Can/Should games in mame play at 800X600?

[thetered]

I have XP and mamewah to run at 800X600 with no problems but when I launch a game it scrolls, so I went to the games (metal slug X) ini file and changed the res from 620x480 (or something like that) to 800x600 but the game still scrolls when I launch it.

I am using an old wells 19in monitor with arcade vga...

[DaemonCollector]

Make sure that the resolutions for XP and MameWah are the same. If they are different, than the hold settings on them are different.

[thetered]

How do I check that for mamewah? 

[thetered]

nm i figured it out, thanks!

[thetered]

fixed first problem so changed the topic and question.

[Minwah]

No, don't use 800x600 on an arcade monitor.  You should use low-res modes, as the ArcadeVGA is inteded (eg 321x240, 368x240 etc...)

Try my MAME Resolution Tool to generate suitable ini files for you to achieve this.

[Lilwolf]

btw, this is because arcadevga -> arcade monitor supports 640x480+ but in interlaced mode.  This makes the monitor draw every other line every pass... Then the next pass it does the other.  This gives flashing and is very annoying. 

640x288 I believe is the highest resolution that you can get without interlaced mode.

[Minwah]

640x288 I believe is the highest resolution that you can get without interlaced mode.

Yep, but I find this mode a bit useless personally.

Of course the interlaced modes are of use, for fitting medium/high res. games onto a standard res. screen.  Or squashing vertical games onto a horizontal screen...but otherwise you should use the low-res modes.