/vr/ - Retro Games

The fundamental overriding goal must be the application of new technology to allow computers to send a signal as accurate as the machine it's emulating though with superior quality. Here are the building blocks of powerful knowledge.

nVidia/ATI 15 KHz output:
>Soft-15KHz
http://files.arianchen.de/?x=soft15khz
Allows video card to output TV / arcade monitor resolutions.
"PLEASE NOTE: Soft-15KHz is a Windows application and will only function once Windows has loaded. Any resolutions that a computer outputs before Soft-15KHz kicks in may be harmful to standard arcade monitors."
>PowerStrip
http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm
Detailed and precise control of all monitor settings. IMPORTANT: now compatible with Calamity's SwitchRes 0.014

ATI 15 KHz output:
>CRT_EmuDriver
http://mame.3feetunder.com/windows-ati-crt-emudriver/
"When using CRT_EmuDriver, your arcade monitor must be connected to the primary port on the video card.
I don't know if this is always the case, but if your card has two ports, the primary port is usually (but not always) the "bottom" (closest to the motherboard) port.
On newer video cards, the primary port is usually a DVI port. This means that to connect to an arcade monitor, you'll have to use a DVI-to-VGA adapter dongle."

MAME plus MESS with automatic resolution and frequency shifting on a per-game basis:
>GroovyUME 0.148u2
http://code.google.com/p/groovyarcade/downloads/list?can=2&q=
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,128879.0.html

Even more functionality with Linux:
>GroovyArcade liveCD/liveUSB
http://code.google.com/p/groovyarcade/
http://code.google.com/p/groovyarcade/wiki/USB_installation