Explanation on why Cave shooters are in high demand?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:54 pm

Every Cave topic turns into a discussion about resolution.

Grinning Cat · Post by **Grinning Cat** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:11 pm

Man, Cave fans are such nerds

~ Grinning Cat

Recap · Post by **Recap** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:16 pm

GaijinPunch wrote: Aren't they down-scaled?

What Zaphod said. Well, more or less. Yoko modes use something like 640 x 480 interlaced, so even if the actual game picture takes a small part of the screen unlike tate modes, it's upscaled from the original design resolution.

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:19 pm

Rob wrote:Every Cave topic turns into a discussion about resolution.

See also: every thread Recap wanders into.

Recap · Post by **Recap** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:36 pm

cigsthecat wrote:
Rob wrote:Every Cave topic turns into a discussion about resolution.
See also: every thread Recap wanders into.

Added-value threads until the troll-wannabe troupe importunes, on the other hand.

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:01 am

Recap wrote:
Added-value threads until the troll-wannabe troupe importunes, on the other hand.

I'm sorry but I don't speak whatever that was supposed to be. GaijinPunch?

Recap · Post by **Recap** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:13 am

cigsthecat wrote:
I'm sorry but I don't speak whatever that was supposed to be. GaijinPunch?

You're denser than what I thought, then. Tragic.

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:45 pm

Quite.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 11:54 pm

I guess where I'm confused is that it seems to me you couldn't change from 15hz to 31hz one the fly... I would think you'd need to do some reloading of things... namely everything on the screen.

Recap · Post by **Recap** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 12:17 am

GaijinPunch wrote:I guess where I'm confused is that it seems to me you couldn't change from 15hz to 31hz one the fly... I would think you'd need to do some reloading of things... namely everything on the screen.

Notice I said "interlaced". "Hi-res" doesn't mean "31 kHz". Hi-res + interlace = 15 kHz. Which is what any hi-res console displays unless you use a hi-res TV/VGA monitor.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:01 am

Aahh... okay, gotcha. Something wasn't adding up in my head.