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Title: Will horizontal game play on vertical???
Post by: rollerball on March 04, 2007, 04:53:52 pm

Ok Im sure its a very simple question...sorry for the noob question....but will Horizontal games play at all on a vertical monitor???A lot smaller Im sure but do they work at all??

Title: Re: Will horizontal game play on vertical???
Post by: spacies on March 04, 2007, 05:46:44 pm

Simple answer = Yes

They play smaller.

Title: Re: Will horizontal game play on vertical???
Post by: rollerball on March 04, 2007, 05:55:03 pm

CHEERS...thanks for that...I wasnt sure about it...

Title: Re: Will horizontal game play on vertical???
Post by: Aurich on March 04, 2007, 08:37:06 pm

They play fine, just letterboxed. What I do on my vertical cab for the few horizontal games I just have to keep (Robotron!) is make marquee overlays to fill the space and run them at 480x640 (designed for a multi-sync arcade monitor). The new overlay system in MAME makes it easy since it's a 24 bit PNG.