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ChadTower:
--- Quote from: XtraSmiley on February 05, 2006, 12:53:43 am ---Well, I'm thinking of using the computer to do multiple things, so that's why. Why would one need a 700mhz computer to emulate a 8mhz game from 20 years ago? I have no idea....
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It is not unreasonable to say it would need an 800mhz. You have no idea how many different levels of emulation are going on there in the hardware. Remember, it generally takes a machine AT LEAST TWICE as powerful as the original to emulate.
You can also pick up a 700mhz computer for free with very little legwork.
shawnzilla:
For those of you with WG6100s, what ZVGTWEAK settings would you recommend?
Matthew Fisher:
I crank the max intensity up all the way, which seems to make it pretty much the same brightness as my Tempest and makes all the games look better. IMHO, the min intensity should also be set a little lower than the default to get good contrast in the Sega games in particular. For the point brightness, it's a matter of what you care most about. On the color games, a high setting makes points (stars, etc.) a little too bright but improves the overall look of the b/w games. For instance, if it's high the bullets make a nice "ghost trail" in Asteroids but the stars in Cosmic Chasm are too bright. The vector redraw rate (? all I know is the default is 40) can probably be set a little lower. Adjust it down until the vectors start breaking up and then back up a few clicks. Too high, and performance is very adversely affected. As for the other settings, maybe it depends on your computer and/or I can't recall at the moment. I'll check this out this weekend and post again.
SirPeale:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 10, 2006, 12:53:22 pm ---You can also pick up a 700mhz computer for free with very little legwork.
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Yeah?
Kremmit:
--- Quote from: Peale on February 10, 2006, 10:50:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 10, 2006, 12:53:22 pm ---You can also pick up a 700mhz computer for free with very little legwork.
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Yeah?
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It happens. I grabbed two off the side of the road a while back, just as an example. They were in some dude's trash pile. It's kind of like arcade cabs.. you look, and you look, and nothing... until you suddenly find something.
There's always somebody buying a new machine and putting the old one in the closet, tossing it, or giving it away. The trick is to find that somebody.
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