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| ==Can I play MAME on an arcade monitor or on a TV screen?==
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| Yes, MAME can be used with real arcade monitors, and using such a monitor will give you a much better arcade picture than a computer monitor. However, you need a video card that supports 15 kHz output, or in some cases 25 kHz if your monitor is medium res. Driving a 31-48 kHz VGA, SVGA, or XGA signal to an arcade monitor can ''damage it permanently''. For more details and help on making this work, please see the [http://arcadecontrols.com/ Build Your Own Arcade Controls] website and forums.
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| For the use of MAME on a TV screen, you need a video card that provides TV-out support. The picture quality will be lower than a monitor, however many people have reported good results because most raster games in MAME run at low resolutions. If you use a TV connection, using S-Video, Component, or RGB Scart inputs will often lead to better results than composite or RF inputs.
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| For some examples of what MAME looks on a computer monitor, an arcade monitor and a TV screen, see [http://www.oscarcontrols.com/monitors.shtml this monitor output comparison] courtesy of [http://www.oscarcontrols.com/ Oscar Controls].
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| ==Can I play vector games on a vector monitor?==
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| Indeed you can. With the [http://www.zektor.com/zvg/ Zektor's Vector Generator], you can use a special DOS-only version of MAME on a suitable vector monitor or Vectrex game console.
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| ==How do I get the best look with MAME on an LCD display?==
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| ==Can I take a picture of my screen while I am playing?==
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| Yes. At any time you can take a snapshot of all the active video screens (there may be more than one). By default, the '''F12''' key is configured to take a snapshot. The resulting file or files will be placed here:
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| mame.exe
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| <gamename>/
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| 0000.png
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| 0001.png
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| (etc)
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| PNG files are viewable in most image programs, and directly in Explorer under Windows by double-clicking them (assumes you have Windows XP or later).
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| ==All the games appear sideways on the screen (ie. rotated by 90 degrees).==
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| ==Why do I get lots of screen tearing when I play certain games?==
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| ==When will MAME use Direct3D/OpenGL to emulate 3D games?==
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