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It’s simple enough to explain in a short HN comment. Essentially, when you fire the gun the screen briefly turns all black except for a small white square wher
by latexr 2y ago
It’s simple enough to explain in a short HN comment.
Essentially, when you fire the gun the screen briefly turns all black except for a small white square where the target was. If the gun barrel sensor detects this bright white light, it means you hit the target. This is also why you reportedly could aim at a light bulb and never miss.
- lloeki 2y ago> This is also why you reportedly could aim at a light bulb and never miss. Except IIRC you couldn't because it displayed a fully black screen then a square, and detected a signal edge that must happen within those few frames, or some other implementation to that effect. A lightbulb being constant would not work. LCDs would work but they introduce latency that CRTs did not have, enough so that the check can fail. Even worse if game is emulated. Also I wonder about LCD backlight. EDIT: confirmed by eykanal's link nearby.