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Vector only MAME cabinet
JustMichael:
If you want to play vector games in Mame try setting the resolution to AT LEAST 1024x768!!!
The look MUCH better at higher resolutions (more like the real vector monitors).
Frostillicus:
I think the glow around a point is the most attractive part of vector monitors - like an oscilliscope. I believe there was an emulator for asteroids that...um..emulated the glow around the shots fired from the USS Triangle. That was the coolest part, IMHO, apart from the sound, and the gameplay, and the button layout, and the cab, and the aw heck it was all awesome :)
StephenH:
If you are going to use a real vector monitor, you may want to wire up a TV or a small LCD monitor for DOS and Windows config, and keep it inside if needed. Vector monitors cannot be used for standard PC work.
Xiaou2:
Well... i myself have been thinking about this latly.
While its true... you can get ok results from a high res pc monitor... theres really a huge difference, mostly in brightness. If the pixils are small enough (like in asteroids bullets)... they glow so brite that its like looking at the sun!
There are a few ways to simulate this artistically... but still will probably come up short..
However... there is a fairly simular technology that could probably do the same effects the same or Better than a vector monitor:
LASERS! ^_^
There was a site about a project called Lasermame. Was a modified version of mame that only played vector games using a laser as a display device. It looked incredible.
The cost of lasers have really come down... and even the complex controllers too. Ive seen laser light show devices on ebay that are arround 100$ to 250$ that have a huge array of features.
If we could convince a company to make a laser projector for us mame peoplee... i think there would be a huge demand for them.
Imagine playing tron in your cab... then exiting... and starting up a game of tempest. The main monitor would go off... and the laser would pop the display right on top of the darkened monitor. (maybe mount the laser overhead and behind the players?)
whats great about the lasers.. is that you can project onto any surface... and scale it to almost any distance...
Justin:
For $239, I would much rather abuy a used 21" CRT computer monitor.
Have you tried Tempest on a 21" with MAME, running at 1600x1200 resolution? It looks freakin' incredible.
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