POLL : Do you TATE your monitor for PC shmups?

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 4:15 am

If a PC shmup has the option, do you 'tate to play in TATE mode?

Shepardus · Post by **Shepardus** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 4:26 am

I don't, but I probably would if I had a monitor that I could rotate.

Kino · Post by **Kino** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 6:25 am

Cee · Post by **Cee** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:09 am

I have 2 pc monitors one fixed to the wall with a bracket for tate sessions and the other one regular next to it for everything else.

cave hermit · Post by **cave hermit** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:45 am

Sometimes I'll flip my laptop on its side to play Tate shmups, but I get a heavy glare effect that makes it difficult to see the bottom of the screen so I don't really do it often.

copy-paster · Post by **copy-paster** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:36 am

If I playing shmup in consoles, maybe I Tate it cause my TV are CRT-based monitor.

emphatic · Post by **emphatic** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:04 pm

I never rotate my screen for horizontal games.

RHE · Post by **RHE** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:21 pm

Shepardus wrote:I don't, but I probably would if I had a monitor that I could rotate.

This.

Some-Mist · Post by **Some-Mist** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 2:33 pm

yea, I might if I had a rotatable monitor, but it's just so much easier to plug in and play. funny thing is I have a tated xm29 directly underneath the computer setup except that it's a pain to disconnect the 360/supergun and swap.

Jotamide · Post by **Jotamide** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 5:59 pm

I specifically bought a pivoted monitor for TATE, so yes.

Giest118 · Post by **Giest118** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 7:05 pm

Nobody plays PC shmups. If it's not on an arcade cabinet, it doesn't even exist on the material plane.

But no, I don't tate my monitor.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 8:34 pm

I won't play a vertically oriented shmup with black bars on the side. Totally ruins the experience.

If it's vert & designed for 4:3 then it doesn't seem to give me any problems, even if it's something with a status panel on the side of the screen like Elemental Master. In fact, I prefer that style over horis.

Maybe it's because I'm used to video pinball?

EDIT - Also I find it best to use a cheap LCD for Tate. You may experience a minimal color anomaly towards the bottom half depending on your angle, but arcade screens were mostly tilted backwards anyway, which solves that problem. Adjustable mounts can be found for $10-20 on Amazon. MAME's scan line effect is pretty satisfactory on these screens.

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 1:14 am

8BA wrote:I won't play a vertically oriented shmup with black bars on the side. Totally ruins the experience.

pestro87 · Post by **pestro87** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 2:44 am

Shadolf · Post by **Shadolf** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 10:36 am

When I play at my 37" LED/LCD TV I don´t TATE, cause the screen is big enougth.
I have rotated the 27" screen, my PC normaly is conected to for some games in the past.
The problem with the 27" LCD is that the view angle is not symmetric and so the picture is quiet dark from one side.
But mostly I play vertical games with my New Net City cab that has a permanent TATE setting

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For those of you who consider to build a cab their own. When you play 3:4 vertical games a lot and dislike the black borders, you may build a vertical only cab.
So you can use a 32" or 40" 16:9 LCD screen and cover the unused screen sections. 32" 16:9 will give you 26,1" 4:3 and 40" will make a 32,7" 4:3.
You just have to find an LCD monitor that has absolute symmetrical view angles. Suggestions anyone??

Nasirosuchus · Post by **Nasirosuchus** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 11:59 am

I built a PC last year that I only use for vertical shmups.

-Vertical MAME games
-Vertical Dreamcast Games
-Taito Type X - Raiden IV, Shikigami No Shiro III, Homura
-Naomi - Radilgy Noir, Shooting Love 2007
-etc

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