I wanted to play Duck Hunt on my Retropie setup. Light Guns aren't an option, well not reasonable ones for what little I want it for. They do have at least one new modern one, as well as options that use something like the Wii Sensor Bar. This is just an Air Mouse, it is calibrated for use for a game such as Duck Hunt in RetroPie. It is only "relative motion" and the on screen cursor needs enabled so you can tell where you are really pointing. Still it is kind of fun. It is far from perfect. I was looking for a ready made shell, but I couldn't find one, the one this is based on was the closest fit. It let me fit the internal parts I needed room for, it isn't bad to hold and it is an easy print. I made it a two part print, it is intended to have small brass inserts installed, or can be used with just screws.   The picture shows the Blue prototype, it uses self tapping screws, the Grey one has some small brass inserts to hold it together.  The LED is just a regular LED, I decided to add it to blink on shooting.  For a Real Light Gun there are better models out there, this is just made to be an easy print and an easy project to build.  I enjoyed making them.  I need to add a parts list to the blog post I guess.

You can view the project build and a copy of the code at this post: https://hobbytronics.home.blog/2020/07/11/airmouse-for-light-gun-games/

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Category: Electronics