Tetris on a Vertical Cabinet?

[DeLuSioNal29]

Hi All,

I'm almost done with my vertical cab (I have my game list all ready to go), but I was wondering if anyone got Tetris (the version pictured in the pic below) to display halfway decent on a vertical setup.  I don't mind if it skews or anything, so long as I don't see the black lines typical if a horizontal game is run on a vertical setup.

I remember reading somewhere that the cocktail version can be run successfully on a vertical setup (or was I mistaken?)
**EDIT: Found it mentioned here



Any ideas?

DeLuSioNaL29

[crashwg]

The ROM you're showing is "atetris" and the vertically oriented version referred to in the thread you linked to is "atetcktl", which is a clone of "atetris".

I'm not a fan of the layout on the cocktail version but you're thoughts might differ...

[RayB]

Cocktail Tetris will display on a vertical monitor, however, if you try and play 2 players, the screen gets split in half, with each half facing the player (imagine them sitting at opposite ends of a cocktail table). Great for cocktail machines, not so great for 2-player side by side uprights.

[crashwg]

Cocktail Tetris will display on a vertical monitor, however, if you try and play 2 players, the screen gets split in half, with each half facing the player (imagine them sitting at opposite ends of a cocktail table). Great for cocktail machines, not so great for 2-player side by side uprights.

Is there some setting that allows you to have a single player game display full screen that I'm missing?  I just tried a single player game and it was still split as if I were playing two player...

[DeLuSioNal29]

Also thought I'd mention that I'm using a really OLD version of MAME.  0.36 (If I recall) running on a DOS machine.  I don't believe it has the video options in the tab menu to mess with the settings to allow it to display properly.  I think I tried it previously and it looked like crap but I decided to give it another go.  I'll try it when I get home tonight.

However, I have another vertical cab I am also building with a newer dual core processor (Win XP and MAME .119).  It has the tab options.  Any tips for getting it to look perfect on a vertical cab?

Thanks again for the tips!

DeLuSioNaL29

[javeryh]

I play atetris, klax and tapper on my vertical cab.  It's not the best solution but it's either that or not play them at all...

[DeLuSioNal29]

Yeah, I have to admit I have a couple of Horizontal games on there too.  Namely Zookeeper and Elevator Action.    Sometimes it can't be helped!  LOL.

D