Mortal Kombat 3 - Picture Issues

[tellaedhel]

Hello, hello,

I have a frequency problem with my Arcade Monitor Wells-Gardner 19K4901. I am using Windows XP and MAME32 v0.90. I am also using a great Soft-15KHz. I am now looking for custom modlines that will make my, Mortal Kombat I, II, and III and Load Runner Roms, picture stable. I would appreciate any suggestions you guys might have.

[BobA]

Apparently the Mortal Kombat games run at about 53 or 54 Hz not 60 Hz so you may have to adj your vertical hold pot.  I have a Mortal Kombat I but it syncs well with my Commodore monitor that I use on my test rig.

See this thread http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=72280.0

[tellaedhel]

So, basically, whenever I want to play MK, I will have to re-tweak the actual screen position manually? There is no software tweaking, adding a custom modeline and such? I will try playing with it today, but it will be very disapointing if I had to tweak when switching between the games. That would suck.

[adder]

i might be able to fix this problem if u used a newer version of mame, but i notice u are using a very old version 0.90

u are not willing to upgrade?

[tellaedhel]

The version, I will have to doublecheck when I get home. I donwloaded mine from a romnation website when I was building my arcade long time ago. I did not actually check the number of my version installed, but I am assuming it is the one I have written down on my blog page. I will check that again, just in case, when I get back home. Also, what version would you suggest? What is the newest version that would run stable and does not ask for much tweaking? I kind of hate replacing the version if it will take away all that I have built so far. I have HyperSpin installed and booting straight into the Mame32 and all the commands, roms and the rest is setup just fine. I hope that installing this new version does not require re-tweaking all this.

Thanks for the response.

[adder]

im not going to recommend updating mame if u dont want to
i think to solve the problem u may have to consider either running the problem games at a differet refresh rate (eg. 60hz), or force the problem games to use a different resolution (which may result in some black border)