Hi friends!
I have an unusual question - about the lightgun called West Phaser, released in 1989 by Loriciel(s).
I have finally got it in my collection - alongside the three other gun models for IBM PC. The Spanish, the American, and the Taiwanese ones. But the French one is definitely the rarest!
However, it is also the only one I can't get working..
I have it unboxed, unfortunately, but the advertisements and the covers say it will NOT work on VGA/LCD/Plasma monitors. So, only CGA/EGA monitor is needed? I do not have one yet. But I wonder if there were no VGA monitors in France at the end ot 1989, when it was released, really?
Maybe there are people here who have West Phaser or used to have one and know how it works!
Only two games support it - "West Phaser" (the 1989 edition uses this gun only, and the 1992 re-edition "Steve McQueen's West Phaser" supports the keyboard, the mouse and the joystick as well) and "Crazy Shot" from 1990 (it also supports the keyboard and the mouse).
Every game says to shoot at the center and then to hold the gun while it flashes - that test passes fine. But then it says to shoot the central square five times - and after the first shot, the screen goes white, and the game freezes
It connects to a serial port (RS232), and it needs only Port 1, so I had to use 25->9 pins adapter. The gun's connector does not look original - probably replaced by a previous owner.
Only pins 3, 5, 7, 20 & 22 are used.
There is a programming manual and an example included with the "West Phaser" from 1989! Maybe a programmer could explain how it works and why CGA/EGA?
I have an unusual question - about the lightgun called West Phaser, released in 1989 by Loriciel(s).
I have finally got it in my collection - alongside the three other gun models for IBM PC. The Spanish, the American, and the Taiwanese ones. But the French one is definitely the rarest!
However, it is also the only one I can't get working..
I have it unboxed, unfortunately, but the advertisements and the covers say it will NOT work on VGA/LCD/Plasma monitors. So, only CGA/EGA monitor is needed? I do not have one yet. But I wonder if there were no VGA monitors in France at the end ot 1989, when it was released, really?
Maybe there are people here who have West Phaser or used to have one and know how it works!
Only two games support it - "West Phaser" (the 1989 edition uses this gun only, and the 1992 re-edition "Steve McQueen's West Phaser" supports the keyboard, the mouse and the joystick as well) and "Crazy Shot" from 1990 (it also supports the keyboard and the mouse).
Every game says to shoot at the center and then to hold the gun while it flashes - that test passes fine. But then it says to shoot the central square five times - and after the first shot, the screen goes white, and the game freezes
It connects to a serial port (RS232), and it needs only Port 1, so I had to use 25->9 pins adapter. The gun's connector does not look original - probably replaced by a previous owner.
Only pins 3, 5, 7, 20 & 22 are used.
There is a programming manual and an example included with the "West Phaser" from 1989! Maybe a programmer could explain how it works and why CGA/EGA?
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