jimkirk
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To me it looks more like "Man this gives me a hard on."
Dammit, do these actually still exist?
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To me it looks more like "Man this gives me a hard on."
norton9478
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Yeah, it can depend on a lot of thing... Monitors, Game, length of cable, etc.
Some monitors (mostly older ones) need 0-5V on the RGB lines. Some "newer" ones also accept 0-1 volts (the level ouptut by home RGB devices).
If you've got a standard PCB and two 1v monitors, the draw might be aight.
Sometimes with other monitors, the draw might just result in a slight dimness that can be adjusted out. Much of the time, it would be dim, but playable. Sometimes, you could lose or get an untenable signal.
Or at least that is the way I remember it.
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norton9478
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Also, if you want to build something like this, you can just always use a CRT and a RGB converter. Wouldn't be ultra sharp, but serviceable.
For the Dragons lair... I'd bet they just use a standard tube.
For the Dragons lair... I'd bet they just use a standard tube.
carbonite
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yellowstitch
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I assume hes starting to ask the kids if they like candy and want to see the inside of his windowless van?
gorfchampion
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Man that is one of the corniest ads I've ever seen. The guy can't see over the 3 foot tall girl playing Tron? Yeah, and the 2 dipshits raping the woman playing Satan's Hollow are NOT bothering her because they are looking at the monitor on top of the game?
And the office dude is staying back just enough to steal the woman's briefcase once she gets in the zone?
Never seen one BITD but I could see where they would come in handy in a busy arcade with 20 people crowded around a game watching someone who is a good player. I remember not being able to get anywhere near a game to see the action because there was so many people trying to see....
And the office dude is staying back just enough to steal the woman's briefcase once she gets in the zone?
Never seen one BITD but I could see where they would come in handy in a busy arcade with 20 people crowded around a game watching someone who is a good player. I remember not being able to get anywhere near a game to see the action because there was so many people trying to see....
Tronic
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Didn't we already go through this? I am sure Phet found this ad amusing before and posted about it.
They had one in the local Alladin's Castle I worked at. We just switched it to the newest game. Back then (1998) the newer games still drew big crowds. Before I worked there they had it on the Killer Instinct and MK2 machines. When they first came out there would be 30 people waiting in line to play.
I can say this about these monitor mounts. They seemed to always have color purity problems and would need to be degaussed regularly (becauise of the speakers?, dunno). And its tricky degaussing the top monitor without messing up the one in the cab...
I can say this about these monitor mounts. They seemed to always have color purity problems and would need to be degaussed regularly (becauise of the speakers?, dunno). And its tricky degaussing the top monitor without messing up the one in the cab...
tclaremont
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One vent might be an intake and the other the output. So, on the left side of the Ms Pac the vent might very well be on the top of the left side.
LUCKYMAN
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I remember them.. deffinitly need higher ceilings!!!
Hyde
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I've seen that flyer before. Personally, I think they are a little ugly. But no doubt cool for some of the high-profile games.
WadeLanham
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Phet -
I've seen your woodworking skills. You could build one of these no sweat. Its just a wood grained box with a monitor in it and a piece of (smoked) plexi on the face with a generic 19" shroud around the tube. Looks like the plexi is held on the same as a marquee is, and then corner protectors at all 4 corners.
As far as splitting the signal - i wouldn't worry too much about it, i've run 2 monitors on one game before when i was working on a monitor, and i've never had a problem with it.
Having said that, i think if i were gonna do one, i'd just build a box and mount a cheap older lcd monitor in it with an rgb-vga adapter. Would serve the same purpose, weigh about a third, and take about 1/4 the room (not to mention if it fell off, you'd almost stand a chance of surviving it if it fell on your head).
I've seen your woodworking skills. You could build one of these no sweat. Its just a wood grained box with a monitor in it and a piece of (smoked) plexi on the face with a generic 19" shroud around the tube. Looks like the plexi is held on the same as a marquee is, and then corner protectors at all 4 corners.
As far as splitting the signal - i wouldn't worry too much about it, i've run 2 monitors on one game before when i was working on a monitor, and i've never had a problem with it.
Having said that, i think if i were gonna do one, i'd just build a box and mount a cheap older lcd monitor in it with an rgb-vga adapter. Would serve the same purpose, weigh about a third, and take about 1/4 the room (not to mention if it fell off, you'd almost stand a chance of surviving it if it fell on your head).
cadillacman
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dude hells yeah make a reproduction to use a shelf mount monitor of your choice. make about 20 more cabinets or cabinet kits and i guarantee theyll sell quick.
pookdolie
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Someone needs to find one of the originals, for preservation's sake.
I'm sure a lot of them were harvested for monitors for the games themselves...
I'm sure a lot of them were harvested for monitors for the games themselves...
I remember seeing these in my arcade, an Alladin's Castle in the Castleton Square Mall in Indianapolis, IN. This arcade was located near both the front entrance of the mall, and the movie theater, so it was always VERY crowded back in the day, to the point they sometimes had to have people wait in line to get in.
The game I remember seeing these monitors on is Spy Hunter 2.. I know, not a great game, but seriously, the arcade was so crowded you'd never get to watch the game standing next to the player.
pookdolie
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pinkpot
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And what the dude is so surprised about by the Satan's Hollow.[/QUOTE]
he just saw satan!!!! LOL
he just saw satan!!!! LOL
These were pretty common to use at trade shows where seeing the game would have otherwise been a difficult task
This video shows some of these monitors being used at a show in 1982. This is a great video in case anyone missed it, shows a shaggy Eugene Jarvis playing Robby Roto among other things
http://mediaburn.org/Video-Preview.128.0.html?&uid=5758
This video shows some of these monitors being used at a show in 1982. This is a great video in case anyone missed it, shows a shaggy Eugene Jarvis playing Robby Roto among other things
http://mediaburn.org/Video-Preview.128.0.html?&uid=5758
BITD all the new hot games at Aladdin's Castle had them. I remember a ton of games like Tron, Dragon's Lair, Journey, and several others that I actually watched being played.
