Shmup of the Month Club 2013 (Giga Wing)

[Chempop]

Hi guys!

Chempop - 2,108,453,870 - Stage 4-1 - Koutarou-1 - PS2

[mjmjr25]

Nice score, Josh!

Glad to see you in these friendly waters

Also, what are you playing on - figured it'd be a cab or gun, but looks like either a huge CRT, or a TATE'd something or other?

[noiseredux]

@chempop: welcome!

@chempop's score: damn dood.

[Chempop]

Thanks. I'm playing on a tate 20" Sanyo CRT and using a Hori Fighting Stick. I should be using one of my 27" Trinitrons but the table I have free doesn't like +100LBS.

[noiseredux]

^wow, very nice setup dood. I spent good money on a monitor stand that would TATE my LCD only to find that it only TATE's clockwise, which sadly means the bulk of my Dreamcast shmups get rotated "upside-down." Once I have some more space for a full game room, I'm totally planning to grab a nice CRT so that I can do exactly what you've got going on in that pic.

[ZenErik]

I wish I had room for a CRT. Maybe someday! Or perhaps I just need to switch to plasma or some better display technology. My LCD looks awesome with HD content and through component. But through composite with retro systems it looks like vomit.

[Chempop]

^wow, very nice setup dood. I spent good money on a monitor stand that would TATE my LCD only to find that it only TATE's clockwise, which sadly means the bulk of my Dreamcast shmups get rotated "upside-down." Once I have some more space for a full game room, I'm totally planning to grab a nice CRT so that I can do exactly what you've got going on in that pic.

Thanks. Your upside-down rotation issue is likely fixable. This might not be possible with your stand, but it is worth a try. Undo and reattach the mounts 90degrees - so instead of default positioning being downward for horizontal play, it is sticking out to the LEFT. Think of default position being in TATE with the top of your monitor being on the left side... then when you rotate clockwise the monitor will un-tate

As for my setup, I like the CRTs, I own waaaay too many. It's just so easy to find nice ones on the side of the road or on craigslist for a song. I went through a phase of collecting them, thankfully I've recovered lol.

[noiseredux]

Thanks. Your upside-down rotation issue is likely fixable. This might not be possible with your stand, but it is worth a try. Undo and reattach the mounts 90degrees - so instead of default positioning being downward for horizontal play, it is sticking out to the LEFT. Think of default position being in TATE with the top of your monitor being on the left side... then when you rotate clockwise the monitor will un-tate

actually not something I had considered. This might be a good idea, if it is easy to do...

This is the specific stand I have:

...not sure how easy it would be to mod it to flip the other way, but something to look into. Maybe a weekend project.

EDIT: Wait, I'm an idiot. I just re-read your post and what you're saying requires no modding of the damn stand. Haha. I get what you're saying now, and you're probably 100% right and I should have figured out how to fix this months ago. I'll keep you posted!

As for my setup, I like the CRTs, I own waaaay too many. It's just so easy to find nice ones on the side of the road or on craigslist for a song. I went through a phase of collecting them, thankfully I've recovered lol.

Yeah like I said, when I envision my game room it's got my current LCD for 360/PS3 thru HDMI and Dreamcast thru VGA, and then I picture a nice CRT for retro consoles -- not only for TATE in 4:3, but also for legit lightgun games on Saturn and DC.

[jepjepjep]

I wish I had room for a CRT.

Me too!

That's a sweet setup Chempop.

[hashiriya1]

Whoa, nice! Here comes a new challenger!