Show your Tate setup thats not a cab or arcade machine

[emphatic]

That does look rather fetching. Does the Fighting Edge come with those side LEDs?

[-S.L-]

That's very nice. Is the stand home made? What are the parts? Any schematics?

i made it myself, you can check how here but it's in french ...

http://www.neogeofans.com/leforum/showt ... ost1076835

That does look rather fetching. Does the Fighting Edge come with those side LEDs?

the side leds comes with the fighting edge stick yes ! but honnestly, this stick needs SANWA (which i changed for, but was a big pain to do for the stick i must say)

[MSZ]

That's very nice. Is the stand home made? What are the parts? Any schematics?

i made it myself, you can check how here but it's in french ...

http://www.neogeofans.com/leforum/showt ... ost1076835

That does look rather fetching. Does the Fighting Edge come with those side LEDs?

the side leds comes with the fighting edge stick yes ! but honnestly, this stick needs SANWA (which i changed for, but was a big pain to do for the stick i must say)

Is your monitor a Dell? Which model is it?

I also want to upgrade my screen to a 27" one, but I worry a lot about the input lag and response time.

[rCadeGaming]

Plenty of 27" screens with minimal lag:

http://www.displaylag.com/display-database/

[MSZ]

Plenty of 27" screens with minimal lag:

http://www.displaylag.com/display-database/

Thanks for the link.

[Jelly]

I had some difficulties finding suitable furniture for the ridiculously sized BVM to be able to have it in my living room, so I got this silly colourful thing at a thrift store. Anyway, my dedicated TATE SHMUP corner / guitar corner, where the magic happens.

[ryu]

that doesn't look all that stable, does it...

[Jelly]

that doesn't look all that stable, does it...

It does look alarmingly unstable, but it really isn't. I can roll that thing around with no problems. Solid as a rock.

[Drachenherz]

that doesn't look all that stable, does it...

It does look alarmingly unstable, but it really isn't. I can roll that thing around with no problems. Solid as a rock.

And it rocks some serious style! Wow, that's just... Shmuppers heaven!

http://m.memegenerator.net/instance/38817752

[2D•TRON]

[URL=http://s1350.photobucket.com/user/ ... .jpg[/img]

My 14" of vert fun
With CoinOps5 and a hacked Qanbaq3-xs with a KADE inside. Nice and easy to hook this up to my GameCube for some IKARUGA action.. Just a shame I suck at it still after a year of trying to get better. But none the less KADE makes your favourite stick very versatile.
The stick has had no other mods, I do have a virtstick waiting to go to replace the sanwa

[opt2not]

Nice choice on the arcade stick. Qanba Q3 is my favourite...

[2D•TRON]

Nice choice on the arcade stick. Qanba Q3 is my favourite...

thanks.

I was torn between the Q3 and Q4.
The wood body sold it. And I'm yet to use a Q4 but cant imagine it having the same solid feel.

I added a KADE so it's suitable for most consoles now. With the right USB adapter that is.

The buttons are a joy.
The stick feels it would be more suited to a fighter as aposed to a shmup.
I have a virt stick to go in once I work out how to hook it up

[antibolo]

Has anyone any experience with using a Commodore 1702 in vertical? Does the chassis hold up well? I no longer use mine now that I upgraded to a PVM, but after seeing this thread I'm thinking about making a dedicated tate setup with it.

[BobbyNewmarkiii]

Not flashy, but does the job and does it well.

Dell U2412m with PC on Displayport, J360 on DVI-D (from HDMI) and Dreamcast on VG (via Hanzo).

Colour me quite pleased with myself



...in yoko mode

[matrigs]

http://i39.tinypic.com/6ga1yr.jpg

Not flashy, but does the job and does it well.

Dell U2412m with PC on Displayport, J360 on DVI-D (from HDMI) and Dreamcast on VG (via Hanzo).

Colour me quite pleased with myself

http://i39.tinypic.com/w6qyp3.jpg

...in yoko mode

Funny, but this is EXACTLY what i wanted to do myself after i saw this @ IKEA.

I'm even more convinced now.

[Sarethums]

That's very nice. Is the stand home made? What are the parts? Any schematics?

i made it myself, you can check how here but it's in french ...

http://www.neogeofans.com/leforum/showt ... ost1076835

That does look rather fetching. Does the Fighting Edge come with those side LEDs?

the side leds comes with the fighting edge stick yes ! but honnestly, this stick needs SANWA (which i changed for, but was a big pain to do for the stick i must say)

May i have i copy of the schematics please? Are ahmups quite big in france? Ive seen many shmup videos on youtube from france.

[Xyga]

Are ahmups quite big in france? Ive seen many shmup videos on youtube from france.

Maybe just my personal feeling but I'd say that at least the french-speaking community ranks third after japanese and english.
Not large in numbers but with really active and enthusiastic people.
Put together the shmup+arcade+retrogaming crowd is rather strong in France.

And thanks to them we got some pretty VIP guests from Japan this summer !
(as well as some well-known members from this forum)
http://forum.shmup.com/viewtopic.php?p= ... a9aaf654b9

[-S.L-]

That's very nice. Is the stand home made? What are the parts? Any schematics?

i made it myself, you can check how here but it's in french ...

http://www.neogeofans.com/leforum/showt ... ost1076835

That does look rather fetching. Does the Fighting Edge come with those side LEDs?

the side leds comes with the fighting edge stick yes ! but honnestly, this stick needs SANWA (which i changed for, but was a big pain to do for the stick i must say)

May i have i copy of the schematics please? Are ahmups quite big in france? Ive seen many shmup videos on youtube from france.

Sorry mate but i don't have them anymore, I just draw this on a paper, with consideration of the fighting edge dimensions and kinda freestyle a little over the process

By the way I leave in Amsterdam but i'm French, and yes we have a nice and very friendly shmup community (yes, friendly !) and "retro" gaming is quite big too over there

[Some-Mist]

I should really take a better pic of when it's tated, but I flipped it horizontally for the super spy and progear runs this weekend:




closet arcade (and PC) gamer

NEC XM29, supergun designed by Jasen's customs, and analogue arcade stick. I only have time to play about once a week, so the rest of the week it's nice to just close the doors and only have my PS3 or 360 out on display hooked up to my HDTV with everything else tucked away.

[CMcK]

Finally got my Ikegami and B&O stuff set up.



Can't quite make it all out from that picture but there is a few systems on that unit. AV Famicom, Japanese Master System, MD & M-CD 2, Duo-R, SFC, FZ-10 3DO, Sega Saturn, Dreamcast and PS2. Plus just on the left hand side is a CMVS. Out of the picture is an Amiga 1200.



Sorry this shot is a bit blurry. Still need to tweak the geometry on the Ikegami. Just wanted to get it up and running last night.



And some scan line goodness to finish off.

[chempop]

Wow, a lucky Ikegami owner BRAVO! (nice choice with Layer Section too)

[CMcK]

The Ikegami was less than half the price of the last BVM I bid on so it was arguably a bit of a bargain. I'll try to get another one to replace the MX6000 eventually. I'm getting those screens calibrated in the New Year. If the B&O turns out ok I might just keep it.

[heisenbergman]

I'm thinking of getting a pre-owned 4:3 Flatscreen LCD to be used exclusively for shmuping and found the HP L1955 19-inch monitor.

On this review of it, it even says that it can be rotated



Since it's an old monitor (I think released around a decade ago), the only input it has that I can use is via VGA cable, although that shouldn't be a problem.

Looks good? Anything else I should keep in mind?

[Fudoh]

yes, keep in mind that 19" monitors are 5:4, not 4:3. If you want 4:3, you need to go for 20" or 21". And it will most certainly rotate clockwise by default, while you want it to rotate counter-clockwise for anything videogame related (except MAME, where it doesn't matter), so you might have to do a little modding on the stand's connection.

[heisenbergman]

^ Oh crap you're right it is 5:4

Y_Y

There isn't anything bigger that's available.

There are some 4:3 15" ones though, but they don't swivel.

Hm... What are my options here.

I have a widescreen TV, but I tried it in portrait orientation and the display had two big black sections above and below the game display. I sort of want the game to display exactly as big as the screen so there are no empty black areas, but if I force the aspect ratio of the game to 16:9, I think it might look ugly (haven't tried yet though).

If I go on and get the 5:4 monitor and display the 4:3 game on there, how will it look? I'd think there will be two thin black stripes on either side?

[Fudoh]

I'd think there will be two thin black stripes on either side?

half the 5:4 monitors will stretch it to fullscreen, the other half shows bars on the sides. I quick checked the review, but it didn't give any information on that.

I can't imagine though that you can't find any vintage 20" displays. 20" LCDs starting around 2003 had 1600x1200 resolution. Pretty high-end back then, but neither expensive nor rare these days.

but if I force the aspect ratio of the game to 16:9, I think it might look ugly (haven't tried yet though).

you can usually get used to the looks (especially if take a 16:10 display and not a 16:9 one), but you alter the game dynamics, because your ship will move faster up and down than it will move left and right. Just feels weird.

[heisenbergman]

half the 5:4 monitors will stretch it to fullscreen, the other half shows bars on the sides. I quick checked the review, but it didn't give any information on that.

Well... if it doesn't stretch it to fullscreen, I imagine I could force the aspect ratio in MAME to 5:4 for it to display fullscreen. Although if I do that, my ship will move slightly faster left and right that it will up in down. Much less of a jarring difference though than if I force the resolution to 16:9.

I'd have to choose if the lesser evil would be having thin bars on the sides or changing the movement of the ship a bit.

I can't imagine though that you can't find any vintage 20" displays. 20" LCDs starting around 2003 had 1600x1200 resolution. Pretty high-end back then, but neither expensive nor rare these days.

I'm having a bit of trouble tbh. Around 95% of the monitors from retailers here are all widescreen already.

[Fudoh]

well, ok. If you want to spend only little money a 5:4 19" screen isn't bad. Don't worry about it.

[heisenbergman]

I suppose. The one I found is already most ideal for my purposes if not for it being 5:4 Thanks.

[speedlolita]

I used a have a Samsung 204B. 20" @ 1600x1200. Got it pretty inexpensively and it had a swivel mount stand.

Horrid TN image though.