Best settings for vector games?

[thrash242]

I admit that I don't remember ever playing vector games, as they were a little before my time.  I think I may have seen Asteroids as a kid, but I don't remember really what it looked like.

That said, I really like some vector games like Asteroids and especially Tempest.  What, in your opinion, are the most authentic looking settings for these vector games in MAME?  I mean for intensity, flicker, translucency, etc.  I'm running in 800x600, and I have antialiasing on.  I'm currently using MAME .84, if it matters.

I realize that it won't ever look perfect, but I'd like it to be as authentic as possible.

BTW, do vector graphics look similar to oscilliscopes?  I do have some experience with those.  I'm thinking it's a similar principle, if not the exact same thing, so I was just curious.

[paigeoliver]

Set it at whatever you like. I have seen most real vector games in action and Mame can't even come close.

[Lilwolf]

best settings are anti aliasing at the highest resolution your monitor can handle.  1600x1200 if doable.   You might have some speed issues though.

trouble is a good monitor for vector games are considered the worse for raster games.  So there isn't a good one case senerio for a cab.

I would love to look at the anti aliasing code and see if it can be converted to 2x,4x, 8x, 16x versions.  Because playing 3d games on my arcade monitor with a good 3d video card with 16x looks !@# beautiful!  As good as on my SVGA monitor.  I would love to see if it would help on vector games in mame.  The algorithms aren't all that different..

[jimmyjet]

What would be a good setting to improve speed.  Asteroids is unplayable on my 300mhz.  I played around with a few settings, but nothing drastically changed.  Adjusting the sound helped the most (sample rate).
Thanks.
jim

[Chris]

What would be a good setting to improve speed.

[Howard_Casto]

You haven't told us the most important thing... namely what type of display you are using. 

[thrash242]

Good point.  I'm currently using a 20" PC monitor, but once I get the money, I'll get a arcade "hybrid" monitor.  The kind they have at Happ that are arcade montors, but plug into regular VGA.

My resolution is 800x600, even though I can currently do more, since the real monitor I get will probably only support 800x600.

[Howard_Casto]

well hybrid montiors and regular computer monitors are good for vector games and pretty much nothing else imho (resolution is too high, wrong dot-pitch ratio, ect) 

As the others said, a very high resolution is your best bet.  You'll find that with tv's and rasters you have to adjust the beam settings in mame to make them thicker.