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wackychimp:
I'm running MAME off my laptop with Svideo out and 80% or more of the games run fine.  But a few (like Asteriods, Punchout, Rampage) seem to be running at a different resoultuion... or something.  I can only see the top two thirds of the game on the screen.  

Like for example in Rampage, if the monsters are walking on the ground, the tops of thier heads are right at the bottom of the TV screen.  It's like the bottom part of the screen is gone.

If I play it directly on the laptop... I can see the "problem" games just fine.  >:(

Any thoughts?
Generic Eric:
Your concern is better suited to the software forum.

You should work with your "problem" games and set different resolutions.  you'll have to do some research to find the proper resolution your problem games run at.  after you find the resolutions, just set the resolutions up for each individual game.  make sure not to change any global settings though, as it may negativly effect the rest of your games.
PaulG:
Or since you're ouputting with the s-video anyway, just go to the global settings and set the resolution to 640*480.  Anything above that is gonna yield an inferior picture on a television anyways.
pitfaller:
Good solution but depends on the TV.  Some of the newer JVC 27" and 32" models have any where from 600 to 800 horizontal lines.

Run my globals at 800x600 - stuff looks fantastic.

Then again , if you are kicking s-video out to a tv with 200 horizontal lines and no digital comb filter you have little hope...
wackychimp:
Thanks for the comments. It's a 1 year old Panasonic 32inch TV.  ;D

Can I set resolutions for a specific game in MAME32 (or is that only possible with DOS switches)?   I'm not seeing display settings in the "tab menu" only stuff for controls, etc.  

Or is there a different display menu?



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