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Title: Searching for games that played on a 25-27 inch monitor
Post by: Chunce DeLeone on July 08, 2009, 08:11:19 am

Is there a way to search for Games that used a 25-27 inch horizontal monitor? 

Title: Re: Searching for games that played on a 25-27 inch monitor
Post by: Malenko on July 08, 2009, 10:40:30 am

not really, most games had kit and dedicated versions; some had medium res some had standard res

Title: Re: Searching for games that played on a 25-27 inch monitor
Post by: Ummon on July 09, 2009, 06:51:46 pm

Why?

Title: Re: Searching for games that played on a 25-27 inch monitor
Post by: Chunce DeLeone on July 10, 2009, 09:01:44 am

Becasue i want the games to be played on the same hardware they were intended to be played on.  I have a 19inch vert and a 19inch horizontal, and a 25 inch horizontal and want to divide wup the games between the three.  This goes back to the thinking that Robotron on a 25inch monitor is way too big and not as good as the 19inch, but Xmen or TMNT may be better on a 25inch. 

Title: Re: Searching for games that played on a 25-27 inch monitor
Post by: Jack Burton on July 10, 2009, 11:10:17 am

You may have more luck starting out with cutting big swathes in your ROM list.

For example,  I think you can pretty much say that every CPS2 and CPS3 game ever made were designed to run on a 25-29" monitor. 

Any game made after about 1994 or so would have run on a 25-29"er too I think.

Title: Re: Searching for games that played on a 25-27 inch monitor
Post by: Malenko on July 11, 2009, 01:25:19 am

but then theres re-releases, like the MsPac/Galaga reunion cabs that house 25" vertical monitors.....


What about games like the Xmen side scroller that came  with 2 25" monitors, one mounted to the left and one mounted face up on the right reflected into a mirror, what about punch out with 2 19" horizontal monitors mounted one over the other......


basically jack summed it up pretty well but I'd say any game made 1992 or after was made for a bigger monitor.

Title: Re: Searching for games that played on a 25-27 inch monitor
Post by: Kevin Mullins on July 11, 2009, 01:39:11 am

Quote from: Malenko on July 11, 2009, 01:25:19 am

What about games like the Xmen side scroller that came  with 2 25" monitors, one mounted to the left and one mounted face up on the right reflected into a mirror

That was a six player machine, figure the odds of setting that one up.  ;)

Title: Re: Searching for games that played on a 25-27 inch monitor
Post by: SirPeale on July 11, 2009, 12:30:34 pm

Quote from: Malenko on July 11, 2009, 01:25:19 am

but then theres re-releases, like the MsPac/Galaga reunion cabs that house 25" vertical monitors...

Just because that release came with a 25" doesn't mean it /should/ have.  Many people complain about it being /too/ big.  Esp with Galaga because it's harder to keep track of the enemies.

I'd say most fighters would be safe to go with a 25", classics 19".  Shumps...hard to say.  Depends on how far away from the monitor you are.