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johnm160:
OK,

I just "borrowed" a 17" Dell LCD off a coworkers desk at gave Tempest a try. It actually looked quite good in my opinion. I am guessing it will take a little work to get the resolution correct. I don't remember so much black space above the score like I had here, but this was on Mame 32 also. I swapped back to my 17" Mitsubishi CRT and it really looked about the same.

So I guess either will work well. mounting the LCD will be easier but the CRT will be cheaper. I think I will make a final determination once the cab is built and I see how much room is between the board that supports the monitor and the back of the case.

That is unless someone has one here that could measure for me.   :P

ArtMAME:

--- Quote from: johnm160 on October 11, 2006, 05:00:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: ArtMAME on October 11, 2006, 04:12:11 pm ---Go for it.  You can get a 19" PC monitor for $10 to $50 depending on where you go. 

I got a Centipede cabinet that I was gonna MAME, but decided to get original parts for it.  about $500 worth of parts later, I still don't have a working Centipede  :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

I should have just MAMEd the Centipede with a PC and a PC monitor, I would have spent much less and I would have a working Centipede by now.  Well, you live and learn.

Go for what is easiest and most convenient and what will make you happy.  I guess is what I am trying to say :soapbox: :soapbox: :soapbox:

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Wow sorry to hear that!

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Yeah, I am bummed too.   :'(

But hey, that's OK.  I just take it as a learning experience.

Just go for the easiest and most convenient solution that will make YOU happy.  Use what you have on hand, or what you can get easily and inexpensively. 

Then, later, much later, if you want to get adventureous, you can.  That's what I have learned so far.  That's what I am doing from now on. 

Thanks for letting me vent  ;D

Good luck on your vector MAME Tempest cab.  Don't forget to post pics.  I am planning to do some replica cabs soon also.  Dedicated MAME platforms of course.  No more spending $500 on an original boardset, PSU, wire harness, arcade monitor, etc.  just to play one game, when an old Pentium 2 and a spare PC monitor will get you pretty close to the real thing.

crashwg:

--- Quote from: Havok on October 11, 2006, 02:38:55 pm ---I would stay away from widescreen LCDs unless you are going to rotate it for vertical only games, then they are the way to go...

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Have you ever seen a vertical game with a widescreen (or tall screen in this case) in an arcade?  I for one haven't...

JustMichael:

--- Quote from: johnm160 on October 11, 2006, 11:05:59 am ---What is the best alternative to a color xy for a tempest mame project? A CGA arcacde monitor or a PC monitor.

Tempest looks ok on my pc monitor but I have no clue what it would look like on a standard arcade monitor.

**note** No Tempest cabinets have been hurt during this post  ;)

This will be a Tempest Replica I will be building since I cannot find a cabinet locally.


Thanks for any help.

John

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PC monitor.  Set the mame resolution to at least 1024x768.  You will also have to set the "beam" in the mame.ini file to a value you like (such as 1.5).

johnm160:
Thanks for the help guys.

I will post plenty of pics, and do a project announcement at the appropraite time, I am in the process of making a couple of templates for a few up coming projects. I am torn at this point between starting the project next week or waiting till the 21st for the arcade auction as a last chance to find one.

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