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| BobA:
Just tried it in mameui and it worked fine. There are video options but they are not needed for cocktail to work. Just changed the dip switch from upright to cocktail and it worked fine. The screen flipped for player 2 and the controls changed so i could not use the player 1 controls. Make sure you have a nvram directory so that mame can save the dip settings. Also make sure you hit 2 player to start the game. Check your dip switch settings to make sure they are being maintained. |
| Sjaak:
--- Quote from: websherpa on June 11, 2010, 11:26:46 am ---1) Which is a better way to mount a 4:3 19" LCD panel, so that it faces the players horizontally (Player 1 bottom of panel, Player 2 top of panel) or vertically (Player 1 left side, Player 2 right side of panel) to enjoy the greatest number of 1 and 2 player games (around Pac Man era mostly, but some more modern games too if possible) in a cocktail situation. --- End quote --- I've used a lcd panel in a cocktail cabinet, but I wouldn't recommend mounting it horizontally, because the vertical viewing angle of most screens is pretty small. |
| websherpa:
--- Quote from: Sjaak on June 11, 2010, 02:34:51 pm --- I've used a lcd panel in a cocktail cabinet, but I wouldn't recommend mounting it horizontally, because the vertical viewing angle of most screens is pretty small. --- End quote --- This relates to another of my questions on the forum (looking for alternative monitors in the >$100 range used/bulk), but there are better monitors which have ultrawide viewing angles (178/178) that are viewable at an angle form all sides (I am using one from Dell, a 1907FPVt) so Horizontal or Vertical doesn't matter. In the 4:3 and 5:4 aspect ratios these are usually business or POS (point of sale) monitors. However, for 80% of the cheaper TN based LCDs that you are likely to encounter at a Big Box electronics store, you are entirely right. |
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