Arcade Monitors

Daedalus · Post by **Daedalus** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:53 am

Alright, I'm going to an auction this weekend and will hopefully come back with something. But, I was was wondering exactly how arcade monitors work?

In other words, I would ideally like to be able to convert and/or swap games. What do I need to know regarding what games work on what monitors?

SuperPang · Post by **SuperPang** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:27 am

Shmups wise, for anything other than Naomi/Type X you need a 15khz standard resolution monitor (CGA).

To play Naomi/TX you ideally need 31khz high res (VGA) monitor or multi/tri-sync monitor that does both.

Daedalus · Post by **Daedalus** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:16 pm

Thanks for the info.

Are 15 kHz and 31 kHz the only resolutions of arcade monitor, or are there others?

antron · Post by **antron** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:48 pm

there is medium resolution at 25kHz.

concerning swapping games, read up on the JAMMA standard.

Daedalus · Post by **Daedalus** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:12 am

Thanks guys, this helps a lot

Hopefully they'll have some good machines tomorrow.

SuperPang · Post by **SuperPang** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:57 am

You'll find most 15khz monitors support 24khz medium res (EGA) as well, but you won't need that unless you want to play Sega "model" hardware, which is a bitch to set up.