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Dave_K.'s Japanese Shooter cab (pics inside)
DYNAGOD:
most if not all of the good DC shooters have vertical mode..
most are imports, but its a small price to pay for arcade pefection/
love the cab..
Apollo:
Very impressive, looks like all the pain was worth it and then some. Congrats, I'm jealous.
SaiNRuB:
That is very nice, great job man.
Now its time to sit back and enjoy that Exceleena, god knows you went though enough to get it.
I love your wiring and the mounting of your Sanwa sticks, thats was a great idea.
NIVO:
Class all the way Dave. Glad to see it.
Dave_K.:
Thanks for the positive feedback everyone! ;D
--- Quote from: Minwah on December 13, 2004, 06:37:34 am ---Looks great :)
So are there a lot of games on the DC which can be played vertically? I think I heard about Ikaruga, but I haven't heard of any others which can...
Also how can you run your DC @ 15 or 31khz? Can that be done by hacking a VGA box? I'll probably just hack a Scart lead as I only have a 15khz screen anyway.
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Right now the only Dreamcast vertical shooters that have a true rotate (or "tate" as they call it) option are:
Ikaruga (import)
Psyvariar 2 (import)
Shikigami Noshiro 2 (import)
Gunbird 2
I know of about 15 or so Playstation2 vertical shooter imports with "tate" options. Most are re-releases of 90's arcade shooters already emulated in mame. But some newer conversions worth owning are:
DoDonPachi - Dai Ou Jou
Psyvariar Complete
ESPGaluda
XII Stag
To answer your other question, hooking up the Dreamcast at either 15khz or 31khz is a matter of hacking the VGA box as described in the Game Console FAQ. Pretty simple really as all you do is snip one wire to put it into 15khz mode. Put in a toggle switch and you can easily switch between both modes (you'd have to power off/on the Dreamcast to boot in either mode).
http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade_consoles.shtml