppose they wanted to make a commercial project and didn't want to license gun4ir

[@iononsoleggere9065]

No crt = no interest for me

[@TheBigExclusive]

CRTs stopped being made almost 20 years ago. The factories are gone. No one can make new CRT tubes. Everyone is just using old spare parts and trying preserve what they have.