Medium res games on Standard Res monitor?

[mamerocks87]

Can you play a game that uses a medium res monitor on a standard res monitor? I know that I have heard that some games can use different res monitors. I have a mame machine with a standard res monitor in it and want to purchase a gauntlet legends pcb/hard drive and hook it up to my machine. According to the international arcade museum its a medium res game  http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?letter=G&game_id=7926 Enlighten me...

[Ken Layton]

NO No NO. Feeding a medium res signal to a standard res monitor can damage or even destroy the monitor.

[mamerocks87]

Do some games have some sort of switch to switch the output to different reses?

[SirPeale]

Some games (like Blitz) have a dipswitch setting to go from standard to medium res and back.

But the monitor has to support the resolution.

[Rickn]

Check with whoeveryou are about to buy the game from. I am not positive, but I think it can be switched to Standard res.

I have had at leat one customer tell us he has used our standard res 27" (model 1527) in Gauntlet the Legends, I have had others tell me they used our model 3M27 that supports Standard res, Mid res and VGA.

If you run into a dead end finding out for sure, e-mail me directly and I will try to contact the customer to confirm.

Rick Nieman
Nieman Video Displays
Rick@niemandisplays.com

[SirPeale]

Check with whoeveryou are about to buy the game from. I am not positive, but I think it can be switched to Standard res.

That would make sense; the board (if it's the one I'm thinking of) is the same thing as a Blitz board. It's just a ROM swap.

[Q*Bert_OP]

Do some games have some sort of switch to switch the output to different reses?

This game sure does...Dipswitch (U12)...Set switch numbers 1 and 2 to the off position for low res mode...

That would make sense; the board (if it's the one I'm thinking of) is the same thing as a Blitz board. It's just a ROM swap.

Nope, not the same as a blitz board...blitz is seattle hardware, gauntlet is vegas hardware...but they both can use either low or mid res...

[StephenH]

In order to run medium res games on a standard res monitor you would need a scan converter, if the game in question cannot output standard res 15Khz

[castlesteve]

I would also like add a question about the same thing.

I have a NFL Blitz game board... if I set the DIPS to 15Khz mode, will it work with a wells k7100 (25k7193)? 

It wont damage it by experimentation, will it?

Thanks,
Steve

[Q*Bert_OP]

I would also like add a question about the same thing.

I have a NFL Blitz game board... if I set the DIPS to 15Khz mode, will it work with a wells k7100 (25k7193)? 

It wont damage it by experimentation, will it?

Thanks,
Steve

Yes, your k7100 is compatable...no, you won't damage it...

[castlesteve]

 
I am a 

I should have taken monitors for idiots... because i made the classic mistake... hooking power up to the wrong side of the isolation transformer

Now... after putting the monitor back in the original cabinet... and replacing the fuse on the board... it now blows fuses in the isolation transformer.

So apparently, im shorting something out on the power side. 

I cant locate the Wells 25k7197 (7000 series) flowcharts ...

Should I just purchase a new board and be done with it?  Anyone have a good reccomendation on a board vendor for this monitor?

I feel like an idiot... so flame away.  I wont even fight it

-Steve

[SirPeale]

Should I just purchase a new board and be done with it?  Anyone have a good reccomendation on a board vendor for this monitor?

No!  The K7000 series is a good monitor. 

Start where the power goes into the monitor and start testing components.  Start with the bridge diodes, work your way to the HOT, etc etc.