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Title: Tetris on a Vertical Cabinet?
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on January 21, 2010, 06:10:11 pm: 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 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=95078.msg1000334#msg1000334)

(http://maws.mameworld.info/img/ps/snap/atetris.png)

Any ideas?

DeLuSioNaL29
Title: Re: Tetris on a Vertical Cabinet?
Post by: crashwg on January 21, 2010, 06:46:41 pm: 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...
Title: Re: Tetris on a Vertical Cabinet?
Post by: RayB on January 21, 2010, 06:49:31 pm: 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.
Title: Re: Tetris on a Vertical Cabinet?
Post by: crashwg on January 21, 2010, 06:53:26 pm: Quote from: RayB on January 21, 2010, 06:49:31 pm
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...
Title: Re: Tetris on a Vertical Cabinet?
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on January 21, 2010, 06:54:09 pm: 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
Title: Re: Tetris on a Vertical Cabinet?
Post by: javeryh on January 21, 2010, 07:34:01 pm: 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...
Title: Re: Tetris on a Vertical Cabinet?
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on January 21, 2010, 08:22:18 pm: 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.

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