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JustMichael:
Personally I like playing most vector games with these options: -nohws -resolution 1280x1024 -intensity 3 -beam 2.
paigeoliver:
I have seen MOST vectors in action (color and black&white), and it how correct, or good they look on a PC monitor really depends on the game.
Asteroids (and Deluxe, and most B&W vectors). Forget it, you THINK it looks good until you see a real one.
Tempest (most color vectors). PC can actually display this one fairly good. Not quite as bright though, and it is a bit TOO perfect, since every Tempest I have ever played has seemed to have had minor geometry issues.
Lunar Lander. I think this one looks better on PC. Played my first original one saturday, and I don't recall it pulling off any ultra-brightness tricks or anything, but it does flicker noticeably.
Also, one REAL issue for anyone wanting to do a vector Mame, is the fact that not all vector monitors are fast enough to display all games, and the fact that a B&W vector game will not look right on a color vector monitor (actually, B&W games NEVER look right on color monitors, raster or vector). Then there are also the overlays to think about, Lunar Lander, Battlezone, Asteroids Deluxe, Armor Attack, Star Castle, Warrior, and (I think) Demon all used overlays or backdrops that varied from simply decorative (Asteroids Deluxe, Star Castles), to being involved with game information (Battlezone, and the bezel on Lunar Lander), to being downright REQUIRED to properly play the game (Armor Attack, Warrior).
JustMichael:
Mame can also simulate a vector monitor being not quick enough to draw the whole game by using the -flicker xx option where xx is from 0 to 100.
I do think some things on a vector monitor just aren't going to be matched properly by a pc monitor (like the super bright asteroid shots).
Xiaou2:
actually,
i was just over at a friends playing his starwars machine.. and found this interesting... the red,blue, and other colors were mostly dim- but clear... however... the white/color cycling enemy shots were brite as hell. also the light blue beams you fire are also quite brite.
seems that even the color vectors are much brighter than pc or tv displays.
paigeoliver:
Oh yes, the color vectors are brighter than normal, but how different it is depends on the game (and how bright you have the vector monitor turned up, the last Star Wars machine I played was actually fairly dim, and technically it was an Empire Strikes Back machine, but that is basically the same game).
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