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Re: Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from!
07/28/14 03:15 AM


> > If it is PCB related then shouldn't modern PC hardware be able to produce any effect
> > that old arcade hardware can! There is a way to get that display with a PC on a
> > arcade monitor but i don't know how, i seen emulator cabinets with that display on
> > youtube.
>
> Yeah, it's called "running at the exact (low) resolution the real games did".
> GroovyMAME does that, occasionally with help from a special video card called the
> "ArcadeVGA".

And using a tube with slow phosphor, and adjusting beam focus to suit the resolution you're using, and carefully tuning the greyscale setup on the monitor... Doing it right requires effort, but it definitely has nothing to do with resolution or anti-aliasing.







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* Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from! RetroFan4554 07/27/14 03:26 AM
. * Read this. Traso  07/29/14 01:05 AM
. * Re: Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from! Anonymous  07/27/14 11:57 AM
. * Re: Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from! RetroFan4554  07/27/14 01:26 PM
. * Re: Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from! bigbluefe  07/28/14 05:49 PM
. * Re: Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from! MooglyGuy  07/27/14 02:08 PM
. * Re: Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from! MooglyGuy  07/27/14 11:41 AM
. * Re: Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from! RetroFan4554  07/27/14 01:01 PM
. * Re: Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from! Sune  07/27/14 08:55 AM
. * Re: Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from! RetroFan4554  07/27/14 09:49 AM
. * Re: Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from! R. Belmont  07/27/14 02:54 PM
. * Re: Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from! Vas Crabb  07/28/14 03:15 AM
. * Re: Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from! RetroFan4554  07/28/14 03:30 AM
. * Re: Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from! Vas Crabb  07/28/14 08:01 AM
. * Re: Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from! RetroFan4554  07/28/14 10:04 AM
. * Re: Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from! Vas Crabb  07/28/14 02:22 PM
. * Re: Where does arcade systems superior anti-aliasing or resolution come from! RetroFan4554  07/28/14 03:19 PM

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