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Title: Horizontal games on Vertical monitor?
Post by: Richardgregory on March 09, 2013, 09:00:23 pm

Hi all:

I'm a newbie in the world of MAME/Cabs - I have a cab that has an LCD in a vertical position - I don't have the room to get another cabinet with a horizontal monitor configuration to play horizontal screen design games. 

What are my options if any that will proportionaly size the horizontal game to a vertical monitor without it looking terrible?  Is it even possible.

This question I'm sure has been asked before, so my apologies!

Thanks

Title: Re: Horizontal games on Vertical monitor?
Post by: BobA on March 10, 2013, 01:29:25 am

You can use the vertical screen for the horiz games.   They get all out of sorts if you fill the whole screen but if you keep the aspect ratio they show up horiz on the vertical screen and look a bit small but are playable.

Title: Re: Horizontal games on Vertical monitor?
Post by: MTPPC on March 12, 2013, 11:02:53 am

There is a MAME setting that allows you to "maintain aspect ratio". Make sure that is true in the .ini file.

Title: Re: Horizontal games on Vertical monitor?
Post by: snorpmeister on March 19, 2013, 04:53:06 pm

I've been thinking about this again since I have a 60-in-1 Multicade with a horizontal tube monitor. Pining for some horizontal games like Jungle Hunt, Rolling Thunder, Track 'N Field, and Green Beret / Rush 'n Attack but don't want to buy another cab.  Also don't want to rig up a rotating screen. I can deal with a smaller overall screen area.

Here's an older post from BYOAC where a MAME PC was the recommended solution for playing horizontal games on a vertical 60-in-1 Multicade cab:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=119390.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=119390.0)

Anyone have video of a vertical cab playing horizontal games? Would love to see what it looks like.

Title: Re: Horizontal games on Vertical monitor?
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on March 19, 2013, 07:07:20 pm

Quote from: snorpmeister on March 19, 2013, 04:53:06 pm

Anyone have video of a vertical cab playing horizontal games? Would love to see what it looks like.

I have Donkey Kong (Colecovision) and Super Mario Bros. (NES) which are both Horizontal games running on my vertical cab (Green Invader Re-boot video):  http://www.youtube.com/delusional2971 (http://www.youtube.com/delusional2971)

DeLuSioNaL29

Title: Re: Horizontal games on Vertical monitor?
Post by: snorpmeister on March 19, 2013, 08:34:56 pm

Quote from: DeLuSioNal29 on March 19, 2013, 07:07:20 pm

Quote from: snorpmeister on March 19, 2013, 04:53:06 pm

Anyone have video of a vertical cab playing horizontal games? Would love to see what it looks like.

I have Donkey Kong (Colecovision) and Super Mario Bros. (NES) which are both Horizontal games running on my vertical cab (Green Invader Re-boot video):  http://www.youtube.com/delusional2971 (http://www.youtube.com/delusional2971)

DeLuSioNaL29

Nicely done video, thanks.

Title: Horizontal games on Vertical monitor?
Post by: mgb on March 19, 2013, 09:17:40 pm

I can take some iPhone videos of horizontals on my 27" CRT vertical but the videos don't do it justice because you'll see the line scroll that is only present in the video, not in real life

Title: Re: Horizontal games on Vertical monitor?
Post by: Thenasty on March 19, 2013, 10:10:56 pm

have both monitor in. lcd are smaller than my crt's.