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Dantefromhell89 said:
well...I know what scanlines are (at least I've seen 'em in some modes on emulators).
I was asking more about the difference in the work principal between NES' Zapper and SNES'/Genesis' lightguns, 'cause as far as I can see, former used black/white pictures and the later ones both relied on scanlines (but, also as far as I can read, relied on the different aspects of those).
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The Zapper didn't use scanlines at all, it used the reflection of the color masking on the TV screen itself (which is why the Zapper made the screen "flash" like a gun was shot), adding a sense of realism at the same time as making the tech work.

The NES zapper used the "light" reflecting off the TV screen and nothing else. It caused the system to make a graphical flash and used its sensor on the actual zapper to target.

It could have been done with a controller..you press the trigger is sent a non-existent (at the time) "C" button so to speak that told the game to flash, the rest was external and built into the actual gun via flashes of light off a sensor.

The newer guns used the "signal" from the actual television coax cable to process the image and send it "back" to the guns from where they were connected...

which also required them to be within range of the guns connection point (port, dongle, whatever) instead of the television, which is why you couldn't shoot point blank at the screen.

They relied on scanlines from old CRT TVs that no longer exist, not light reflection...they're not even technically "light" guns, more like data processing controllers in truth.

Scanlines in emulators are visible because we have newer televisions that don't require the graphics being like that anymore, but true to the name...they are designed to actually "emulate" the original system.

The ROMs (as you know) are ripped versions of the original data from the console games, so in order to process that data they coded them with scanlines, thats why you see the lines on an emulator and you never saw a nintendo do that--unless your TV was dying :LOL:
 
wanderlave

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whatnitrus said:
Have you played it? I mean double assassination skill is a nightmare...all stealth is.

If your looking to be a pirate I guess you would like it, especially if your looking to play GoW, because you damn sure can't be sneaky lol.
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idk how to say in english but means playing for free, i played it like this, also played origins

before those i only played revelations
 
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