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Thenasty:
Have both in one Cabinet  ;D

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=26696.0


epetti:
I tried rotating my monitor before I started building the cabinet to see how games looked both ways.  I was shocked at just how much bigger vertical games were on a vertical monitor, even with 4:3 aspect ratio monitor.  That's why the only crazy thing I'm taking on for my first cabinet is rigging up a rotating monitor.
Malenko:
32" CRT mounted vertically in a KI2 cab:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=97260.0

plenty of pix in the thread.
Minwah:

--- Quote from: BadMouth on May 20, 2013, 03:23:13 pm ---Not sure why, but horizontal games on a vertical monitor look tiny and awkward to me.

--- End quote ---

It depends on the game. If it is a horizontal game with ~256 pixels or less wide then it can look pretty good on a vertical monitor. Particularly games that don't really matter about keeping the aspect ratio correct. eg Missile Command looks great fullscreen on a vertical monitor.

(I'm talking about arcade monitors).
TopJimmyCooks:
Rotate.  It's easy these days
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