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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.