Can VectorVGA Tempest be used with MAME?
No, the video formats are incompatible. MAME is software that runs on a PC and plays arcade games using the original roms. There is no need for VectorVGA in a MAME because the PC video card already produces the correct signal for the computer monitor. VectorVGA is used when the hardware producing a video signal is incompatible with the monitor you are trying to use. VectorVGA is a specialized piece of hardware to be inserted into an original vector arcade game. It receives vector video signals and converts them to raster video signals. VectorVGA is a translator, instead of translating German to French, it translates vector to raster. This is necessary because vector games need to talk to vector monitors, but vector monitors are becoming extinct. If you want to preserve your vector game, you can convert the vector video signal to a raster video signal so it can be used with a readily available raster monitor. Now for all you nit-picky people, yes, you could use the VectorVGA converter w
