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Mastertronic released some more games with Magnum phaser support, but they were mostly budget-type Spectrum ports. | Mastertronic released some more games with Magnum phaser support, but they were mostly budget-type Spectrum ports. | ||
* [[American Turbo King]] | * [[American Turbo-King]] | ||
* [[Billy the Kid]] | * [[Billy the Kid]] | ||
* [[Bronx Street Cop]] | * [[Bronx Street Cop]] | ||
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All five releases were also available on the [[Megaplay 2]] compilation. | All five releases were also available on the [[Megaplay 2]] compilation. | ||
== Disc == | |||
<gallery caption="Magnum Light Phaser"> | |||
Image:Magnum Light Phaser (FR) Disc - Side B.jpg|(FR) Disc - Side B | |||
Image:Magnum Light Phaser (FR) Disc - Side A.jpg|(FR) Disc - Side A | |||
Image:Magnum Light Phaser (UK) Disc - Side B.jpg|(UK) Disc - Side B | |||
Image:Magnum Light Phaser (UK) Disc - Side A.jpg|(UK) Disc - Side A | |||
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== Pictures == | == Pictures == | ||
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Revision as of 10:59, 26 October 2011
The Magnum Phazer was released later on in the Amstrads' life, and retailed for £24.99 in the UK. It came supplied with a cassette and a disk, both containing six games.
The main reason to buy this gun was for the excellent Amstrad conversion of Operation Wolf. Playing this with a light gun on your Arnold was the arcade experience people relished but rarely got back in the 80's. The other supplied games were fun for a while, but by far the high point was Operation Wolf.
Technical
Connects to expansion port 50pin edge connector. Reportedly it uses only 4 pins: VCC, GND, LPEN, D7. Uh, that is, without decoding any address lines or /IORQ lines?
Trigger Button ---> Request via output to Port FBFEh, then check CRTC input Light Sensor ---> CRTC Light Pen Input
To read the Trigger button (to be done during vblank):
Port[BCxxh]=11h ;select CRTC register 11h old=Port[BFxxh] ;-get old value Port[FBFEh]=7Fh ;\force an edge on the lpen input Port[FBFEh]=80h ;/(depending on whether button is pressed or not) new=Port[BFxxh] ;-get new value if old=new then ... else ...
Supported Games
Mastertronic released some more games with Magnum phaser support, but they were mostly budget-type Spectrum ports.
All five releases were also available on the Megaplay 2 compilation.
Disc
- Magnum Light Phaser
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(FR) Disc - Side B
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(FR) Disc - Side A
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(UK) Disc - Side B
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(UK) Disc - Side A
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Pictures
- Magnum Light Phaser
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Light Phaser
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Light Phaser
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Drawing
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Package
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Inside of Interface/Gun showing the Trigger Button logic and Expansion Port pins (are there REALLY only 4 pins connected?)
