Best Way to play arcade shmups Cabs , Flat Screens?

ThirdStrike · Post by **ThirdStrike** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:04 am

I was wondering how everyone plays their shmups?

I have a Konami Cab in my living room and a Sony Flat Screen in my computer room and a little 1982 RCA thats displays in amazing resolution in my room.

How do you guys shmup?

Dewclaw · Post by **Dewclaw** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:09 am

I hardly touch my console shootemups and I feel bad about that. But cabs are right there ready to play, no loading. It's got a better feel all around to play them on a cab.

Post by **system11** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:14 am

You can't beat a cab of your preference with some decent controls on it. My personal favourites are the uprights as seen in their thousands across Europe in the 80s and early 90s. Good solid general gaming cabinets, and heavy enough that if a hurricane hit the arcade, the cabs would still be in a nice neat row afterwards, even if the rest of the building was gone.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:55 am

I use the mame cab I built for most games.

http://verticaladdiction.net/cabinet1/cab-menu.jpg

My PS2 for some others (DDP DOJ, galuda, etc...).

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:50 am

Sega New Astro City cab (vertical) and my Capcom Impress cab (horizontal)

Also my 20" flat screen panasonic with very flat side panels for an easy TATE.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:59 am

Commodore 1084S

It's your best option for TATE RGB within Amerikay's sinful shores...

Besides some other one I can't remember, I think undamned has it, and matt.

A cab would be ideal but I don't have the space...MAME, Supergun, Saturn, and PS2 for shooting games at the moment.

zakk · Post by **zakk** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:29 am

I play all shooters on my cab, including consoles.

Post by **Icarus** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 12:04 pm

One size fits all.

Tychom · Post by **Tychom** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 1:06 pm

Icarus, LG's site mention that their CRTs (or at least some of them - they don't go into details) support an interlaced mode, supporting both separate and composite sync. Have you connected that up via an RGB SCART -> DB15 connector then... if so how's the picture? looks nice enough there.

Or is the site not telling the whole truth and you've an XRGB hidden back there..

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 1:07 pm

Goddamn.

I am officially jealous now.

Post by **Icarus** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 1:11 pm

Tychom wrote:Icarus, LG's site mention that their CRTs (or at least some of them - they don't go into details) support an interlaced mode, supporting both separate and composite sync. Have you connected that up via an RGB SCART -> DB15 connector then... if so how's the picture? looks nice enough there.

Or is the site not telling the whole truth and you've an XRGB hidden back there..

That's just a standard 21pin SCART to 21pin SCART. All the SCART inputs look a touch fuzzy, but that's because this is a 15in fuzzy LCD flatpanel TV/monitor as opposed to a crystal clear CRT