Can you play Vertical Jamma games like Raiden in a Horizontal Cab?

If you were willing to move the 4 wires on each joystick, then you can technically do that. However, it will be crappy as your score will be sideways on the screen and you will be playing games that are meant to play like Galaga and instead play like Life Force or R-type. Basically, you will change the feel of the game entirely and pretty much alter if not ruin the overall feel of the game you are playing. Its kind of like a bicycle and a car. You can drive a bicycle and you can drive a car. And if you are really good, you can drive your car on two wheels. But that still don't mean you are going to be doing a wheely on one back tire of your car even if you did have your car up on two wheels. And even if you could, it still wouldn't be as fun as doing it on your bicycle. Hope that makes sense.
 
In testing boards on my only-available JAMMA cabinet, I've become surprisingly adept at "adjusting" to playing vertical games on a horizontal monitor (without changing the joystick).

Adds a whole new element to some of the games. ;)
 
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