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How differently do Jamma boards run than MAME Emulations?
elvis:
--- Quote from: SpatzST on June 06, 2014, 11:07:09 pm ---Are there any "good examples" of a PCB that just outright beats it's emulated counterpart?
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paigeoliver:
Anything vector is better with the real thing.
Anything that uses a mirror and an graphic overlay is better with the real board.
Sega Turbo is better on real hardware because of the separate scoreboard.
Pole Position is better in Mame because your mame cabinet probably works and you aren't scared to death it isn't going to come up every time you turn it on.
All the Deco cassette games are better in mame because you aren't risking a 30 year old cassette tape that MIGHT have a half dozen plays left in it every time you boot the thing up.
Laserdisc games can be better in emulation because it is possible to use higher resolution video than the original laserdisc on some titles.
This may no longer be true, but Berzerk in mame and Berzerk on real hardware seemed to noticeably draw the screen transitions differently. It wasn't that one was better, it was just not the same.