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Tinted Glass to cover the monitor?
Witchboard:
--- Quote from: nipsmg on June 04, 2004, 02:42:47 pm ---I believe gray..
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Sorry, just had to do it. ;D
megashock5:
I'm getting ready to MAME on old Galaga3 cab, which is not a vector game, and it has grey smoked glass as part of the cabinet.
So it must be okay on games that aren't vector, at least it seems that way. I'm planning on using a tv for the display, not an old arcade monitor, would the grey glass still be a good idea to use?
RayB:
The "effect" of using smoked glass over the monitor is best with games that have a black background. This way, everything disappears except the game objects.
Crystal Castles is a raster game and it had a dark smoked plexi. (And it too is a game with the main game elements floating on a black background).
I think it looks pretty classy to have it.
fredster:
A lot of old games had that glass. About every midway cocktail had it, lots of uprights including Pacman, qbert, etc.
It hides the monitor etc like you guys are talking about. It also hides screen burn in.
I don't know where you get it. That piece of glass costs $15-25 on Ebay.
FoX:
There were some good comparison pics and discussion on this in the FAQ.
Unfortunately I cant seem to access it right now :(
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