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FrizzleFried:

--- Quote from: Paladin on December 05, 2007, 12:06:51 pm ---Having seen Tempest running on an ampliphone, I have to disagree.  There's a clear difference between the two monitors running on the same game hardware.

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...If I was able to acquire an Amplifone I'd stick with a single cabinet as it is a higher resolution than the WG6100.  Frankly,  after having my Asteroids running for a while,  I was quite disappointed in the WG6100 output when I got it running.  Don't get me wrong,  I love my Star Wars,  but there is a VERY VERY distinct difference in the output of the WG vs the WG I have in the asteroids.  You can see the pixels of the Color WG,  not so (without REALLY REALLY looking hard) with the B&W WG.
ChadTower:

I'm not saying I disagree with what you're saying - some monitors are better than others.  I do think you're splitting hairs that really don't need to be split.  The difference, IMO, isn't big enough to be a driving factor in how you build this cabinet.  Use whatever you can get that has a good HV and little burn-in.
Cakemeister:
The problem with VectorMame and the Zektor is the overlays. I had the opportunity to play a Zektor cab this past weekend and it looked great. But the screen had the Star Castle overlay on it. So Star Castle looked perfect but Armor Attack did not.

I think a good vector emulator is the way to go. I think it's actually pretty hard to get Asteroids looking like the real Asteroids did.
FrizzleFried:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 05, 2007, 12:16:43 pm ---
I'm not saying I disagree with what you're saying - some monitors are better than others.  I do think you're splitting hairs that really don't need to be split.  The difference, IMO, isn't big enough to be a driving factor in how you build this cabinet.  Use whatever you can get that has a good HV and little burn-in.

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Well,  the 6100 doesn't look too much better than a PC monitor running vectors (IMHO) where as the Asterods monitor creates a "glowing" effect that just can't be reproduced on a raster monitor.  I'd likely do a B&W VectorMAME unless I came across an Amplifone (ha! yah right!).


ahofle:

--- Quote from: Cakemeister on December 05, 2007, 12:19:56 pm ---The problem with VectorMame and the Zektor is the overlays. I had the opportunity to play a Zektor cab this past weekend and it looked great. But the screen had the Star Castle overlay on it. So Star Castle looked perfect but Armor Attack did not.

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I played that same machine last weekend.  :)
I actually spoke with the owner of it and suggested that he come up with some type of removable overlay system like the vectrex.  Then it would be just about perfect.  I still can't believe how nicely that machine looked and played. 
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