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jennifer:


--- Quote from: mgb on October 13, 2014, 07:14:44 pm ---I also agree to the glass. Do not use acrylic on a horizontal project like this.
As far as the head to head VS thing, rather than use two monitors, use one monitor that's a good size, 32" and run horizontal games in cocktail mode. This wil split it into 2 screens, one facing player 1 and one facing player 2 on the other side.
This way you will still have vertical games looking nice

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   HOLD THE PHONE.... So what your saying is this Mame thing has a cocktail mode, and both screens are in proper orientation at the same time?.... You could still have the screen aim at each player when its there turn (like space Fever for example) right ???

PL1:


--- Quote from: jennifer on October 13, 2014, 07:24:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: mgb on October 13, 2014, 07:14:44 pm ---I also agree to the glass. Do not use acrylic on a horizontal project like this.
As far as the head to head VS thing, rather than use two monitors, use one monitor that's a good size, 32" and run horizontal games in cocktail mode. This wil split it into 2 screens, one facing player 1 and one facing player 2 on the other side.
This way you will still have vertical games looking nice

--- End quote ---
   HOLD THE PHONE.... So what your saying is this Mame thing has a cocktail mode, and both screens are in proper orientation at the same time?.... You could still have the screen aim at each player when its there turn (like space Fever for example) right ???

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You might need to do a custom .lay file to get Space Fever to go head-to-head like Bubble Bobble.

Check Mr. Do's FAQ (2nd from bottom) for details on how to do this.   ;D


Scott
Edit: Just noticed that Space Fever (spacefev) always flips the screen 180 degrees during P2's turn regardless of video mode selected -- never tried a 2-player game of it before.   :embarassed:

No need for a custom .lay file.

mgb:


--- Quote from: jennifer on October 13, 2014, 07:24:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: mgb on October 13, 2014, 07:14:44 pm ---I also agree to the glass. Do not use acrylic on a horizontal project like this.
As far as the head to head VS thing, rather than use two monitors, use one monitor that's a good size, 32" and run horizontal games in cocktail mode. This wil split it into 2 screens, one facing player 1 and one facing player 2 on the other side.
This way you will still have vertical games looking nice

--- End quote ---
   HOLD THE PHONE.... So what your saying is this Mame thing has a cocktail mode, and both screens are in proper orientation at the same time?.... You could still have the screen aim at each player when its there turn (like space Fever for example) right ???

--- End quote ---

I'm going to assume that jenifer is trying to be funny, giggle, giggle.
But mgb thinks, she doesn't understand the conversation at hand.
I'm talking about cocktail mode for horizontal games like fighters. So each player can sit on one side and still play simultaneous 2 player games, As shown is Scott's Bubble Bobble example.
Space fever is a vertical alternating 2 player game, not what was being discussed.

jennifer:

   No, not being funny at all...  I have never seen screens split like that before and found PL1s explanation of it quite helpful in trying to understand it. And can see the practical uses for it on a cocktail build.

mgb:


--- Quote from: jennifer on October 14, 2014, 04:28:11 am ---   No, not being funny at all...  I have never seen screens split like that before and found PL1s explanation of it quite helpful in trying to understand it. And can see the practical uses for it on a cocktail build.

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Ok then, carry on :)

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