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Any good reasons to hang onto a CRT monitor?

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Gray_Area:

--- Quote from: orion on May 23, 2013, 09:35:32 pm ---I rarely see anyone considering particular games when it comes to this debate. First off you have to get the obvious off the table first. Vector games suck on anything other than a vector monitor. Space invaders in mame on an LCD=lame. Space invaders in its own dedicated cab with all original hardware however is one of the most memorizing gaming experiences ever.
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Maybe because you were already old, and the tech seemed new?  At seven or eight, I remember thinking the whole thing was terribly dull. Boring graphics with puppet show stage props. I don't quite think that now, but I still don't care for the game. At all.

Metal Slug is so cartoony, lack of scanlines doesn't hurt it.

Vector games look much better now that MAME has a vector shader.

orion:
Mame has a vector shader now? I've been running the same version for the past 4 years now... I think I'm due for an update...

RayB:

--- Quote from: Gray_Area on May 19, 2013, 05:17:15 pm ---CRTs are just better for classic games. The phosphors give out a richer color. Plus the blur of graphics is 'natural', like the smearing of oil.

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You may be on to something there. Just use LCD and wipe on a layer of oil.

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