First Tate Game

[travie_64]

It's funny that I stumbled on this thread because my first TATE game was Blue Revolver and I just did it yesterday. I installed the game on my MacBook Air, fiddled with the video settings, then realized the true potential for this laptop.

Now, I'm searching for a solid monitor that can rotate on the fly because I can never switch back.

[Koa Zo]

I'm pretty sure it was Strikers 1945 Part II. I know I was psyched playing home ports with the proper arcade orientation. It made the play field seem so big and full (duh) compared to yoko options. I could hardly believe they'd program a game like that and expect a home audience to flip their TVs, it was radical!
I have particularly fond memories of the Dreamcast era with Gunbird 2, Ikaruga, Trigger Heart Exelica, Under Defeat, Trizeal, and Radirgy.

[MEKJIAN]

Funny enough, it was about 5 years ago when I was downloading iOS apps for my good ol' iPhone 4s.

I remember thinking "Wow, this Bug Princess and Espgaluda looks pretty good on a vertically oriented screen, but my thumb gets in the way!".

Years later, I have like 330 sorted tate games on PC with the glorious over-thick scanlines from a trinitron CRT monitor.

Today, I play Monolith: After the End super casually, "popping a quarter in", so to speak, trying to put a dent into its replay-ability!

Man, I love my perma-tate'd setup. (minus climbing under the desk to go from HDMI time to VGA time)

[Special World]

I still can't play Ikaruga tated because back in the day I played it hori. Whenever I tate it I'm like "what the fuck game is this"

[D]

For me it was Shienryu for the Saturn. It holds a special place in my heart for that. Not sure when. I'd say somewhere in 1999/2000. I then discoverd how to tate a tv succesfully without distorted colors. (turn off tv for about 5 minutes, then rotate, turn on)

[LordHypnos]

Now, I'm searching for a solid monitor that can rotate on the fly because I can never switch back.

Once you go tate you never.... abate, I guess?

[GaijinPunch]

Now, I'm searching for a solid monitor that can rotate on the fly because I can never switch back.

Once you go tate you never.... abate, I guess?

Pronunciation all whack.

[mycophobia]

just found out I can kinda prop up my computer monitor against the wall on its side so I guess I have to do that on vert games from now on

[LordHypnos]

Now, I'm searching for a solid monitor that can rotate on the fly because I can never switch back.

Once you go tate you never.... abate, I guess?

Pronunciation all whack.

Yeah I didn't try very hard.

[scrilla4rella]

Ikaruga on DC from day 1 (2002).

But I didn't fully comprehend the power of Tate until I played Layer Section, Donpachi, and Strikers 1945 on my rotated 19" Sony Wega through S-video.

“And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.”

[ave]

I suppose that must have been a CRT computer screen which I tated to play Ikaruga (DC) through VGA.

[neorichieb1971]

Gunbird on saturn. Got the game free for being a good customer.

[dingsbums]

Man that was a long time ago but I'm pretty sure it was Raiden Project (Raiden 1 & 2) on the PS1. I had a Commodore 1084 (14") monitor (was easy to tate & looked awesome with RGB) and a 70" Panasonic CRT (and yes I tated that one also ) at the time. I always loved it when somebody came in my room, saw the rotated TV and shook their head in disbelief .

[LordHypnos]

70" Panasonic CRT (and yes I tated that one also

Damn, that must've been a workout! I didn't even know they made CRTs that big

[MEKJIAN]

70" Panasonic CRT (and yes I tated that one also

Damn, that must've been a workout! I didn't even know they made CRTs that big

That has got to be a typo. You had a 70 inch, from corner to corner, BOOB TUBE!?

I've seen these giant Mitsubishi (EDIT: MEGA VIEW PRO 42" AM-4201R with an absurd amount of relevant input jacks on the back) sets that are in the 40 inch+ range, but its like double that???

This is supposedly 300 lbs.



The standard pallet below really shows HOW BIG we are talking here. This is just 42".

[Xyga]

Your first pic is too big! ^^

Mitsubishi supposedly produced a few 61" that didn't work well and were discontinued quickly.

Guess he meant 70 cm yeah.

[MEKJIAN]

Your first pic is too big! ^^

No joke, google image search says there is the 2500x2000 version above, and this 200x100 silly thumbnail, and nothing in between. I really don't want to download, resize, host somewhere else, blah blah blah..

Guess he meant 70 cm yeah.

So like 70 cm = 50-ish inches.

[Xyga]

Maybe he meant rear-projection CRT ?

There was a pic of a tated one somewhere...

[cicada88]

That giant Mitsubishi is a beast! That's like the ultimate set for local 4+ player gaming. If I had one, I'd design my game room around it (you'd have to).

The pic with that girl is amazing, haha.

[d0s]

Shikigami no Shiro II on DC if I remember right, but the answer could easily be "any tate-able DC STG". I bought one of those nice small Toshiba flat CRTs with component inputs that were being deeply discounted at Sears to do it, was awesome at the time

[Triple Lei]

Pac-Man on Namco Museum Vol. 1 on PlayStation. I thought I was stepping into dangerous territory, what with the way the game itself warns you not to.

I wouldn't tate again until I got Gunbird 2 for the Dreamcast.