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− | * Magnum Light Phaser Games Disc (English) [http://www.jonathanen.com/pages/Computers/Amstrad/CPC6128/Magnum.zip] (zipped .DSK files) | + | * [[Media:Magnum.zip|Magnum Light Phaser Games Disc (English)]] [http://www.jonathanen.com/pages/Computers/Amstrad/CPC6128/Magnum.zip] (zipped .DSK files) |
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Revision as of 19:16, 29 December 2011
The Magnum Light Phaser 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 Light Phaser support, but they were mostly budget-type Spectrum ports.
All five releases were also available on the Megaplay 2 compilation.
Disc
Pictures
Manuals
- Magnum Light Phaser Games Instructions
- Magnum Light Phaser Games Instructions
- Magnum Light Phaser Instructions
Download
- Magnum Light Phaser Games Disc (English) [1] (zipped .DSK files)