Hackaday

Convert A Curbside CRT TV Into An Arcade Monitor

While an old CRT TV may work well enough on a MAME cabinet project, the real arcade purists are quick to point out that a proper arcade monitor and a TV aren’t the same thing. A real arcade board uses ...
GamesIndustry

Dreamcade Vision 29

Sacramento, CA May 15, 2008-- Dream Arcades ( http://www.DreamArcades.com), announces the launch of its Dreamcade® Vision 29, featuring more than 200 games and the ...
Hackaday

Modifying A CRT Television For Use As An Arcade Monitor

Finding himself in need of an arcade monitor [Eric Wright] turned to this ancient CRT television. The problem is that arcade monitors and televisions didn’t operate in the same way, differing in both ...
Dallas Observer

‘Barcade’ Owners Stockpiling Cathode Ray Tube Monitors to Prepare for Shortage

There’s a new obstacle worrying some classic arcade owners. According to VentureBeat, stockpiles of the cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors that give classic arcade games their distinctive look are ...
VentureBeat

Donkey Kong’s failing liver: What the death of the CRT display technology means for classic arcade machines

The arcade is dead. You already knew that, but that industry’s coffin is about to get another nail. The cathode-ray-tube technology that powered the monitors for nearly every classic arcade game in ...