Polemicist

LOL... I don't know if I want to hug you or slap you Sandman... Yeah, help doesn't sound like a bad thing. I am going back through everything I just downloaded and getting download links and version dates. I want to have an Excel document that includes if a project has been abandoned or like neoraine has been absorbed into another project (in neoraine's case it became Raine) or if the project is currently parked or an active / WIP etc etc etc etc etc... god what have I got myself into ... I'm gonna probably look at a simple GIT project I just don't know how dodgy that would be? I mean the emulators are all open source etc ... Hmmm... dunno ... maybe something else ... *sighs* dropbox sucked for that stuff ... storing this on the HS FTP has it's issues as well ... The total zipped collection at the moment sits at nearly 700 meg minus MAME and MESS obviously but my collection also has the BIOS files being added (yeah Sandman I want to steal your BIOS files) so that is where we reach a slight technicality. I can make two folders for sharing ... One that is Emulators in the correct folders and the other BIOS in the correct folders and then just merge the two. Technically separate but easy to put together ... hmmm... I think I'll finish the document first ... brain is hurting...

No thank you bro. Considering how difficult it was finding some of these emulator files and knowing that many of these emulators will not be updated I will try to put together a database with dates into a simple Excel document. I know of some content scraper systems that could check a site daily for the ones that do update but I'd prefer not going down that path as the number of active emulator projects is surprisingly limited. The bios files are very interesting. A lot of wok has gone into many of these files and for some systems you can have multiple bios for different purposes. Quite fascinating.

OK. I have serious issues. I have just completed getting every single emulator for 64 bit systems (or 32 if 64 didn't exist) that DJVJ has listed in the modules. I have a folder of original ZIP / EXE etc files sitting beside folders that have been created based on the current Global Emulators INI and I am now going through every single emulator and trying to find BIOS files for all that require it. I didn't really have time to do this but it has become an obsession. I am also trying to write a little read me file for each emulator and would like to try and include a link to the sites I had to go hunting for due to not being able to find the files for the link in the module. This collection is huge. I have even gone hunting for "off the back of the truck" copies of some things. It isn't finished yet but I have the raw emulators and many bios files and have started every single emulator to see if it at least starts and if it errors due to a bios missing I've gone hunting for that bios. Man I have learnt a lot doing this. DJVJ and all the other guys I tip my hat to your work on these modules. Seriously the amount of wok you guys have put in is beyond belief. We know how much time Rain has put in and I can only imagine what BBB has put in as well. Just awesome guys. I'm kinda tempted to make a repo or some such thing for this as a way of sharing the love but not sure about the rules in that regard? Can't really put this into a dropbox as it will get killed in minutes. And a torrent is pointless as many of these emulators are very actively updated.

Just as a side note from someone without a light gun without a cab and ... now ... depressing himself ... anyway I noticed as I reached the letter P in the Global Emulators.ini that PCSX2 has a lot of talk about Gun Games and even has plugins for it. http://pcsx2.net/download/viewcategory/9-plugins.html I don't know if I am rehashing old crap that you guys already know or have already mentioned above but thought I should say something here just in case.

Now if only we could script that or make an Emulator GIT repository with current versions and Hyperlaunch ready versions. Hmmm. Now that would be interesting. Gotta stop thinking.

Not really needed with Hyperlaunch. You just put your system in and click add emulator and it tells you what you can use. Really like that feature. Currently I am downloading ever emulator I can find and setting it up in the default folders as per the Global Emulators ini which is a lot of work and currently only up to the letter N. Oops yeah that reminds me gotta go back and update MAME and mess again. *sighs* The never ending story.

Isn't that the whole point of gun games?

Ummm. No. People like me who can't get into the Wiki will be annoyed by that decision.

You just need an arcade machine with a couple of AimTraks which you can find here http://www.ultimarc.com/store/ then you go hunting for all of those games above on PleasureDome and set them all up. On a difficulty scale I'd put this on the hard level to setup so as this is your first post I'd assume you are on the beginner scale. Try setting up a basic MAME wheel first before tackling something like this one.

Yeah I chuckled when I saw you type that ^^^

Just following this thread. Nice one startreker Please tell.

Good idea. But I can't log into the Wiki. *sighs*

Well I am 100% sure that we are all happy to help with that. I am in the process of step by step setup of each emulator for every system I have (which is pretty complete) If a list like this was going to be done it would be helpful to have the web page for each emulator included and if any setup instruction exist perhaps link to that as well (even paste bins of them) I'd start on a list right now but I'm working tomorrow morning (Sundays suck) but if this is something that would help the community I'd be happy to assist.