Aka & Blue Type-R (Exa Arcade 2018)

[Udderdude]

True low res is officially dead. RIP, 2018. You will be missed.

[trap15]

The hardware can do 320x240, so no it's not ;D

[Udderdude]

That's a pretty moot point if nothing actually uses it.

(If a true low res tree falls in a forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a poorly sampled sound effect?)

[Sumez]

Where are you guys getting information about the hardware?

[KAI]

can you imagine this in glorious 320x240

Where are you guys getting information about the hardware?

no info on twitter or the official site, I think some people here have connections with the shmup yakuza.

[Shepardus]

can you imagine this in glorious 320x240

[BulletMagnet]

[PC Engine Fan X!]

can you imagine this in glorious 320x240

Where are you guys getting information about the hardware?

no info on twitter or the official site, I think some people here have connections with the shmup yakuza.

Fascinating 411 on the arcade hardware that Aka to Blue Type R runs on. Good to learn that it can be played in 320 x 240 mode.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Muchi Muchi Spork]

You either missed the joke or missed part of it.

[geosnow]

Press BUTT

[Shou]

can you imagine this in glorious 320x240

Where are you guys getting information about the hardware?

no info on twitter or the official site, I think some people here have connections with the shmup yakuza.

Fascinating 411 on the arcade hardware that Aka to Blue Type R runs on. Good to learn that it can be played in 320 x 240 mode.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Aka & Blue Type-R will not play in 15kHz.

[spmbx]

I must say it's impressive they have a requirement for both 480p and 720p for this hardware. When done properly that means mixing a 4:3 and widescreen aspectratio for the same game on the same hardware. That seems like a gigantic headache to support properly especially or things like shmups with bulletpatterns etc. I remember in the early days of the xbox360 i've had quite a few games with issues when using a 4:3 aspect on the vga cable. Also capcom vs tatsunoku comes to mind where there were some gameplay differences on wii vs arcade because of this.

[Sumez]

Prepare for borders with sexy shmup character backgrounds - now in the arcade as well!

[Shepardus]

Caladrius AC already exists.

[Sumez]

Oh god, why did I have to learn that today

[Metalsludge]

True low res is officially dead. RIP, 2018. You will be missed.

I will miss the scanlines, not gonna lie.

[waiwainl]

True low res is officially dead. RIP, 2018. You will be missed.

I will miss the scanlines, not gonna lie.

There are solutions for that

[pixelcorps]

4:3 31k and 16:9 720p will be universally supported on all games.

So vertical games can switch between different aspect ratios as well as resolutions? That screen shot is 16:9.

It probably has graphical padding top and bottom so the 4:3 image sits in the middle of the screen, like the Nesica version of Crimson Clover.. I think you can see a little at the top of the photo..

[pixelcorps]

True low res is officially dead. RIP, 2018. You will be missed.

Nah, Arcades here still have stacks of CRT cabs, and it will take a good while for arcades to phase them out, but I can imagine 31khz 640x480 being the lowest res for a while, unless cave pump out another low res game.

I think most HD cabs will be usually designated for new releases, after that, it will be relegated to a CRT as demand goes down

That said, all the new hardware seems to require 720p minimum, but that can be downscaled to 640x480 quite comfortably.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

On this new-fangled exA-Arcadia arcade hardware platform, what video output interface will be used? Will it output in VGA, DVI-A, or HDMI format?

I do recall some of examu's earlier arcade pcbs running in 640 x 480 mode with VGA output indeed.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Shou]

On this new-fangled exA-Arcadia arcade hardware platform, what video output interface will be used? Will it output in VGA, DVI-A, or HDMI format?

I do recall some of examu's earlier arcade pcbs running in 640 x 480 mode with VGA output indeed.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

HDMI or DVI

[zak]

On this new-fangled exA-Arcadia arcade hardware platform, what video output interface will be used? Will it output in VGA, DVI-A, or HDMI format?

I do recall some of examu's earlier arcade pcbs running in 640 x 480 mode with VGA output indeed.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

HDMI or DVI

For those with VGA input on their cabs, I take it a DVI to VGA adapter will be enough?

Will it be compatible with the Capcom I/O for existing tri-sync JAMMA cabs?

[Shou]

On this new-fangled exA-Arcadia arcade hardware platform, what video output interface will be used? Will it output in VGA, DVI-A, or HDMI format?

I do recall some of examu's earlier arcade pcbs running in 640 x 480 mode with VGA output indeed.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

HDMI or DVI

For those with VGA input on their cabs, I take it a DVI to VGA adapter will be enough?

Will it be compatible with the Capcom I/O for existing tri-sync JAMMA cabs?

A simple adapter will work.

For JAMMA JVS IO boards, we are compatible with every major one (Capcom, namco, Sega, Taito).

[zak]

This is great news Thanks for sharing Shou.

[waiwainl]

Remains the question, WHERE can we regular folks buy it when the time is there?


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[Shou]

Remains the question, WHERE can we regular folks buy it when the time is there?


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It'll be available worldwide.

[Muchi Muchi Spork]

Arcade Heroes is going to do an article on the exa at Jaepo. They mention it in this article.

http://arcadeheroes.com/2018/02/05/jaep ... nami-more/

[Udderdude]

That's a big tablet.

(I'll see my way out.)

[PC Engine Fan X!]

If a shmupper can give us the the inside scoop of how Aka to Blue Type R plays and some cool video footage of it up & running, that'd be gravy.

And is Aka to Blue Type R a solitary playing experience or is it a two-player affair as well?

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Muchi Muchi Spork]

They don't want any footage of it anywhere until the show. There's a law in Japan where arcade games have to have 2P support.