Horizontal Display

[Monstermug]

Most horizontal games seem to work fine but there are a few like R - Type that shows up all squashed. For example final fight shows up nicely and fits the screen perfectly but when I try R-type and Xexex, the display shrinks up into a rectangle in the center.

I had edited my mame.ini file with the following code as instructed by others:

# VIDEO OPTIONS

#

video ddraw

numscreens 1

window 0

maximize 1

keepaspect 1

prescale 1

effect none

pause_brightness 0.65

waitvsync 0

syncrefresh 0

#

# DIRECTDRAW-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

#

hwstretch 0

#

# FULL SCREEN OPTIONS

#

triplebuffer 0

switchres 1

I am not sure if this is the problem?

Also I am planning on using GAMEEX on a Tate cabinet. Is there a way to get gameex to show up normal on a tate screen and also verticle games to play full screen?

[celly]

In MAME while playing the game, you can hit TAB and check the video options. Make sure those games are set to the right ratio you want. If you do have other artwork, sometimes for horizontal games it will shrink the screen to display full bezels.

[Monstermug]

In MAME while playing the game, you can hit TAB and check the video options. Make sure those games are set to the right ratio you want. If you do have other artwork, sometimes for horizontal games it will shrink the screen to display full bezels.

Thank you for the reply Celly. I have just tried to change the video options using the TAB button but no matter what I do the ratio seems to either be the same or worst!. It is a lot worst for verticle games as the horizontal play area width is about 3 inchs across on a 29" arcade monitor.

Also if i set up Gameex on a Tate arcade monitor, would I have to rotate each game seperately for the tate screen? Or is there an option in gameex to automatically rotate for you?

Sorry for the noob questions. It's just that I am having problems with my new mame installation and would like to get it fixed before i start a verticle mame project.

[Monstermug]

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[simbamame]

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Have you tried altering the slider options in mame ( Tab / Slider ) for the horizontal games, may help a little.