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Reged: 05/09/05
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Loc: Waltham, MA
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Re: Question about vertical oriented games on real arcade boards and TVs
05/06/13 05:17 AM
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> I'm not going to guarantee your hardware etc. but lots of people do that, including > myself. It's referred to as "tate" by the shooting game community. Some home ports of > shooting games have had support for running them this way (rotated) so you can use > the full screen area but also contain safety warnings in their instruction booklets > for trying it. Draw your own conclusions.
I've had a CRT PC monitor on its side literally for years. I was a little worried about heat at first, as the vents in the case are in the wrong place for heat to rise out, but I've never had an issue with heat or anything else.
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