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Brad Lee:
Vector monitors are different from regular monitors(vga, crt, lcd, etc) in that they dont scan the entire picture 60 times a second. Im not exactly sure, so some of this may need further clarification
What they do is get information from the game about whats supposed to be on the screen, and plot those points at an XY coordinate, then the next point, and so on. Lines are drawn between 2 points similarly, it plots the end points and then draws between em

2 of the most widely recognized vector games are probably Battlezone and Tempest, butthere are a bunch more(you should be able to sort on monitor type in mame32 or other FEs)

When playing a vector game thru an emulator on a RGB monitor, it draws the entire screen, and then rasterizes it(converts it to pixels) and sends it to the monitor. Often it looks either fuzzy or faint. I geuss a good analogy would be the difference between a jpg and a vector drawing in illustrator- the lines are crisp and exact, no matterwhat you do with em

Stingray:
No matter how much you tweak the settings you can never get that true vector look on a raster monitor. If I had space and money I'd love to have a MAME system with a real vector monitor. As it is I'll just have to be happy with the one I've got.  8)

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Sephroth57:
hmm, well in that case i guess it is technicly better to play on vector monitors. personally im not a fan of vector games, but it looks cool if youre into that kind of stuff. I know if they had some kind of special monitor for Marvel Vs Capcom 2 id have it =)

Stingray:
Just clicked on the link. Wow! at $239 for just the card and I have no idea what a vector monitor would set you back, it would be a pretty pricy toy. The 'cool factor' would be through the roof though.

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Edgedamage:
Easy to get battle zone looking good go to a art store and get green transparency like the real machine used. Also you could make the different coloured rings starcastle used. Anyway with a monitor that small you could make a compact mame machine that allows you to change the coloured overlays with ease.

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