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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...
racy church round eye
  08/13/26
I'm a zillennial (born 1996) but didn't it have to do with t...
Floppy Mother Parlor
  08/13/26
I think they had RGB displays which were better than tvs som...
racy church round eye
  08/13/26
not too sure, didn't they both use CRT tech
Floppy Mother Parlor
  08/13/26
RGB is CRT just most accurate
racy church round eye
  08/13/26
More powerful chips could fit in those larger cabinets.
obsidian passionate spot gaping
  08/13/26
Why didn't they just make the chips smaller
racy church round eye
  08/13/26
Poor yield.
obsidian passionate spot gaping
  08/15/26
With the NeoGeo you didn’t have this problem.
obsidian passionate spot gaping
  08/15/26


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Date: August 13th, 2026 3:37 PM
Author: racy church round eye

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: Floppy Mother Parlor

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: racy church round eye

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

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Date: August 13th, 2026 4:18 PM
Author: Floppy Mother Parlor

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

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Date: August 13th, 2026 4:21 PM
Author: racy church round eye

RGB is CRT just most accurate

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Date: August 13th, 2026 4:20 PM
Author: obsidian passionate spot gaping

More powerful chips could fit in those larger cabinets.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5892807&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#50066060)



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Date: August 13th, 2026 4:22 PM
Author: racy church round eye

Why didn't they just make the chips smaller

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5892807&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#50066064)



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Date: August 15th, 2026 12:48 AM
Author: obsidian passionate spot gaping

Poor yield.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5892807&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#50069181)



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Date: August 15th, 2026 12:48 AM
Author: obsidian passionate spot gaping

With the NeoGeo you didn’t have this problem.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5892807&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#50069182)