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Never understood as a kid why Arcade games looked so much better than at home

Like why couldn't we have the same graphics at home Nobo...
Wonderful tripping hell messiness
  08/13/26
I'm a zillennial (born 1996) but didn't it have to do with t...
multi-colored twinkling boltzmann
  08/13/26
I think they had RGB displays which were better than tvs som...
Wonderful tripping hell messiness
  08/13/26
not too sure, didn't they both use CRT tech
multi-colored twinkling boltzmann
  08/13/26
RGB is CRT just most accurate
Wonderful tripping hell messiness
  08/13/26
More powerful chips could fit in those larger cabinets.
Bisexual Sneaky Criminal Area
  08/13/26
Why didn't they just make the chips smaller
Wonderful tripping hell messiness
  08/13/26
Poor yield.
Bisexual Sneaky Criminal Area
  08/15/26
With the NeoGeo you didn’t have this problem.
Bisexual Sneaky Criminal Area
  08/15/26


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Date: August 13th, 2026 3:37 PM
Author: Wonderful tripping hell messiness

Like why couldn't we have the same graphics at home

Nobody explained it and I thought they were just being greedy

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Date: August 13th, 2026 3:43 PM
Author: multi-colored twinkling boltzmann

I'm a zillennial (born 1996) but didn't it have to do with the scanlines? I'd assume the scanlines on an arcade monitor were designed for arcade games while TVs weren't even if they both had them.

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Date: August 13th, 2026 3:59 PM
Author: Wonderful tripping hell messiness

I think they had RGB displays which were better than tvs somehow

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Date: August 13th, 2026 4:18 PM
Author: multi-colored twinkling boltzmann

not too sure, didn't they both use CRT tech

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Date: August 13th, 2026 4:21 PM
Author: Wonderful tripping hell messiness

RGB is CRT just most accurate

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Date: August 13th, 2026 4:20 PM
Author: Bisexual Sneaky Criminal Area

More powerful chips could fit in those larger cabinets.

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Date: August 13th, 2026 4:22 PM
Author: Wonderful tripping hell messiness

Why didn't they just make the chips smaller

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5892807&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074",#50066064)



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Date: August 15th, 2026 12:48 AM
Author: Bisexual Sneaky Criminal Area

Poor yield.

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Date: August 15th, 2026 12:48 AM
Author: Bisexual Sneaky Criminal Area

With the NeoGeo you didn’t have this problem.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5892807&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074",#50069182)