DE-9 Lightpen
... and Lightgun
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See also DE-9 Connector, DE-9 Joystick, DE-9 Mouse, DE-9 Paddle
Pinout
Pinout at the solder side in the computer is equivalent to the pinout at the outside of the plug at the cable, pinout at the solder side of the plug at the cable is equivalent to the pinout at the outside of the computer.
The following table is still under construction:
Pin | Atari 800 Atari 7800 Atari VCS |
VIC-20 C-64 C64GS (*1) |
Amiga | Amstrad CPC |
MSX X68000 (*7) |
Mastersystem (*6) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Button | /Button (*2) | unused | /Trigger (Beam) (*8) | unused | unused |
2 | unused | /Trigger (Beam) (*5) | unused | /Trigger (Beam) (*5)(*9) | unused | unused |
3 | unused | /Button (*3) | unused | ? | unused | unused |
4 | unused | ? | unused | ? | unused | unused |
5 | unused | Button (POTY) (*4) | /Button 1 (Pen press) | unused | VCC | VCC (+5V) |
6 | /Trigger (Beam) | /Trigger (Beam) (*5) | /Trigger (Beam) | /Button (*5) (*8) | /Trigger (Beam) | /Button (TL) |
7 | VCC (+5V) | VCC (+5V) | VCC (+5V) | ? | /Button | /Trigger (Beam) (TH) |
8 | GND | GND | GND | GND | unused | GND |
9 | unused | unused (POTX) | /Button 2 (POTY) | GND | GND | unused |
(*1) At the C-64 light pens must be connected to joystick port #1
(*2) "standard" Light pen
(*3) Stack light rifle
(*4) Magnum Light Phaser, Cheetah defender, MARPES light gun (Button must be connected to VCC)
(*5) Gun stick (This gun is somewhat weird, in that it uses pin 2 for the light sensor, and pin 6 for the trigger button)
(*6) Pinout refers to "Sega Mastersystem Light Phaser 3050"
(*7) Pinout refers to "ASCII Plus-X Terminator Laser" which works with the game "Dungeon Hunter". Other games support the "Sega Mastersystem Light Phaser 3050".
(*8) Loriciel Phaser (West Phaser)
(*9) Amstrad LP-1 light pen
Applications with Lightpen support
C-64
- Apple Annie (Tech Sketch Lightpen)
- CAD-Master
- FlexiDraw 5.0/5.5
- Free Expression (Tech Sketch Lightpen)
- GEOS - has got a driver for the light pen for using the graphic programs GeoPaint and GeoCanvas.
- Koala Soft
- Molecules and Atoms (Tech Sketch Lightpen)
- Passive Transport (Tech Sketch Lightpen)
- Penmaster Art Package (Trojan) for C64/128
- Picasso's Revenge
- Rekenpen (Commodore Info)
- Structure of Leaves (Tech Sketch Lightpen)
- The Game of Life (Stack Computer Services "Paintbox Package")
Games with Lightpen support
C-64
- Alphabet Construction Set (Future House) - press F8 for "lightpen button"
- AREX (Adventure International)
- Burnin' Pen
- Crossword Twister (Stack Computer Services "Paintbox Package")
- Draughts (Stack Computer Services "Paintbox Package") - lightpen with trigger on "left"
- GO (Stack Computer Services "Paintbox Package") - lightpen with trigger on "left"
- Light Pen Othello (Commodore Magazine)
- Lost in the Labyrinth (Stack Computer Services "Paintbox Package") - lightpen with trigger on "left"
- Memory Jogger (Tech Sketch Lightpen)
- Mole Attack (Tech Sketch Lightpen)
- Othello (Stack Computer Services "Paintbox Package") - lightpen with trigger on "left"
- Seek and Destroy (Stack Computer Services "Paintbox Package")
- Shuffler (Stack Computer Services "Paintbox Package")
- Stack 64 Simon (Stack Computer Services "Paintbox Package")
- Stack Concentration (Stack Computer Services "Paintbox Package") - lightpen with trigger on "left"
- Tic-Tac-Toe (Tech Sketch Lightpen)
- Word Search (Tech Sketch Lightpen)
Lightgun Games
Atari 2600
- Sentinel
- Shooting Gallery (unreleased)
- Bobby needs Food (homebrew)
Atari 7800
- Alien Brigade
- Barnyard Blaster
- Crossbow
- Meltdown
- Sentinel
Atari 800
- Barnyard Blaster
- Bug Hunt
- Crossbow
- Crime buster
- Gangsters Ville
- Geisterschloss (KE-Soft, PD)
- Operation Blood
Amstrad CPC
- American Turbo King
- A-Team, The
- Bestial Warrior
- Billy The Kid
- Bronx Street Cop
- Bullseye
- Crazy Shot
- Enforcer, The
- F16 Fighting Falcon
- Guillermo Tell
- Jungle Warfare
- Mike Gunner
- Missile Ground Zero
- Operation Wolf
- Robot Attack
- Rookie
- Skeet Shoot
- Solar Invasion
- Solo
- Space Smugglers
- Steve McQueen
- Target Plus
- Trigger
- West Phaser
C-64
- 3-D Action Pack (Mindscape) (contains Army Days, Gangster Town, Time Traveller) (Cheetah Defender)
- Army Days (Magnum light phaser)
- Baby Blues (Magnum light phaser)
- Big Game Safari (Stack light rifle)
- Blaze Out Collection (Ocean) (contains modified levels of Robocop, Combat School, Hyper Sports, Platoon, Rambo III) (Magnum light phaser)
- Cosmic Commando (Stack light rifle)
- Cosmic Storm (Magnum light phaser)
- Crow Shoot (Stack light rifle)
- Duck Hunt
- Escape From Alcatraz (Stack light rifle)
- Gangster (Magnum light phaser)
- Ghost Town (Magnum light phaser)
- Grilled until Dead (press : to enable lightgun)
- Grouse Shoot - The Glorious Twelfth (Stack light rifle)
- Goosebusters (Magnum light phaser)
- Gunslinger (Magnum light phaser)
- High Noon (Stack light rifle)
- Hit the Buttons (Magnum light phaser, Stack light rifle, Lighthammer)
- Indian Attack (Stack light rifle)
- Lightgun Archery (unreleased) (Magnum light phaser)
- Light Gun Fantastic Collection (contains the "Blaze out" collection and the "3-D Action Pack")
- Make my Day (unreleased) (Magnum light phaser)
- Mike Gunner (Gun stick)
- Operation Thunderbolt (Magnum light phaser)
- Operation Wolf (Magnum light phaser)
- Rats & Cats (Stack light rifle)
- Shooting Gallery (Stack light rifle)
- Shootin' Putin (Magnum light phaser, Stack light rifle)
- Smack a Mole (Magnum light phaser, Stack light rifle, Lighthammer)
- Starbase Defence (Stack light rifle)
- Target Plus (Gun stick)
- Time Traveller (Magnum light phaser)
- Thunder 4th
- Vengenance of Zeno (unreleased) (Stack light rifle)
Sega Mastersystem
- Assault City
- Gangster Town
- Laser Ghost
- Marksman Shooting & Trap Shooting
- Missile Defense 3-D
- Operation Wolf
- Rescue Mission
- Rambo III
- Safari Hunt
- Shooting Gallery
- Space Gun
- Trap Shooting
- Wanted!
- Bank Panic!
MSX
- Cosmic Sheriff
- Solo
- Target Plus
- Duck Hunt
- Mike Gunner
- Dungeon Hunter (ASCII Plus-X Terminator Laser)
Amiga
- Aliex (Trojan Phazer Gun)
- Capone (Actionware)
- Championship Shooting (Golem)
- Creature (Actionware)
- Cyber Assault (Trojan Phazer Gun)
- Die Hard 2: Die Harder (Trojan Phazer Gun)
- Fire Blaster (Golem)
- Firestar (Trojan Phazer Gun)
- Gateway Y (Golem)
- Master of the Town (Golem)
- Orbital Destroyer (Trojan Phazer Gun)
- P.O.W. - Prisoner of War (Actionware)
- Prison (Actionware)
- Sideshow (Actionware)
- Skeet Shoot (Trojan Phazer Gun)
- Space Gun (Trojan Phazer Gun)
- The Enforcer (Trojan Phazer Gun)
- Worldwide Hunting (Golem)
- Virus Attake (Golem)
serial Port
- Crazy Shot (Loriciel/Westphase Revolver)
- Westphaser (Loriciel/Westphase Revolver)
Links
- Light pen info at c64-wiki
- Light gun at c64-wiki (german)
- DIY Schematics for a simple Atari/C-64 compatible light pen.
- CBM Lightgun info
- Sega Light Phaser to Atari XG-1 Adapter
- Lightgun on wikipedia
- Magnum Light Phaser on wikipedia
- List of Lightgun Games on wikipedia
- Amiga Controlport Pinout
- Atari Interface at Deskthority wiki has another large table
- Lightgun Thread on a1k