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Title: ArcadeVGA and Mamewah Res tool
Post by: psychlone78 on April 29, 2005, 10:52:58 pm

Hello Gamerz,
I just got my ArcadeVga installed with my WG d9200. I downloaded the mamewah res tool and allowed it to automatically set the best resolutions for all games. Is this setting native resolutions? I don't know but for some reason I thought that the picture would look better. For a lot of games like Ms. Pacman and Galaga the words have little horizontal lines going through them. Is this what is considered good. It kinda bothers my eyes. What do I need to do to get these games looking awesome, as promised by other AVGA users? ???

Title: Re: ArcadeVGA and Mamewah Res tool
Post by: elvis on April 30, 2005, 08:02:30 am

Vertical games cannot have authentic resolutions set for them on horizontal monitors when rotated.  You are trying to force 288 line modes on a 240 line display, which means you will lose line information.

Visual explanation here:
http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/blit.html

Your choices are:

a) Accept the limitations

b) Use a blitter/stretch mode (eg: Use 640x480 with ddraw stretch)

c) Use something like AdvanceMAME which compensates for such problems with the above linked blitters

d) Play your vertical games on a separate vertical display.

e) Make your cabinet's monitor rotatable :)