The Biggest Possible Vector Monitor

[Brentradio]

to show off here is a pic of my sundance and my 23" starhawk
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As I've never had the chance to play either game, which one is more fun to play?

Be honest...

 

[ArcadeJason]

As I've never had the chance to play either game, which one is more fun to play?

Be honest...

they are both terrible games with terrible controls lol but i i still love them

 

[JaydenSilvers]

Same tube used in bw raster games like atari football. so its actually kinda common. you can use a 23"motorola frame and bolt it directly to a 19v2000 or a cinematronics chassis.
to show off here is a pic of my sundance and my 23" starhawk
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Aren't there only like 4 sundance machines still in existence

 

[ArcadeJason]

Aren't there only like 4 sundance machines still in existence

there are more than that

 

[Alpha-tron]

there are more than that

But there only one ArcadeJason. .laughs

 

[ArcadeTechGW]

there are more than that

VAPS shows 7, with 3 people looking.

 

[ArcadeTechGW]

there are more than that

I'm curious what your high score is? I watched the VAPS video (wasn't sure why this was such a desired title, still don't understand, but oh well) and the high score was....25?

 

[HFK]

Seems like the biggest possible CRT vector would be 45".

The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300

Sony's big 45-inch tube came with an even bigger price tag in 1990.

dfarq.homeip.net

45" tube, hand made, 450 lbs.. Released in 1989 for $40,000 with supposedly 20 making their way to America.

 

[bobbyb13]

Rarity engenders some otherwise inexplicable behavior!

I'm curious what your high score is? I watched the VAPS video (wasn't sure why this was such a desired title, still don't understand, but oh well) and the high score was....25?

 

[taulpaul]

I think it was either a 27" or 29" I saw cobbled together at Paradise Arcade Shop using Barry's kit. It looked pretty nice to me.

Edit: I was correct that is was 25"

 

[bobbyb13]

Problem would be that rewinding that yoke and then finding a HV unit that could generate the voltage necessary for that thing are two things on the never could happen list.
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Seems like the biggest possible CRT vector would be 45".

The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300

Sony's big 45-inch tube came with an even bigger price tag in 1990.

dfarq.homeip.net

45" tube, hand made, 450 lbs.. Released in 1989 for $40,000 with supposedly 20 making their way to America.

 

[mrbill2084]

they are both terrible games with terrible controls lol but i i still love them

nothing is as bad a barrier.. it also has a 23"

if your counting projections, back in the cax parkside hall days I think they were using a zvg setup to project 12'? vector images on a wall.

 

[Brentradio]

nothing is as bad a barrier.. it also has a 23"

if your counting projections, back in the cax parkside hall days I think they were using a zvg setup to project 12'? vector images on a wall.

Man, would love to see some old school video on that...

 

[mrbill2084]

Man, would love to see some old school video on that...

here is something. I thought is was playing more than astteroids at cax.. and I thought it was years earlier...

CAX 2014 Homebrew Laser Asteroids System

Last year at CAX a vendor was there showing off a homebrew laser asteroids game, using pizza boxes for housing the controls. Did anyone get their information? Jehuie took this picture, but it's not entirely there and I can't find anything on it through google.

forums.arcade-museum.com

 

[mopar5150]

Funny, as be been contemplating trying to shoehorn a 25" tube with an Amplifone setup into a Tempest. I almost have all the parts to do it. Was going to put one of those FPGA boards in so I could play Major Havoc. With 25" MH would almost be the correct size.

I am not sure how wide the Tempest cab is, but here is a 25" in a Space Duel cab I am working on.

 

[carolinamarcg]

There is at least one 25 MH. It would probably be worth more as a 720 now.

 

[Brentradio]

I am not sure how wide the Tempest cab is,

Most Atari cabs are the same width, Tempest is 25 1/4" wide

 

[yoWackhaus]

Here's a fun project idea... rewind 3 yokes and convert a rear projection TV into a rear projection vector monitor. Good luck with convergence on that! Rewinding just a single one and making a monochrome monitor is cheating.

DogP

Awesome
If I remember my display history correctly, Evans and Sutherland mfg the largest commercial vector display for years- a planetarium display called digistar. Similar in theory

 

[CudaSales]

I am not sure how wide the Tempest cab is, but here is a 25" in a Space Duel cab I am working on.

Did you cut a new piece of wood to convert to a single speaker like the Gravitar or Black Widow cabs?

 

[mopar5150]

Did you cut a new piece of wood to convert to a single speaker like the Gravitar or Black Widow cabs?

No, this was a Gravitar cab that was missing the upper speaker section and top. When I made new wood for those I decided to make it a duel speaker Like a Space Duel. I like the better sound from the duel speakers and didn't care that it doesn't match the cab.